MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release
ISDA’s 29th Annual General Meeting: Munich
NEW YORK, March 5, 2014 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is holding its 29th Annual General Meeting in Munich on April 8-10, 2014.
WHO: This year’s event will feature Stephen O’Connor, ISDA Chairman and Robert Pickel, Chief Executive Officer of ISDA as well as ISDA Board members, leading industry executives and academics, including:
Keynote Address: Jean Pierre Mustier, Deputy General Manager, UniCredit, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking
Thomas C Deas, Jr, Vice President & Treasurer, FMC Corporation; Chairman, International Group of Treasury Associations
Ralf Lierow, Senior Financial Manager, Siemens Treasury GmbH
Prof Dr Ingo Pies, Chair in Economic Ethics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Richard Raeburn, Chairman, European Association of Corporate Treasurers
Dr Betty J Simkins, Professor of Finance and Williams Companies Chair of Business, Oklahoma State University
WHAT: AGM sessions and panels include:
The Social and Economic Value of Derivatives and Finance;
End-user Perspectives on Derivatives Growth;
The Many Facets of Capital and its Effect on Derivatives Usage;
Legal & Documentation;
Business Roundtable: Where is the Derivatives Business Headed; and
Cornerstones of the New Market Structure: Clearing, Margin, Execution.
The ISDA AGM 2014 will also feature specialist sessions with updates on collateral and product steering committees, global regulatory developments, data and reporting and legal issues.
Press are invited to attend all social events, including the Pre-Conference Welcome Reception on Tuesday, April 8 at Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum and the Chairman’s Cocktail Reception on Wednesday, April 9.
Please note that attendance at the social events is granted on a strictly off-the-record basis and is for social and not for reporting purposes.
WHEN: April 8-10, 2014
WHERE: The Westin Grand Munich
Arabellastrasse 6, 91925 Munich, Germany
Telephone: +49 89 9264 0
Additional information regarding the Annual General Meeting, including a conference agenda, is available on the Association’s website.
Members of the media planning to attend this invitation-only event must register. RSVP to: Nick Sawyer, ISDA London, nsawyer@isda.org, +44 203 088 3586; Lauren Dobbs, ISDA New York, ldobbs@isda.org, +1 212 901 6019; or Donna Chan, ISDA Hong Kong, dchan@isda.org, +852 2200 5906
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