26th Annual Conference on Securities Lending Summary
RMA’s Annual Conference on Securities Lending was held in Miami, Florida at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa on October 12–16, 2009. Although conference attendance felt the effects of the unprecedented financial market events, over 370 securities lending and borrowing professionals from across the industry attended..
On Tuesday, October 13, Robert Daigle of the Center for the Study of Financial Market Evolution (CSFME) updated the attendees of the Fall Open Meeting on the progress and preliminary findings of the joint SIFMA/RMA Proxy Study.
At Wednesday's general session, topics included: Pricing Efficiency and Value in Securities Lending Markets, Emerging Markets Review, and Central Counterparties for Securities Lending: Is the industry ready? James G. Rickards, Senior Managing Director, Market Intelligence, Omnis, Inc., provided the keynote address discussing Risk and the Global Financial Crisis – Return to Normality or Halftime?
Thursday's topics included: Industry Leaders Panel, Collateral Management in Today’s Market Conditions, a Fixed Income/Repo Panel and Financial Market Regulation – What Does the Future Hold for Us?
RMA acknowledges and thanks this year’s conference co-chairs for their work in developing and coordinating the business program: James Slater, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, CIBC Mellon Trust Company and James M. Martin, Managing Director, Prime Finance, Citi Global Markets.
RMA thanks the moderators/panelists for their time and participation in the business program. We also extend a special thank you to all our sponsors and exhibitors for their contributions. Finally, thank you to all who attended—we hope you enjoyed the conference!
Click on the links below to view presentations given at the conference. (You will need Adobe Reader to view these PDF files.)
Proxy Study Preliminary Results
Robert Daigle
Pricing Efficiency and Value in Securities Lending Markets
Ed Oliver and Timothy Smith
Keynote Address: Risk and the Global Financial Crisis – Return to Normality or Halftime?
James G. Rickards
Central Counterparties for Securities Lending: Is the industry ready?
Roy Zimmerhansl