Asia-Pacific Operations Committee

The Asia-Pacific Operations Committee focuses on back-office related issues, such as confirmation processing, automation, the use of ISDA Definitions and other operational issues surrounding new products. This committee is a subgroup of the ISDA's global Operations Committee and follows the developments in Europe and North America. The Asia-Pacific Operations Committee serves as a platform for Asia-Pacific members to discuss regional issues and also focuses on educational efforts within the Asia-Pacific region.

The architecture of the Asia-Pacific Operations Committee is comprised of the following subcommittees

• Asia-Pacific Implementation Group
  Meets on a quarterly basis and discusses issues across derivative asset classes
         Group chair: Fladia Tang, HSBC, Hong Kong
  
  
• Asia-Pacific Operations Equity Derivatives Working Group
  Meets on a monthly basis and discusses equity derivative working level issues
         Group chair: Haroon Mufti, Barclays Capital, Singapore
  
  
• Asia-Pacific Operations Interest Rates Derivatives Working Group
  Meets on a monthly basis and discusses interest rate derivative working level issues
         Group chair: Sean Gardiner, Citi, Sydney
  
  
• Asia-Pacific Operations Credit Derivatives Working Group
  Meets on a monthly basis and discusses credit derivative working level issues
         Group Chair: James Pike, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong
  
  
• Asia-Pacific Collateral Management Operations Working Group
  Meets on a monthly basis and discusses collateral management working level issues
         Group co-chairs: Caroline Liow, Deutsche Bank, Singapore
                Kee Lin Tim, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
  Asia Pacific Collateralized Portfolio Reconciliation Memorandum of Understanding
  
  
• Asia-Pacific FpML Working Group
  The Asia Pacific Financial products Mark-up Language (“FpML”) Working Group consists of mainly operations professionals. This working group aims at promoting the awareness of FpML and encourages more institutions to automate their operation and settlement process by using FpML. See also: http://www.fpml.org

Parties interested in joining please contact Lin Ling Tan for more information.

Staff Contact: Jeffrey Kan, Director of Market Infrastructure, Asia-Pacific