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The Asset Managers Forum's
Member Meeting
Thursday, May 24, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST
Global Financial Markets Conference Center
360 Madison Avenue, 17th Floor
New York City
Program
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Lisa Ilaria, Vice Chair of the AMF Steering Committee
9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Summary of Collateral Management Workshop
Steve Chittenden, Loomis Sayles
Ila Eckhoff, BlackRock
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Pricing Panel
This panel will discuss the pricing and valuation methods of illiquid securities and challenges related to the operational aspects of NAV creation.
Moderator
Chris Coleman, Investors Bank & Trust
Panelists
Kristi Hintergardt, Deutsche Bank
Tim McFarlene, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
James Rieger, Standard & Poors
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Asset Management Group Update
Joseph Sack, Securities Industry Financial Markets Association
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
AMF Corporate Actions Committee
The AMF Corporate Actions Committee will give an update on the best practices initiative and discuss priorities and plans for implementation.
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Institutional Delivery Netting Service
Susan Cosgrove, FICC
John Kiechle, FICC
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Featured Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Steve Axelrod, Axelrod Consulting
“Optimizing the People Side of the Business: High Performance for Individuals, Teams, and Organizations” Dr. Axelrod will discuss the implications to the organization of people working more effectively together; and how to assess high performance on the individual, team, and organizational levels. He will also expose the audience to some of the tools and techniques used to build capability across an organization.
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Break
1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
AMF Fails Working Group
The AMF Fails Working Group will discuss the standardized fail report and how it can be used to develop better fail metrics.
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Overdrafts Working Group
The AMF Overdrafts Working Group will give an update on the Roundtable held on 3/15 and discuss the important follow-up items including possible best practices for overdraft monitoring, tracking and resolution.
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: How to implement best practices?
This panel will discuss the implementation phase of best practice recommendations. One of the strengths of the AMF is to get consensus among industry participants and get them to agree on best practice recommendations. The panelists will address issues relating to implementation such as how to best utilize limited resources to implement and how to prioritize implementation projects.
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
AMF STP Committee
The AMF STP Committee will give an update on the efforts to improve the practices surrounding communication and maintenance of the Standing Settlement Instruction (SSI) data, including an overview of the standard data elements for SSI and discussions with custodians on uploading the information to the SSI database(s).
3:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Registration Information
Registration Fees: No Fee
This meeting is open to AMF members only. There is no charge for attending; however, pre-registration is required.
If you have any questions, please call Diane Trupia at 646.637.9270.
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