Panelists:

• Catherine Talks, Product Manager, UnaVista
• Nikolay Arnaudov, Senior Policy Officer, ESMA
• Chris Lewis, SFTR Program Manager, BNP Paribas
• Thomas Pikett, Vice President, JP Morgan

The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation, Video Conference, 29 April 2020.

• Intro: Oliver Blokland, Senior Conference Producer, Global Investor Group
• Keynote: Dr Kay Swinburne, Vice Chair of Financial Services, KPMG UK

SFTR Panel Discussion with Q&A

• SFTR an overview, in scope entities, transactions and phasing. What are the grey areas and how are they being resolved?
• How does it differ from EMIR? And what lessons can be and have been learned from the work undertaken to comply with earlier European reporting regulations?
• How do reporting vendors fit into the regime, how do these interact with delegated reporting, and what additional services are they providing?
• What are the key criteria for choosing a SFTR trade repository, and how do they help firms tackle the challenges posed by SFTR?
• The timing issues surrounding SFTR implementation, the Covid-19 situation & the role of market association guidance.

Moderator: Thomas Donegan, Partner, Shearman & Sterling