Simon Puleston-Jones

CEO
FIA Europe

Mr Puleston Jones is CEO of FIA Europe. Previously he headed the European legal coverage for Futures and OTC Clearing for Barclays and was one of the lead lawyers dealing with regulatory change. The first ten years of his career as a solicitor were spent advising global investment banks on a wide range of structured finance and derivative transactions in OTC and securitised format, both in-house and at the international City law firm Simmons & Simmons.

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Day 1

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

09:25 Regulatory Panel - Beyond Regional Regulation: Crystallising Regulatory Disparities and the Implications of Cross-Border Trading

• Regional regulation is global in nature: deciphering the implications of the globalised post-trade process for buy side and sell side institutions
• Avoiding operational and financial pitfalls of cross-border jurisdiction by mapping out compliance requirements under Dodd-Frank and EMIR
• Bridging the trading gap with third country CCP’s by illustrating global compliance with EU regulation
• Harmonising global clearing mandates to streamline cross-border trading.

Day 2

Friday, March 11th, 2016

09:30 OXFORD STYLE DEBATE - Can Regulation Ever Move us Towards EU Harmonisation?

• Will we ever reach a completely unified regional post-trade framework?
• Can we continue to legally unite the clearing and settlement world without completely overhauling the existing plumbing?
• Will regional harmonisation of national regulation increase legislative complexity and nullify benefits of integration?
• Is national political positioning the barrier to successful reconciliation?