Technology & Data Management

March 8^th: What data content changes are needed to achieve regulatory deadlines?

March 8^th: Social media: It’s here. So now what? Developing a social media strategy in the asset management industry

Performance Measurement & Investment Risk

March 6^th: The PRA’s Modelling LDI Benchmarks

March 8^th: The PRA’s Integrated Portfolio Risk and Return Analysis Workshop

March 8^th: The PRA’s GIPS Workshop

Client Reporting & Communications

March 8^th: How to maximise efficiency in your Client Reporting production runs – The critical workflows

FATCA

March 8^th: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Workshop

Regulations

March 6^th: Solvency II – the challenges and opportunities
March 8^th: Developing opportunities post-RDR

Technology & Data Management

March 8^th 09.00 – 13.00
What data content changes are needed to achieve regulatory deadlines?
Chris Johnson, Head of Product Management, HSBC Securities Services
Julian Dorado, Head of Data Management, M&G Investments

• What data content changes are needed for Dodd Frank, EMIR and FATCA?
• What data content changes are needed for Solvency II?
• Other regulations to be considered: MiFID 2, MiFIR, UCITS, AIFMD and other regulations ?
• What requirements must you satisfy for data governance (completeness, appropriateness, accuracy)?
• Commercial implications of implementing new regulations
• What data standards are needed?

March 8^th 09.00 – 12.00
Social media: It’s here. So now what? Developing a social media strategy in the asset management industry
Lee Godfrey, Deputy CEO, Kneip
Troy Bankhead, Head of Marketing and Communication, Kneip

In the post-web 2.0 era where Facebook is no longer ‘the new thing’ and ‘community’ is no longer just a buzzword, this workshop will help you capitalise on the benefits of social media, within a tightly regulated industry. We’ll answer the questions of:

• Should I invest in a social media strategy?
• What are the considerations towards risk, reputation, positioning, for my company?
• How can I create a valuable social media strategy?

Join us for this interactive session!

March 6^th 09.00 – 17.00
The PRA’s Modelling LDI Benchmarks
Nick Rogers, Implementation Consultant, BI-SAM

• LDI-is it the future or just a fad that will disappear as quickly as it came?
• Whatever the answer, we need to look at LDI, because it’s out there presently, and coming our way.
• Are we looking to measure LDI portfolios or benchmarks?
• On this course, we look at different methods of measuring portfolios and benchmarks.
• Also, what is the legal background to LDI? How do you need to work with a Scheme’s Actuaries?
• What is the structure to LDI? How do we model its liabilities? And, what reporting capability is required to give a full and transparent picture?

March 8^th 09.00 – 17.00
The PRA’s Integrated Portfolio Risk and Return Analysis Workshop
Andreas Steiner, Owner and Managing Director, Andreas Steiner Consulting

• The relationship between risk and return: The modern theory of risk and return, post-modern topics: crisis risk and return, dynamic and conditional risk and return, recent methodological advances, ex post analysis versus ex ante analysis
• Portfolio analysis: Risk contribution and attribution analysis, applying Brinson to risk, risk analysis of performance attribution effects, tail risk attribution, risk-adjusted performance attribution, Fama revisited, trade risk analysis, applied portfolio stress testing
• Performance and risk reporting: tricks and traps, bringing the message across, portfolio analysis as part of the investment process, leveraging the value of analytics for firms and clients
• For practitioners from practitioners: Non-mathematical but complete discussion of highly complex and technical topics. Interact with experienced risk practitioners
• Focus on application: Learn how to put into practice results from the research frontier with MS Excel

March 8^th 09.00 – 17.00
The PRA’s GIPS Workshop
Matt Price, Partner, Ernst & Young
Mabs Miah, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
Brian Feltham, Executive, Ernst & Young

This intensive one day course will provide attendees with:

• An understanding of how GIPS practically affects their firm
• An understanding of the verification process – how to attain and maintain compliance
• Insights into the direction that GIPS is taking from a thought leader in the field
• The perfect environment to benchmark their progress in this confusing area

Client Reporting & Communications

March 8^th 09.00 – 12.00
How to maximise efficiency in your Client Reporting production runs – The critical workflows

Simon Harris, Partner, Investment Solutions Consultants LLP
This intense, interactive learning session will cover the following:

• Workflow Planning
• Pre-run Activities & Checks
• Upstream processes
• Data Handover
• Automated checks
• Commentary production
• Manual checks
• Language Translations
• Print & Electronic Delivery management
• Task progression and workflow handovers
• Monitoring and MI reporting
• What to do when it goes wrong?
• Post-production review
• Re-engineering your processes & building a workflow model

For full details please contact us.

FATCA

March 8^th 09.00 – 17.00
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Workshop
Andrew Wilson, Attorney at Law and Founder, Qualified Intermediary Solutions

This practical 1-day workshop is the market-leading FATCA training course in the UK. The programme incorporates all releases from the IRS such as the proposed FATCA regulations expected in early 2012, and it equips you with fundamental know-how about how to prepare your company for the impact of FATCA, setting out not only the regulations themselves but also implementation strategies.

Regulations

March 6^th 14.00 – 17.00
Solvency II – the challenges and opportunities
Dean Brown, EMEIA Lead for Solvency II for Asset Management, Ernst & Young
Jennifer Houston, Director, Ernst & Young
Vicky Frew, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

• Overview of Solvency II and key implementation dates
• What impact will Solvency II have on the investment strategies of Insurance companies?
• How can asset managers realise the opportunities from this change?
• What new data challenges will you face and how can you leverage these within the entire organisation?
• How does this impact the asset managers operating model?

March 8th: 09.00-12.00
Developing opportunities post-RDR
Martin Rumsey and Jeremy Oakley, KPMG
Full details to be confirmed shortly