Programme - CorpActions

CorpActions 2023

This page will be continually updated with the finer agenda detail as we progress towards November 22nd. Addiitional speakers, more sponsoring organisations, further granular detail on agenda discussion points and many welcome surprises to come. Join us at this premier annual meeting point for the corporate actions and asset servicing community.

8.30	Registration Opens
	Morning refreshment and pastries Meet the exhibitors including product demonstrations and begin networking with your peers from across Europe

8.50	Chair's Welcome
	Louise Wotherspoon, Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Actions, State Street

9.00	*Chair's Keynote: “Collaboration Through Change”*
	Accelerating Global Market Changes Business Impacts Collaboration Implications Client, Investor and Shareholder Requirements Louise Wotherspoon, Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Actions, State Street

9.30	Accelerating Transformation To Unravel New Opportunities In Corporate Actions -
	- How can we get a mutualized model of Corporate actions operations to transform data validation achieving accuracy and standardization. - How to de-risk and fast track your technology transformation JD Singh, Managing Director, Global Head of Sales, Regulatory Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence Kaysar Abdin, Executive Director - Global Technology Head for Asset Servicing, Morgan Stanley Will Stevens, Executive Director, Markets Asset Servicing, J.P.Morgan Jonathan Morris, EMEA Head, Asset Servicing Operations, Goldman Sachs

10.15	T+1
	As territories (India, USA, Canada, EU) shift towards T+1 the session will review the implications of fragmented implementation as T+1 is embedded into the financial regions of the world. - Corporate actions inherently pose significant risks to operations, and the industry’s move to T+1 creates additional challenges to this already complex process. - Shortened settlement increases the importance of transforming and modernizing how the industry facilitates corporate actions - Efforts to drive industry-wide standardization in corporate action announcement messaging are essential, solution providers have a role to play in helping achieve this - T+1 environment will increase the need for timely counterparty obligation reconciliations and necessitate improved mechanisms for systematically managing liabilities. - Preparation firms should be taking to prepare Corporate Actions systems and teams for the May 28, 2024, implementation and beyond - Opportunities for automation – how can AI / Machine Learning help drive efficiencies and increase productivity Simon Bennett, CEO Domain Matters (Moderator) , John Kirkpatrick, Vice President, Securities Services, Broadridge Global Technology & Operations International Karen Weaver, Markets Management, BNY Mellon Paola Deantoni,Public Affairs Officer, Societe Generale Securities Services

11.00	Networking Break with Vendor Demonstrations Meet the exhibitors and network with your peers

11.30	Toolkit For Derisking Asset Servicing
	The Corporate Actions and Asset Servicing domain has a history of being the high risk area of any operations department, with exposure to open market pricing when errors in event elections or market claims occur. The panel will discuss how the focus on key risks is changing in today’s operating landscape, along with the potential impact of T+1, the tools that are important to today’s operations managers, and also look at the role of new technologies and new operating models in the future for risk management and control. Giles Elliott, Head of Strategic Business Development, Capital Markets, Tata Consultancy Services Alan Lawman, Product Specialist, TCS BaNCS Louise Wotherspoon, Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Actions, State Street Lesley Gomm, Managing Director, Global Head Custody Asset Servicing and Head EMEA Custody Operations \| Digital & Platform Services (D&PS), JP Morgan

12.15	Asset Servicing: Supporting A Connected Financial Services Environment
	This session will explore the industry’s attitude to asset servicing and the associated mechanisms to support it • What is asset servicing? • Which activities would fall under this umbrella term? • How does the industry operationalise the process to support asset servicing? • What does the industry consider / expect as their priorities in satisfying these solutions? • How does technology underpin these solutions? Adam Stern, CEO and Founder, Ibacus Consultancy George Harris , Senior Director, Data Management Solutions, FIS Stephen MacHardie, Senior Director, Corporate Actions, FIS Ben Pumfrett, Director, Head of Product & Profitability, Middle Office, RBC Investor Services

13.00	Networking Lunch Meet the exhibitors and network with your peers

2.00	Afternoon Keynote Session: Innovation in Corporate Action Operational Efficiency
	Making front office self sufficient in relation to CA queries Minimize back office email traffic in relation to CA queries Easy access to quality corporate actions data Virginie O'Shea, Founder, MD of Firebrand Research (moderator) Yogita Mehta, Commercial Product Director, Corporate Actions, SIX Elena Parigi Adragna, Director, Operations Workflows, Symphony Neil Weatherall, Head of Technical Sales, ipushpull
2.45	Further Thoughts On Automation, Innovation and Efficiency Opportunities
	A wider review of current drivers and options for improving efficiency in this space. Nadia Rosse, Global Head of Product Management – Asset Servicing, Euroclear Nick Morgan, Executive Director, Ops Transformation\| Digital & Platform Services, JP Morgan Jayne Tetlow, Executive Director, Global Transformation Lead for Asset Service, Morgan Stanley

3.30	Networking Break
	Meet the exhibitors and network with your peers

4.00	Regulatory And Standards Developments
	EU Withholding Tax and Custody Implications ISO20022 SRD2 and SRD3/SRR SRD1 and ESMA Market Standardisation and General Meetings ESG T+1 James Cunningham, Senior Advisor, Public Policy, Government Affairs - The Bank of New York Mellon David Baxter, Managing Director at T-Scape Karin Deridder, Head of Standards Development, SWIFT Michael Collier,Executive Director, International Head of Asset Services Product Management, JP Morgan Ioulia Petti, VP Asset Servicing Product Development, Clearstream


4.45	Asset Management Outsourcing and What Level of Oversight should an IM Apply
	What aspects of the role does the IM still action themselves? e.g. Voluntary Elections, Security Restrictions How do IM’s manage their own workflow? Does the IM rely solely on the Outsourced Provider or Data Provider or Custodian(s)? When Do IMs step In What Risk Implications Are Involved How do the large custodians who also act as IM outsourced providers interact with each other? How does an IM stimulate strategic change at an outsourced provider? Colin Webb, Asset Servicing Manager, Federated Hermes Limited Grant Ramsay, Head of Corporate Actions and Client Reporting, Nomura Asset Management U.K. Jim Blandford, Operations, Singer Capital Markets Paul McCarthy, Global Head of Asset Servicing, ATOM State Street (name tbc)