Vincent Dessard

Senior Policy Advisor
European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)

After several years spent in various area of activities in an ICSD including collateral management, Vincent has been in charge of firstly creating the capital markets legal unit of Fortis Investments (which included the set-up of the contractual framework and the negotiation of both master agreements and collateral agreements for derivatives, repos and securities) and then testing the different aspects of this setup through the Lehman bankruptcies.

Vincent is now in charge of capital markets and risk issues with EFAMA. He has the opportunity to be both the voice of the European asset management, a key function in the buy-side industry, and the facilitator to information sharing with the industry.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Vincent.

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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?

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