The Bond Market Association's 10th Annual

Fixed-Income Summit & Expo on Technology and Electronic Trading

The staff of Technology, Operations and Asset Manager Relations Department is pleased to bring this event to your attention. This Technology event will provide participants with the opportunity to explore the new technological innovations in the fixed-income markets and learn how they will impact your organization. The topics addressed at this Technology Conference relate to the activities of the Asset Managers Division and the Asset Managers Forum. Interestingly, AMD staff advisors also provide staff services to The Bond Market Association's Technology Committee, which is responsible for this December 7th Event. This staff includes Joseph Sack, Elisa Nuottajarvi, George Reis, Douglas Taggart.


Location: Marriott Marquis Hotel, NYC

Date: December 7, 2005

The Conference Program: Click here to View Full Agenda and to Register


Welcome and Introductory Remarks:
Dexter Senft, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
Chairman, TBMA Technology Committee


Keynote Speaker: Sharon T. Rowlands
Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Financial

General Sessions:

DOES OWNERSHIP MATTER? WHAT ARE TODAY’S E-TRADING TRENDS?

Panel discussion of the recent activities and trends concerning ownership of exchanges, electronic trading companies, and fixed income securities ATS networks, and what the future holds in terms of ownership of these facilities, “convergence” of asset classes and expanded functionality such as OMS, compliance monitoring and STP.

Moderator: MATT FRYMIER, Principal, Banc of America Securities

Panelists:
RICK MCVEY, CEO, MarketAxess
JERRY PUTNAM, CEO, Archipelago Holdings
ROB SLAYMAKER, CEO, BondDesk Group
JIM TOFFEY, CEO, Thomson TradeWeb
BOB TRUDEAU, Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures


WILL NOVATION CHANGES LEAD TO AUTOMATION OF DERIVATIVES?

This Roundtable will address the future of trading and processing concerning credit default swaps and interest rate swaps. As noted below, the speakers participating in this Roundtable are innovators in the marketplace. They will discuss the current state of trading and processing across major derivative asset classes. This group of speakers will consider what has worked, what hasn’t, and where we’re headed, with a particular emphasis on whether protocols and other industry-wide infrastructure developments are keeping up with electronic trading gains.

Moderator: DICK COHEN, Managing Director, Bank of America

Roundtable Speakers:
PETE AXILROD, Managing Director, DTCC
MARK BEESTON, CEO, T-Zero
ANDY BRINDLE, Consultant, MarketAxess
CHIP CARVER, CEO, SwapsWire Limited
MEL GUNEWARDENA, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
MICHAEL WYNE, Managing Director, FISCHER FRANCIS TREES & WATTS

Click here to View Full Agenda and to Register