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JOIN. ENGAGE. LEAD. RMA SECURITIES FINANCE & COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE THE LONG & SHORT OF IT: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF THE INDUSTRY A DECADE AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. THE BOCA RATON RESORT & CLUB BOCA RATON, FL The ORIGINAL industry wide conference sponsored and developed by securities lending and borrowing professionals for securities lending and borrowing professionals. October 14–17, 2019 Enterprise Risk • Credit Risk • Market Risk • Operational Risk • Regulatory Affairs • Securities Lending DEAR COLLEAGUES We are honored to invite you to RMA’s 36th Annual Securities Finance and CONFERENCE PLANNING Collateral Management Conference. We are eager to present the expanded scope COMMITTEE of the conference program; encompassing the scope of the securities finance and collateral management businesses. We believe this expanded view of the Fran Garritt, RMA conference better reflects the discussions taking place as the industry continues to evolve. This year’s conference takes place October 14–17, 2019 at the Boca Glenn Horner, State Street Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Join industry leaders such as agent Christopher Kunkle, BMO Global Asset lenders, borrowers, beneficial owners, and hedge funds to engage in forward- Management looking discussions on regulatory and market influences affecting our business. Additionally, the conference gives you an unmatched opportunity to meet and Michael McAuley, BNY Mellon network with your significant counterparties. Thomas Poppey, Brown Brothers Harriman Jason Strofs, BlackRock The conference steering committee has developed an extensive business program providing practical solutions—designed to be immediately put into action—to Anthony Toscano, Deutsche Bank industry challenges you currently face. The steering committee, as well as the moderators and panelists, are industry experts representing a wide range of experience. Take advantage of Tuesday’s afternoon sessions discussing global regulation and the latest industry trends along with the latest in financial technology and the opportunities and challenges they present for the industry. Additional conference sessions will give you insight into shifts in the macroeconomic environment and how the economy could affect your business, the toolkit needed to engage in securities financing transactions in the future, strategic views on collateral management and optimization of the balance sheet, and perspectives from buy-side stakeholders in the industry. The conference will once again conclude with industry leaders debating the future of securities finance. We encourage you to attend these sessions and actively participate in the discussions to promote dialogue, share ideas, and debate the challenges facing our industry. Please take a moment to review the business program and information provided. To make the most of your conference experience, join your peers as the conference opens with the Welcome to Boca Networking Reception on Monday, October 14 and, following the business program, stay for the closing reception on Thursday evening. To register for the conference and to make your hotel reservations visit the conference website at www.rmahq.org/asl2019. We look forward to seeing you in Boca Raton! Sincerely, ALINA CASNER ROBERT ZEKRAUS Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS ALINA CASNER, Conference Co-chair, BNY Mellon Alina Casner is Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and the Head of Legal for Markets at The Bank of New York Mellon, which includes the Derivatives & FX, Securities Finance, Collateral Management and Liquidity & Segregation businesses, as well as the broker-dealer affiliate, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, she practiced law in the Derivatives and Securities Finance Group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and prior to that, at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She serves as Co-Chair of the Risk Management Association’s Legal, Tax and Regulatory Committee on Securities Lending, and is a member SIFMA’s Securities Lending Subcommittee. She is also an active participant in several ISDA working groups, and she is a member of the New York City Bar Association. She serves on the Leadership Advisory Committee of the National Women’s Law Center, as well as the Board of Directors of Goddard Riverside, a non-for-profit organization. She leads the 30% Club’s US cross-company mentoring program for BNY Mellon. Alina has a B.A. from Swarthmore College, where she double-majored in Economics and Political Science, during which time she also completed the one-year General Course program at the London School of Economics. She received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a Notes Editor of the Law Review. She is admitted to practice in New York. ROBERT ZEKRAUS, Conference Co-chair, Scotiabank Robert (Bob) Zekraus is responsible for Client Capital Management & Funding for the Prime Services division. This mandate focuses on managing the asset and liability profile, client pricing, and the strategic deployment and oversight of scarce financial resources for secured funding products. In addition Bob and his team work on developing customer- focused financing solutions aligning with the risk appetite, liquidity, capital and balance sheet strategies for the business. Bob is a member of the Prime Services Executive Committee and global management team. He chairs the weekly funding and balance sheet forum and sits on the bank’s US ALCO and liquidity and market risk committees. Prior to joining Scotiabank in 2014, Bob was Director, Prime Services, at Barclays where he was a member of the Global Equity Finance management team. He held various senior leadership roles in equity financing and prime brokerage. He was part of the original team that established the Collateralized Finance Group at the firm. Bob started his career at Daiwa Securities Inc. in Prime Brokerage. Bob received a B.S. degree in Economics and Business Management from Cortland College. MARY JO WHITE, Keynote, Debevoise Ms. White’s practice focuses on counseling boards of directors and representing clients on significant and sensitive matters, including companies facing crises involving multi-faceted government investigations and cases. She has decades of experience prosecuting and defending a wide range of white collar criminal and civil cases, having served as Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and as a well-known private practitioner in high-profile matters. Ms. White is recognized as an Eminent Practitioner in Securities Enforcement and White Collar-Crime and Government Investigations by Chambers USA (2019). She is described by one peer as “the single best white-collar lawyer I’ve worked with, bar none.” The guide has also described her as a doyenne of the white-collar Bar and “a towering figure” in the litigation market. Sources note “she is a force of nature” who “stands out above the rest of the crowd,” while fellow practitioners say “she’s incredibly smart and she works very hard. She can do anything, she’s just remarkable - there’s nobody like Mary Jo.” Ms. White is also recognized by The Legal 500 US (2018). For the current agenda and more conference information visit the conference website at www.rmahq.org/ASL2019 JOIN. ENGAGE. LEAD. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS RMA thanks the following companies for sponsoring an event at this year’s conference. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS RMA thanks the following companies for sponsoring an event at this year’s conference. JOIN. ENGAGE. LEAD. BUSINESS PROGRAM MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 Moderator: – Dean Sakati, Senior Managing Director, State Street 8:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. Panelists: Welcome to Boca Raton Reception – Andrea Dyson, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Join us to kick off the conference and take the opportunity to meet and greet your peers in – Paul Lynch, Managing Director, Global Head of Products, EquiLend the industry. – Brian Ruane, CEO, Government Securities Services, BNY Mellon Courtesy of: – Raj Sheth, CEO, Pirum • BlackRock • DTCC – Guido Stroemer, CEO, HQLA X • BMO Global Asset Management Agency • Pirum – Patrick Morrissey, Director of Product, Development, and Implementation - Securities Lending • Stifel Lending, Vanguard TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 4:00 P.M. – 4:45 P.M. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Future of the Industry: Viewing Financial Services Through a New Lens Women in Securities Finance | Industry Leader Keynote, Panel, & Networking Session Panelists will discuss how the business has changed during their tenure and how they see All registered conference attendees are invited to join Women in Securities Finance as they host the industry advancing over the next decade. This discussion will take an aspirational look an in-depth session focused on diversity and inclusion within the securities finance industry. The at the next evolution of the business: What new opportunities has technology provided event will be begin with Michelle Girard, Chief U.S. Economist for NatWest Markets, delivering for the industry and what future roles will emerge for financial professionals? What skills the keynote address, followed by an industry leader panel discussion. The panelists will share and competencies are “evergreen” and which need to be cultivated to develop a successful their personal development stories, diversity and inclusion practices as well as the impact these securities finance professional and team? Panelists will provide their insight