Industry experts
explain what ideas the buy side can steal from the sell side in mitigation of
various risk types, especially counterparty risk in building a better risk
management program
Topics include:
Enterprise Risk Management – what does this actually mean? Is an ERM plan
feasible and if so, what would such a strategy look like for an investment
manager or hedge fund? What are some of the better tools to view risks across
all risk types (credit, market, liquidity risk) firms can utilize to build a
better risk program?
Risk Management Differences – what is the difference between risk
management for the buy side and sell side? What can the buy side learn from the
sell side in establish a better risk management program?
Regulation – what risk related procedures will be enforced by
regulators in both the US and Europe? How can buy side firms ensure they comply
with new rules?
Best practice in Credit Risk and Management of
Counterparty exposures? How
should buy side firms be improving their credit risk management post crisis?
What are some ways investment managers are improvement management of
counterparty risks?
Risk Management & Collateral Management - how to improve integration of
counterparty risk management and collateral management? How are investment
managers improving related processes such as reconciliation?
Improving Management of Market Risk – how can investment managers improving
monitoring of market risks?
Operational Challenges in Developing a Risk Program – what are the main challenges in risk
management rebuilds? How are firms managing data management and integration of
systems and department communication?
Format: Webinar
Date: 15 April 2010
16.00-17.15 GMT (London/Dublin)
17.00-18.15 CET (Paris/Berlin)
11.00-12.15 EST (New York/Boston)
08.00-09.15 PST (San Francisco/Los Angeles)
Moderated by Julia Schieffer, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DerivSource
More speakers will be announced shortly - for any queries relating to speakers or topics for discussion, please contact Julia Schieffer on julia@derivsource.com.
Who should attend?
Buy-side and
sell-side financial institutions and third party service providers
including:
investment banks
broker dealers
asset management
companies
hedge funds
fund
administrators & custodian banks
software
vendors
Job titles include:
Middle and Senior
Management - v.p., s.v.p., managers and directors within the areas of:
Derivatives operations
Derivatives
technology (IT)
Front office
operations
Middle and back
office operations
Collateral
management
Clearing and
settlement
Compliance
Legal and
documentation
Fund
administration & accounting
Project manager
Business
development
Risk management
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About the organisers:
DerivSource
www.derivsource.com
DerivSource is the online community and
information source for professionals active in derivatives processing,
technology and related services.
Founded by a financial journalist,
DerivSource provides industry news, analysis, educational resources and
researching tools to help market participants keep well informed in this
fast-paced industry. The content covers both exchange-traded and OTC
derivatives.
The DerivSource community is an independent
venue where members participate in industry discussions with their peers and
expand their business networks virtually. The facility includes discussion
forums and network management tools.
Features include DerivSource Community, News
& Research, Opinions & Analysis, Job Center, Derivatives Terms Glossary,
and Reviews of Systems & Service Providers.
DerivSource was founded by Julia
Schieffer , a financial journalist
specializing in the securities industry and derivatives processing. Having
worked both in the U.S. and U.K., Julia has covered all areas within the
industry – investment management, capital markets, asset servicing, and software
vendors.
Prior to founding DerivSource, Julia was
managing editor of Operations Management, a publication focused
on the securities industry and owned by Institutional Investor News (Euromoney).
She has also contributed to other industry publications including Financial News, Markets Media, The Fund Business, and many more.
To contact Julia directly, please email her
at Julia@derivsource.com.
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