Brian Godins

Global Head Equities Operations
HSBC

Brian currently manages Global Equities Operations across cash, OTC and asset servicing lines at HSBC. He has had several line and change roles in operations, Fixed Income and Equities since joining HSBC in 2007, and during the prior 13 years he spent at Morgan Stanley.

Brian is engaged in regulatory reform, namely T+2, in providing a platform and standards for all current and future regulatory work. He is involved in creating an operating model framework that leverages a golden source of trade related data and attributes.

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Day 1

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

11:50 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION : A critical T 2 post-mortem: How to overcome process inefficiencies highlighted in the settlement system

Chair: Kevin Milne, Director, Due Diligence Reports Ltd, Former Director of Post Trade, London Stock Exchange

• Benchmark your actualisation of T2 regulation through accurately scrutinising implementation thus far
• Taking steps toward an overhauled shorter settlement cycle through an industry wide analysis of gaps in implementation
• Prepare your business for operational developments through an early interpretation of emerging settlement trends: what do we see now and where are we heading
• Overcoming process inadequacies to maximize settlement efficiency on a shorter cycle

Day 2

Friday, March 11th, 2016

11:15 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION : How to improve industry-wide settlement efficiency to ensure compliance and avoid penalties

Chair: Andrew Simpson, Head of Post Trade, Euronext

Mitigating operational risk and increasing settlement efficiency through standardizing Same Day Affirmation (SDA)
How to overcome matching challenges of Bonds to achieve trade-date matching and same-day affirmation
Capitalizing on the increasing emergence of utility groups to prevent settlement failures
Strengthening communication and transparency between the back and middle office to reduce operational risk
Deliberating and implementing compression strategies as a tool of improving settlement efficiency

15:25 In Conversation : How can we adjust operational infrastructure to make the European market more attractive

Chair: Kevin Milne, Director, Due Diligence Reports Ltd, Former Director of Post Trade, London Stock Exchange

• Strengthening communication within institutions to avoid replicating and repeating workflows
• Standardising working relationships between industry participants to further streamline the clearing and settlement process
• Where is Europe headed? Strategising the possible emanation of one regional clearing and settlement model
• Identifying gaps or pitfalls in regulation where inefficiency is emerging and restricting a more productive clearing and settlement system