Agenda

Chair’s opening address
Andrew Delaney, Chief Content Officer, A-Team Group

Keynote Fireside Chat: A perspective on RegTech from BNY Mellon
Colin Ware, Global Head of RegTech, BNY Mellon
Andrew Delaney, Chief Content Officer, A-Team Group

Thought Leader Panel (User): Reviewing the regulatory horizon and optimizing the regulatory response

• What’s on the regulatory radar, where should we focus efforts, what is the impact of oncoming regulatory change on business strategy?
• Reviewing multi-jurisdictional data standards efforts with a focus on the LEI and forthcoming UPI
• Taking a joined up approach: Finding efficiencies and synergies across regulations and the role of RegTech
• Barriers to adoption and scaling up
• Support and engagement with Regulators in moving forward

Moderator: Andrew Delaney, Chief Content Officer, A-Team Group
Raymond Hanson, Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Program Delivery & Regulatory Technology, Credit Suisse
Robin Doyle, Managing Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs, JP Morgan Chase
David Ehrich, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)
Richard Maton, Executive Board Member and Strategic Initiatives Lead, International RegTech Association

Keynote:  Understanding the importance of an integrated regulatory, data and technology strategy

• Current regulatory landscape
• How data and regulation are inextricably linked
• Integrating data and technology for regulatory compliance and beyond

Bradley Foster, Global Head of Content (Enterprise), Bloomberg LP

Panel: Managing regulatory change and driving efficiencies from the cost of compliance

• Coping with increasing volumes and managing the consistency of rules across regulators
• Horizon scanning and interpretation: developing a regulatory taxonomy with semantic accuracy and standardization of language
• Funnelling the right rules to the right people at the right time
• How to contain compliance costs in relation to rising volumes of regulatory rules

Moderated by: Matthew Bernstein, MC Bernstein Data
Tammy Eisenberg, Director – Investment Management Risk and Compliance, BNY Mellon
Viktor Grinberg, Director, Compliance Technology, Deutsche Bank
Will Newcomer, VP Strategy, Finance, Risk and Reporting, Wolters Kluwer
Harry Chopra, Chief Client Officer, AxiomSL
Todd Ehret, Senior Regulatory Intelligence Expert,Thomson Reuters

RegTech Innovation Showcase
Five minute pitches from RegTech Solution Providers
Moderated by: Eric Karpman, SME in Trading & Compliance Technology 
Pitch 1: Tim Sweeney, Financial District Business Manager, CUBE
Pitch 2: Marc Gilman, General Counsel & VP Compliance, Theta Lake 

Keynote: Taming the Regulatory Beast

• Despite the increasing depth and breadth of financial regulation, organizations are still taking an expedient, project-based approach to compliance
• With plenty more of it coming why this approach isn’t sustainable
• Moving towards digital regulation – what firms need to start thinking about
• A vision for a “digital regulation hub” with data as the foundation
• Recommendations for best practices

Dr. Giles Nelson, CTO, Financial Services, MarkLogic

Keynote: Trade and transaction reporting challenges – security data challenges

– Where are we with MiFIR/MiFID II?
– The implications of Brexit – what should you expect?
– What should you be doing to support SFTR?

William K. Gates, EVP, Business Development & Alliances, SmartStream RDU

Panel: Best practices for regulatory reporting efficiency

• Managing the challenges of data silos and legacy processes/systems
• Managing data quality issues and data standardisation
• Critical role of data governance as the overarching framework and lynchpin for success
• The role of RegTech in supporting upcoming regulations: CFTC  Swap Reporting Rules, FRTB, SFTR, MiFID II
• Using data analytics to slice and dice to gain insights beyond regulatory compliance for added business value

Moderated by: David Goldman, Head of Regulatory Operations, RBC Capital Markets
Boris Nelkin, Innovation Specialist, Deutsche Bank
Richard Berner, Clinical Professor of Finance and Co-Director, Volatility and Risk Institute, NYU Stern; Former Director, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Treasury (2013-2017)
Bradley Foster, Global Head of Content (Enterprise), Bloomberg LP
Giles Nelson, CTO, Financial Services, MarkLogic
William K. Gates, EVP, Business Development & Alliances, SmartStream RDU

RegTech Innovation Initiative: Risk, Volatility and RegTech
NYU Stern Volatility Institute is working to analyze both financial and non-financial risks and the interplay among them for the benefit of market practitioners and regulators. 

• Non-financial risks such as from climate change, cyber events, operational failings and geopolitical developments, are critical ingredients in risk management
• Despite these risks being hard to measure and analyze, new tools and data can help
• Risk managers and C-suite executives will need to re-think their business models and processes to increase enterprise resilience and to comply with regulation.

Richard Berner, Clinical Professor of Finance and Co-Director, Volatility & Risk Institute, NYU Stern; Former Director, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Treasury (2013-2017)

Presentation: The trend towards regulatory operations

• Driving factors behind change
• Historical approaches
• Critical components required for success

Peter Gargone, CEO & Founder, n-Tier Financial Services
Fera Jeraj, Managing Director, Head of Global Equity and Structured Products Technology,BMO Capital Markets

RegTech Innovation Showcase
Five minute pitches from RegTech Solution Providers
Moderated by: Eric Karpman, SME in Compliance & Trading Technology
Pitch 1: Michael Orrick, President, Americas, ComplyAdvantage 
Pitch 2: Sunny Seon Kang, Senior Privacy Counsel, Head of Policy, Inpher 

Panel: Getting ready for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT)

• Enhancing reporting capabilities to meet requirements
• Understanding the impact on regulatory operational models
• Managing data privacy and data security around increased customer reporting and ensuring the appropriate internal controls are in place
• The role of cloud technologies, machine learning and automation in improving reporting methods

Moderator: Tom Jordan, CEO, Jordan & Jordan
Joshua Beaton, Head of Americas Trade & Transaction Reporting, Morgan Stanley
David Emero, Vice President, Regulatory Operations, Goldman Sachs
Manisha Kimmel, Senior Policy Advisor, Regulatory Reporting, SEC
Adam Dix, Director – Regulatory Reporting, Kx
Alex Rabaev, Director, Global Head of CAT Regulatory Reporting, Risk Focus 

Panel: How to digitize the customer experience with KYC and AML Innovation

• Best practice approaches to improving efficiencies and automating KYC
• Progress around streamlining and digitizing the onboarding process
• The emerging role of digital identity verification in KYC, AML and onboarding
• Using RegTech to improve AML and financial crime risk; screening, sanctions and reducing false positives
• Barriers to using RegTech and how they can be removed
• Considerations for selecting and deploying an efficient and sustainable solution

Moderated by: Ben Arber, Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Commercial Banking, HSBC
Kai Schrimpf, Director, Financial Crime Compliance, Credit Suisse
Manash Banerjee, Executive Director, Global Head of Entity Reference Data & Client Lifecycle Management Technology, Nomura Securities
Ali van Nes, Senior Vice President, Senior Director, Regulatory Solutions, FactSet
Chuck Papageorgiou, Co-Founder & CEO, WorldWatch Plus