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12:30-6:15
Registration
1:00-6:15
Pre-Summit Workshops
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CONCURRENT
TRACKS: CHOOSE "A", "B", OR "C"
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A - INVESTOR WORKSHOP
B - ISSUER WORKSHOP
C - TAX, ACCOUNTING
& REGULATORY WORKSHOP
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A
- INVESTOR WORKSHOP
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1:00
QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF BOND VALUATION
- Dynamics of Callable and Non
Callable Bonds
- Effective Duration and Convexity
- Prepayment Analysis
- Option Adjusted Spreads
- Z-spreads
Anand K. Bhattacharya, Managing
Director, COUNTRYWIDE CAPITAL MARKETS
2:00
POST-ISSUANCE INVESTOR REPORTING AND DEAL SURVEILLANCE: EXAMINING
THE LATEST INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE SECURITISATION MARKET STANDARDS
& PRACTICES
Session Facilitator:
Holly Hammarstrom, Head-ABS Research, EUROPEAN CREDIT
MANAGEMENT LTD.
Panelists:
Rob Collins, Manager, ABBEY
Tom Adams, Managing Director, FGIC
Martin Damaske, Head-Insitutional Clients, HYPOPORT AG
Usman Ismail, Executive Vice President-International Sales,
LEWTAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
3:00
Refreshments
3:15
ADVANCED ANALYTICS FOR THE STRUCTURED PRODUCTS MARKET
Session Facilitator:
Rob Baston, Managing Director, UBS
Panelists:
Martin R. Brauch, Senior Sales Executive, DERIVATIVE SOLUTIONS,
INC.
Matt DeSutter, Product Manager, INTEX
Dan Gottlieb, Senior Vice President, Product Management,
TREPP
4:15
BENCHMARKING AND INDEXING IN THE ABS MARKET
- How does an index contribute
to market development
- Is there an investor base for
ABS only funds
- Is there sufficient liquidity
for prices to be reliable
- Scope for return swaps and other
products
Session Facilitator:
Krishna Prasad, Executive Director, LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL
Panelists:
Brian McCarthy, Research Manager, DEKA INVESTMENTS
Erik-Jan van Bergen, Senior Investment Manager, ING ASSET
MANAGEMENT
Patrizia Bussoli, Fund Manager, NEXTRA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
5:15
WHEN SECURITISATIONS GO SIDEWAYS
- Defining Sideways
- Seller/Servicer Financial Health
- Servicing, Substitute Servicing
and Costs, Performance Degradation during Servicing Transfer
- Restructuring
- War Stories
Rajat Basu, Managing Director,
FGIC
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B
- ISSUER WORKSHOP
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1:00
THE ROLE OF SECURITISATION IN AN ISSUER'S OVERALL FUNDING STRATEGY
- What is Your Company's Funding
Strategy
- Has the Impact of Securitisation
on the Funding Strategy changed Recently
- Securitization Needs and Considerations
Cost
Session Facilitator:
Wolfgang Richter, Partner of EY Law Luther Menold, Head
of the EY Law Banking & Finance Service Line, ERNST & YOUNG
LLP
Panelist:
Edward DeSear, Partner, MCKEE NELSON LLP
Anna di Paolo, Capital Markets, MPS FINANCE BANCA
MOBILIARE SPA
2:00
BRINGING YOUR DEAL TO MARKET: ISSUES ENCOUNTERED BY FIRST TIME ISSUERS
- Feasibility study and implementation
strategy: Do first time issuers allocate adequate time and resources
during the early phases of a securitisation programme?
- What are the key objectives of
securitisations? Are those objectives achievable and clearly understood?
- The impact of securitisation in
the way the issuer manages and monitor its business.
- The alignment of the originator's
overall business strategy and its securitisation programmes.
- How can the potential "hidden"
or indirect costs of securitisation transactions be effectively
measured?
- How "success" is measured in
a securitisation programme?
Session Facilitator:
Eduardo Viegas, Senior Securitisation Advisor, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
LLP
Panelists:
Hari Kambo, Finance Director, INTERCONNECTOR (UK)
LTD.
Paul Arvidson, Vice President-Sales, LEWTAN TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
Kevin Mcgovern, Senior Dealer, NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY
3:00
Refreshments
3:15
COMMERCIAL PAPER CONDUITS: AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING TO THE
TERM MARKET
- Typical ABCP conduit underwriting
standards
- The kinds of disclosure required
of a seller in an ABCP conduit financing
- When an issuer would choose ABCP
conduit financing over a term securitization
- The differences between ABCP conduit
financing documentation and term securitization documentation
- Accounting benefits of ABCP conduit
financing
Session Facilitator:
Matthew Froggatt, Director, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Panelists:
Thomas J. Educate, Senior Vice President, ABN AMRO
BANK
Brooks P. Crankshaw, Managing Director-European
Asset Backed Finance, BANK ONE, NA
David Lautier, Assistant Vice President -Analyst, MOODY’S
INVESTORS SERVICE
Kevin Hawken, Partner, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW
4:15
PROTECTING YOUR TRANSACTION FROM BANKRUPTCY RISK
Steven Hunt, Partner, CAREY
OLSEN
Michael Cox, Associate Director, FITCH RATINGS
James Bresslaw, Partner, SIMMONS AND SIMMONS
Jonathan E. Keighley, Managing Director, STRUCTURED
FINANCE MANAGEMENT LTD.
5:15
TAX ISSUES AND ACCOUNTING PITFALLS FOR ISSUERS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE
VEHICLES
- Location of SPVs: current direct
tax issues with 'offshore' and 'onshore' jurisdictions. Examples
of Cayman, UK, Germany and Netherlands.
- Update on indirect tax issues
(VAT and insurance tax). European and national court decisions
and issues.
- Major accounting and regulatory
developments. IAS and US GAAP convergence?
Session Facilitator:
John P. Cullinane, Partner, DELOITTE
Panelists:
Mark S. Matthews, Associate, MAPLES & CALDER
Gesina van de Weterig, Partner, NORTON ROSE
Johann W. Knollman, Senior Manager, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
LLP
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C
- TAX, ACCOUNTING & REGULATORY WORKSHOP
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1:00
THE NEW BASEL ACCORD: REGULATORY TREATMENT FOR SECURITISATION FROM
2007
- Introduction/ Overview of the
new Basel Accord - Basel 1 and Basel 2 compared - the 3 pillar
doctrine
- Standardised and Advanced Approaches
- the IRB Approach and Supervisory formula reviewed
- Operational requirements for synthetic
and traditional securitisations
- Treatment of ABCP Programmes,
credit enhancement and liquidity facilities
- Supervisory Review and sanctions
- Disclosure requirements
- Market reaction - National regulators
and the European Commission
Jonathan F. Walsh, Partner
- Head of International Securities, NORTON ROSE
2:00
IAS 39: KEY PROVISIONS, IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND MARKET IMPACT
- The overall impact of IAS39 -
"It's all on balance sheet"
- Getting off the starting blocks
for derecognition
- Risk and reward - how do you measure
and allocate?
- "At best its double counting!"
- Problems in SPE accounting
- What future accounting approach
would be better?
Session Facilitator:
Peter C. Jeffrey, Partner, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
LLP
Panelist:
Andrea Fabbri, Co-Head of European Credit Sales, TD SECURITIES
3:00
Refreshments
3:15
CMBS: BASEL II'S IMPACT ON TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION, CMSA'S REPORTING
STANDARDS, PRICING, CAPITAL ADEQUACY AND MARKET HARMONISATION
Session Facilitator:
James Croke, Partner, CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM &
TAFT
Panelists:
Iain Barbour, Global Head-Securitisation, COMMERZBANK
SECURITIES
Clive Bull, Vice President Real Estate Structured Finance and
Chairman, European Chapter-CMSA, JPMORGAN
4:15
CDO'S: ACCOUNTING & TAXATION CHALLENGES GIVEN NEW FASB RULES
Phoebe J. Moreo, Partner,
DELOITTE
Andrew Norwood, Partner, WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES
LLP
5:15
ABCP CONDUIT RESTRUCTURINGS -- COMPLYING WITH NEW FIN 46 AND ANTICIPATING
IFRS
- What's new in FIN 46(R) and how
does that change the picture for ABCP conduits?
- How does a bank decide whether
to restructure or consolidate?
- What are the main commercial
problems and how are they being resolved?
- How will FIN 46 methods affect
non-US conduits under international financial reporting standards
(IFRS)?
Session Facilitator:
Mark Nicolaides, Partner, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE &
MAW
Panelists:
Maureen Coen, Managing Director & Head-ABCP Origination,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
James R. Mountain, Partner, DELOITTE
Tom Meier, Director, DEUTSCHE BANK
Craig Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer, RECONNAISSANCE
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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6:15
Workshop Ends
6:15
Cava Cavalcade Cocktail Reception Sponsored By: 
8:00
Registration & Welcoming Breakfast
8:40
HOST'S OPENING REMARKS
Scott Brody, Managing Director,
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT NETWORK
8:45
GLOBAL ABS: CREATION, CONVERGENCE AND COMMODITISATION
- Too much money chasing too few deals?
A look at supply/demand fundamentals
- Spread tiering between and within asset
classes and countries and the impact on pricing and market liquidity
- When will investor demand be satiated?
- The trend toward reverse enquiry trades
and market impact
- Impact of high investor demand on lower
rated tranches
- Basel II, covered bonds and market
impact
Session Facilitator:
Kurt D. Sampson, Managing Director, STANDARD
& POOR'S
Panelists:
Christopher Fielding, Head-Securitisation & Treasury Advisory Group,
ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES PLC
Mike Nawas, Managing Director & Global Head-ABS,
ABN AMRO BANK NV
Marcus Giancaterino, Managing Director, CITIGROUP
Michael Raynes, Managing Director & Head-European Securitisation
Group, DEUTSCHE BANK
Andrew Burgess, Head-ABS, GULF INTERNATIONAL BANK (UK) LTD.
Jack B. Caouette, Vice Chairman, MBIA
Vernon Wright, Executive Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer,
MBNA CORP.
Greg Medcraft, Global Head-Securitisation, SOCIETE GENERALE
Marcus Klug, Managing Director, UNIQA ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENTS GMBH
10:00
Morning Break in Exhibit Hall
TRACK A: Consumer ABS:
RMBS, Covered Bonds, Credit Cards, Retail Auto Loans
TRACK B: Investor Relative
Value Panels and Research, Trading and Syndication Roundtables and US
Market Update
TRACK C: Basel II, IAS,
Monitoring/Surveillance, Role and Responsibilities of Trustees and SPV
Directors
TRACK D: CDO
Panels
TRACK E: Corporate &
Whole Business Securitisation
TRACK
A 10:30 OUTLOOK FOR THE CONFORMING/PRIME RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE MARKET IN
LIGHT OF NEW REGULATORY TREATMENT, INCREASED COMPETITION AND MARGIN COMPRESSION
- Market Background: performance of the
UK property market
- Market pressures: competition and margin
compression
- Impact of Basel II and covered bonds
- Impact of the overheated housing market
on RMBS
- European primary market liquidity
- Secondary trading and liquidity: Where
are we now?
- Adequate reporting: divergence or convergence
Session Facilitator:
Robert H. Liao, Director, CITIGROUP
Panelists:
Rob Collins, Managing Director -Securitisation & Treasury
Advisory Group, ABBEY
Nick Proud, Vice President, ACE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Jon Katovsky, Managing Director, BRITANNIA BUILDING
SOCIETY
Ian G. Stewart, Head- Securitisation & Balance Sheet Management,
HBOS
David Harrison, Vice President, MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
John Cummins, Group Treasurer, STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS
Nicholas Keen, Finance Director, THE PARAGON GROUP OF
COMPANIES PLC
TRACK
B 10:30 FINDING RELATIVE VALUE IN EUROPEAN STRUCTURED CREDIT GIVEN TIGHT
MARKET SPREADS...MOVING DOWN THE CREDIT CURVE FROM AAA TO SUBORDINATES
- Can the spectacular growth of the subordinate
market continue?
- Where is all this new demand for subordinate
issues coming from?
- Is the value worth the added time and
cost to do the credit analysis on these deals?
- How do subordinate investors discriminate
between deals?
- Which subordinate asset classes/sectors
are the most attractive?
Session Facilitator:
Alexander Batchvarov, Managing Director, MERRILL
LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
Panelists:
Emmanuelle Nasse-Bridier, Head-ABS Group, AXA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Simon Jones, Portfolio Manager, DEUTSCH BANK/WINCHESTER PRINCIPAL
FINANCE
Rafael Martinez, Senior Portfolio Manager-ABS/MBS, FORTIS
BANK
Tony P. Clark, Senior Investment Manager, HBOS TREASURY SERVICES
PLC
Mark Bowles, Head-Fixed Income Portfolio Group, HVB CORPORATES
& MARKETS
Erik Jan Van Bergen, Senior Investment Manager, ING INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT
Nico Petris, Manager, NASPA DUBLIN
Mark Hannan, Director, RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL
TRACK
C 10:30 THE BASEL II ACCORD, IAS, CONSOLIDATION & CAPITAL ADEQUACY DIRECTIVES:
EXAMINING BROAD IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRUCTURED FINANCE MARKET
- Timing for Basel II
- Timing for the IAS
- The Last Issues Under Debate
- Internal Assessment Approach
- Recalibration of the RBA
- The SFA Formula
- Synthetic Transactions
- IAS Rules
- Comparison of IAS with FASB Rules
- What Does It All Mean?
Session Facilitator:
Jason HP Kravitt, Senior Partner, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE
& MAW
Panelists:
William Perraudin, Special Advisor to the BANK OF ENGLAND
& Professor of Finance, Birkbeck College, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Georges Duponcheele, Head-Analytics, BNP PARIBAS
Kevin Ingram, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
David J. Barnes, Partner, DELOITTE
TRACK
D 10:30 NEW DEVELOPMENTS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EUROPEAN
CDO/CLO/CBO MARKET: A MARKET OVERVIEW
Session Facilitator:
Selwyn Rayzor, Managing Director, ABN AMRO BANK NV
Panelists:
Simon Perry, Managing Director- Structured Credit Products
Group, CDC IXIS CAPITAL MARKETS
Claude Brown, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
Fritz Thomas, Managing Director, DEUTSCHE BANK
Richard Gambel, Managing Director, FITCH RATINGS
Joan Musselbrook, Director, MBIA
Frederick H. Horton, Managing Director, TRUST
COMPANY OF THE WEST
TRACK
E 10:30 THE FUTURE FOR CORPORATE/WHOLE BUSINESS SECURITISATION ON THE
CONTINENT AND IN THE UK
- The blurring distinction between the
whole business, CMBS and Corporate bond markets
- Which countries and sectors will provide
the growth?
- Overcoming insolvency regimes and legislative
changes afoot
- Future activity in the key UK sectors
of Water and Pubs
- Transport infrastructure and other utilities
as a significant new asset Class?
- The investor experience of whole business
deals
Session Facilitator:
Damian Thompson, Director, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
PLC
Panelists:
Rebecca Pynt, Managing Director, AMBAC ASSURANCE
UK LTD.
Ilya Goncharov, Principal, BANK OF AMERICA
Laurent Haik, Securitisation, Conduits & Transitional Debt Finance,
CALYON
Steve Curtis, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
Raja Kawar, Director-Securitisation, CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL
(CIC)
Tim Short, Vice President, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Maurice Jongmans, Associate Director, NIB CAPITAL BANK
N.V.
Elena Folkerts-Landau, STANDARD & POOR'S
TRACK
A 11:30 DYNAMICS OF THE NON-CONFORMING AND SUB-PRIME RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE
MARKET: RECENT EVENTS, ORIGINATION, SERVICING AND SECURITISATION
- Origination strategies and levels of
issuance
- Collateral performance
- Funding strategies
- Reporting and information
- Market tiering
- Threats and opportunities
- Impact of rating volatility given the
blurring definition between prime and sub-prime
- Future for "wrapped" deals?
- Prospects for growth
Session Facilitator:
Mike Slevin, Director, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Panelists:
Richard Downer, Managing Director, BEAR STEARNS
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Michael J. Gill, Strategy Manager-BTS, BRITANNIA BUILDING SOCIETY
Philip Feront, Senior Portfolio Manager, DEXIA BANK BELGIUM
Robert D. Carney, Director- Structured Finance Europe, FSA
Mark Gray, Head-Securitisation, GMAC-RFC
Simon Kingdon, Group Finance Director, KENSINGTON MORTGAGES
Annabel Schaafsma, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S
INVESTORS SERVICE
Trevor Pothecary, Group Chief Executive, MORTGAGES PLC
Paul Rowbotham, Head-Investor Relations, SOUTHERN PACIFIC MORTGAGE
LTD.
TRACK
B 11:30 FINDING RELATIVE VALUE IN THE US DOLLAR ABS/MBS MARKET
Session Facilitator:
James Crispin, Vice President, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Panelists:
Giovanni Pini, ABS Analyst, EUROPEAN CREDIT MANAGEMENT
Stefaan De Doncker, Head-ABS/MBS, FORTIS BANK
Milan Patel, Investment Manager, HBOS TREASURY SERVICES PLC
Dominic Swan, Managing Director-SIVs, HSBC BANK
PLC
TRACK
C 11:30 HOW WILL THE DIRECTIVES AFFECT SECURITISATIONS?
- What are the Prospectus Directive and
the Transparency Obligations Directive and what stage are they at?
- Benefits of the new Prospectus Directive
for securitisation.
- Will securitisation documentation and
procedures have to change substantially?
- Will all securitisation issuers have
to have audited financial statements under the Prospectus Directive?
- What effects will TOD have on existing
and new securitisation issues?
- What aspects may be problematic for
securitisations?
Session Facilitator:
John Russell, Partner, SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD
Panelists:
Alan Stevens, Partner, CAREY OLSEN GROUP
Michael Duignan, Primary Markets Policy Manager, THE FINANCIAL
SERVICES AUTHORITY
Deirdre Somers, Director of Listing, IRISH STOCK EXCHANGE
Paul Kerlogue, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
TRACK
D 11:30 MANAGED VS. STATIC CDO'S: STRUCTURES, PERFORMANCE, RATINGS, INVESTOR
CONCERNS AND MANAGER EVALUATION
- What value can a manager bring?
- How does that value differ between
cash and synthetic deals?
- Who is the manager managing for?
- Can managers make enough money to justify
their fees?
- The case for static vs. managed deals.
- Rating agency methodology for both types
of deals.
- Will the demand for managed deals increase?
Session Facilitator:
Angus Duncan, Partner, ALLEN & OVERY
Panelists:
Bill Tomljanovic, Executive Vice President, AMERICAN CAPITAL
ACCESS
Pierre-Emmanuel Juillard, Head-Securitisation & Structured Credit,
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
W. William Fischer, Managing Director- Structured Finance,
FSA
Jeffrey Tolk, Senior Vice President, HSBC BANK USA
Oldrich Masek, Managing Director & Head-Global Structuring,
JPMORGAN
Katrien van Acoleyen, STANDARD & POOR'S
Ron D'Vari, Managing Director & Director-Research, STATE
STREET RESEARCH & MGMT. CO.
TRACK
E 11:30 INFRASTRUCTURE STRUCTURED BOND TRANSACTIONS: A MARKET IN THE FAST
LANE
- New developments in the market
- The approach to rail
- The approach to roads/tunnels/bridges
- Other assets
- Attraction of the asset class
Session Facilitator:
Simon Dudley, Managing Director, CITIGROUP
Panelists:
Marcus Mackenzie, Partner, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Mark P. Bronder, Head-Dutch Securitisation, ING
David H. Dubin, Managing Director, MBIA
Stefan Augustin, Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE
Mike Jaffe, Executive Director, UBS
12:30-2:00
Delegate Luncheon at the Baja Club
TRACK
A 2:00 STRUCTURAL
INNOVATIONS & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE MARKET
- Funding cost comparisons
- Regulatory capital relief and Basel
II proposals
- Use of credit default swaps to achieve
capital relief
Session Facilitator:
Alberto Basu, Director & Head-European RMBS & Co Head-Structured
Covered Bonds, ABN AMRO BANK NV
Panelists:
Debashis Dey, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
Suzanne Albers, FITCH RATINGS
Stephen Hynes, Managing Director-Capital Markets,
GMAC-RFC
Ian Stewart, HBOS PLC
Edward A. DeVito, Director, MBIA
Simon Wood, Director, WESTLB AG
TRACK
B 2:00 VALUE & RISK IN EUROPEAN ABS/MBS, CDO'S AND CMBS: THE RESEARCH
ANALYSTS' ROUNDTABLE
Session Facilitator:
Jim Irvine, Managing Director-SIV Group, BANK
ONE, NA
Panelists:
William Ross, Global Head-ABS Research, ABN AMRO BANK
NV
Katie Hostalier, Head-Structured
Finance Research, COMMERZBANK SECURITIES
James Crispin, Vice President, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Ganesh Rajendra, Managing Director & Head- European Securitisation
Research, DEUTSCHE BANK
Markus Herrmann, Director & Head-ABS Credit Research, HSBC
BANK PLC
Edward J. Reardon, Vice President & Research Analyst-ABS, JPMORGAN
Reto Bachmann, Director, LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL
Ronald E. Thompson, Head-ABS Research, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
PLC
TRACK
C 2:00 MITIGATING SECURITISATION RISKS: TRANSACTION OVERSIGHT, MONITORING
& SURVEILLANCE
- What are the key risk factors with sellers/servicers
and the portfolio?
- Are there leading indicators that you
can monitor?
- Servicer/seller motivation: Opportunity
and environment to impact transaction performance
- How to mitigate situations when you
identify potential problems
Session Facilitator:
Thomas H. Glanfield, Partner, ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Panelists:
Robina Barker Bennett, Executive Director & Head-European
Credit Structuring, CIBC WORLD MARKETS
Thomas J. Adams, Managing Director, FGIC
Shaun Baddeley, Senior Director, FITCH RATINGS
Margaret Boswell, Partner, GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL
Arturo Cifuentes, Managing Director, WACHOVIA
SECURITIES
Dan Patton, Vice President, WELLS FARGO STRUCTURED PRODUCTS
GROUP
TRACK
D 2:00 ARBITRAGE CDO'S & CLASS WARFARE: STRUCTURES, PERFORMANCE, RATINGS,
INVESTOR CONCERNS AND MANAGER EVALUATION
- What is the best way to motivate the
manager throughout the life of the deal?
- Is an equity stake the right way to
go?
Session Facilitator:
Brian Ratner, Principal, BANK OF AMERICA
Panelists:
Michael JC Smith, Partner, ASHURST
Vikto Schneider, Head-Portfolio Finance, BANKGESELLSCHAFT BERLIN
Priya Arora, Director-European Credit Structuring, CIBC
WORLD MARKETS
Marlow Gereluk, Assistant Vice President-Analyst, MOODY'S
INVESTORS SERVICE
Martin Avidan, Senior Vice President, NATEXIS BANQUES POPULARES
Carl D. Bell, Senior Vice President, PUTNAM INVESTMENTS
Ron D'vari, Managing Director & Director Research, STATE STREET
RESEARCH & MGMT. CO.
Douglas Lucas, Director-CDO Strategy,
UBS
Sohail A. Rasul, Managing Director & Chief Underwriting
Officer, XL CAPITAL ASSURANCE
TRACK
E 2:00 UTILITY SECTOR SECURITISATION: TAKING A METER READING
Session Facilitator:
Ilya Goncharov, Principal, BANK OF AMERICA
Panelists:
Deborah Zurkow, Managing Director, MBIA
Gregory Taylor, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Marc Nocart, Deputy Head-Securitisation Europe, SOCIETE GENERALE
James Dickson, Partner, LINKLATERS
TRACK
A 3:00 THE COVERED BOND MARKET: THE DEATH NELL FOR RMBS OR SIMPLY A COMPLIMENTARY
FUNDING TOOL?
- What are the benefits to lenders in
terms of funding costs, regulatory capital relief and investor diversification?
- New Structures
- Satisfying the rating agencies and
regulators
- Comparing/contrasting continental Europe
and the UK market
- What is the attraction to investors?
- What will happen to the RMBS market
as we know it?
- Outlook for covered bond issuance
Session Facilitator:
David Basra, Managing Director, CITIGROUP
Panelists:
Chris Fielding, Head-Securitisation & Treasury Advisory Group,
ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES PLC
Mauricio Noe, CoHead-Covered Bonds & Head-ABS Capital, ABN AMRO
BANK NV
Angela Clist, Partner-
Securitisation, ALLEN & OVERY
Peter J. Green, Director-Treasury & Balance Sheet Mgmt.,
BRADFORD & BINGLEY
David Balai, Head-Capital Markets & Securitisation, HBOS TREASURY
SERVICES
Liam Coleman, Head- Treasury Markets, NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY
Carl Flinn, Deputy Treasury Director, NORTHERN ROCK PLC
Jenifer Williams, Partner, SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD
Alain Carron, Managing Director, STANDARD &
POOR'S
TRACK
B 3:00 EXPLOITING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
ABS, MBS AND CDO MARKET: THE TRADERS' ROUNDTABLE
- Is there still value after the spread
tightening?
- Reduced tiering, are spreads compensating
the risks?
- How low can spreads go? New comparables?
- The increasing impact of Basle II
- The impact of the US bid on European
spreads
- CDO secondary market activity: improving?!
- ... But what about squared CDO's?
Session Facilitator:
Ralf Bauer, Managing Director & Global Head-Credit,
FORTIS BANK
Panelists:
Dean Atkins, Director & Head-ABS Trading (Europe), ABN
AMRO BANK NV
Rob Ford, Director & Head-European ABS Secondary Trading,
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
Sheil Aggarwal, Associate Director, BEAR STEARNS INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
Olivier Morand Duval, Head of European ABS trading, CALYON
Adrian Carr, Managing Director, CREDIT SUISSE
FIRST BOSTON
Jon George, Associate, DEUTSCHE BANK
Ron Miao, Executive Director, LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL
Anna Khazen, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
TRACK
C 3:00 THE GROWING ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE TRUSTEE IN SECURITISED DEALS
- The emergence of specialized active
Trustees in Asset Securitizations
- The role of the Trustee in the dissemination
of transaction information
- The Trustee as the guardian and monitor
of Servicer performance
- The management of increasingly complex
cash flow structures and account triggers
- Matching the duties and risks assigned
to the Trustee with the appropriate fee structure
Session Facilitator:
Emmett Harmon, Vice President, WILMINGTON TRUST
Panelists:
Todd Scanlon, Director-Business Development, ABN AMRO TRUSTEES
LTD.
Jonathan Potter, Vice President and Senior Analyst, THE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Matt Tuck, Director, DEUTSCHE BANK, TRUST & SECURITIES SERVICES
TRACK
D 3:00 CDO EQUITY AND MEZZANINE/SUBORDINATE TRANCHES: IS THE ADDITIONAL
RISK COMPARED TO THE PREMIUM A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT?
Session Facilitator:
Isabelle Mayock, Associate Director, BEAR STEARNS INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
Panelists:
Pierre-Emanuelle Juillard, Head-Securitisation & Structured Credit,
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Tina Rydberg, Regional Head of Structuring, BNP PARIBAS
David Powar, Managing Director, CDC IXIS CAPITAL MARKETS, NA
Vladimir Maly, Partner, LINKLATERS
Armand R. Pastine, Managing Director, MAXIM GROUP
Billy Radicopoulos, STANDARD & POOR’S
Marcus Klug, Managing Director, UNIQA ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
GMBH
4:00
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Hosted by: 
TRACK
A 4:30 CREDIT CARD SECURITISATION: A LOOK AT MARKET FUNDAMENTALS AND ISSUANCE
IN THE UK VS. CONTINENTAL EUROPE
- Performance of credit card collateral
in the US, UK and continental European markets.
- Do rising interest rates or market regulation
pose a threat to the Performance of credit card ABS?
- Benefits provided to issuers and investors
by de-linked issuance. Platforms
in contrast to traditional "vertical" issuance
- Cross currency ABS issuance: Increasing
opportunities for European Investors?
Session Facilitator:
Michael Strange, Associate Director, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
Panelists:
Bonnie Seideman, Director, CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP.
Paul Wilde, Manager-Structured
Finance, EGG BANKING PLC
Yoshio Shimizu, Portfolio Manager, FISCHER FRANCIS TREES & WATTS
Duncan Akin, Treasurer, MBNA EUROPE BANK LTD.
Carine Nguyen, Associate, ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
Colin Weightman, Director, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
James Cuby, Associate, STANDARD & POOR'S
TRACK
B 4:30 SYNDICATION OF ABS/CDO'S: THE ROYAL TRINITY OF ISSUERS, INVESTORS
AND INVESTMENT BANKERS
Session Facilitator:
Adrian Carr, Managing Director, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Panelists:
James St. Johnston, Executive Director, ABN AMRO
BANK NV
Richard Mann, Managing Director-ABS, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
Alex Maddox, Executive Director, LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL
Ashley Kibblewhite, Director, MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
TRACK
C 4:30 EVOLVING RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE ROLE, STATUS AND AUTHORITY OF
DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS OF SPV'S IN MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL STRUCTURES
Session Facilitator:
James Fairrie, Managing Director, SPV MANAGEMENT LTD
Panelists:
William Webbe, Director & Head-Marketing & Business Development,
DEUTSCHE BANK, TRUST & SECURITIES SERVICES
Joe Duffy, Managing Director, Head of JPMorgan Global
Debt Services, Ireland, JPMORGAN
Shaun Denton, Partner, MAPLES & CALDER
TRACK
D 4:30 LEVERAGED LOAN CDO'S & MEZZANINE DEBT: UNDERSTANDING MARKET DYNAMICS,
INVESTOR POPULARITY AND DIFFERENCES FROM THE US MODEL
- What drives the popularity of this
asset class with investors?
- How much difference does the collateral
manager make?
- Diversity of underlying within and
between deals?
- How important is the ability to source
assets?
- Mezzanine versus Senior Debt as underlying
collateral - what are the relative risks / rewards?
- What are the most recent market developments/trends?
- Any new structural features?
- What are the differences / similarities
between US and European Markets?
- What is the future? - size/growth of
the underlying European Leveraged loan market, Is there space for new
managers to join the market?
Session Facilitator:
Tosh Burns, Executive Director-CDO Origination, CIBC
WORLD MARKETS
Panelists:
Tim Houghton, Vice President, ABN AMRO/LASALLE BANK
Laura Schwartz, Managing Director, AMERICAN CAPITAL ACCESS
Erica L. Handling, Partner, ASHURST
Charles H. Gundy, Managing Director & Head-European Structured Finance,
CIFG
Ian Hazelton, Chief Executive Officer, DUKE STREET CAPITAL DEBT
MANAGEMENT LTD.
Marjan van der Weijden, Senior Director, FITCH RATINGS
Francois Barbier, NATEXIS BANQUES POPULARES
Dagmar K. Kershaw, Head-CDO's,
PRUDENTIAL M&G
Mike Nicholson, Director, STANDARD AND POOR'S
TRACK
A 5:30 THE STALLED AUTO LOAN SECURITISATION MARKET: A LOOK AT THE ROAD
AHEAD
- Strategies of the Issuers
- Retail versus Wholesale
- Ways to a standardisation
Session Facilitator:
Hans Juergen Fritz, Executive Director & Head-European Auto ABS,
ABN AMRO BANK, NV
Panelists:
Jay Merves, Senior Vice President, ACE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Peter Davies, Securitisation Manager, FCE BANK PLC
Oliver Kessler, Partner, LOVELLS
Chris Such, Director, STANDARD & POOR'S
Alexander Hugenberg, Assistant Vice President, STATE STREET
BANK GMBH
David R. Schulz, ABS Leader, VOLKSWAGEN BANK GMBH
Matthias Baltes, Transactor, WESTLB AG
TRACK
B 5:30 UNITED STATES: TRENDS AND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN US DOLLAR STRUCTURES
- What's new in FIN 46(R) and how does
that change the picture for ABCP conduits?
- How does a bank decide whether to restructure
or consolidate?
- What are the main commercial problems
and how are they being resolved?
- How will FIN 46 methods affect non-US
conduits under international financial reporting standards (IFRS)?
Session Facilitator:
Douglas Murray, Group Managing Director, FITCH RATINGS
Panelists:
Richard d'Albert, Managing Director & Head-Banking & Origination,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
Diane Wold, Senior Vice President-Securitisation Mgmt., GMAC-RFC
Steven Smith, Director-ABS, HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL
Sandy F. Szakach, Senior Managing Director, PPM AMERICA, INC.
Guido E. Van der Ven, Managing Director, SALLIE MAE
Richard J. Reilly, Partner, WHITE & CASE
TRACK
C 5:30 THE ROLE OF MONOLINE WRAPS AND INVESTOR APPROACH TO ANALYZING MONOLINE
WRAPS
- What are the high growth/high return
areas that the monolines are Pursuing?
- How will the market be affected as
new players enter?
- How do investors view wraps and how
do they set concentration limits?
- How do investors assess joint exposure
to monolines and underlying assets/transactions?
Session Facilitator:
David Owens, Director, ING
Panelists:
John W. Uhlein III, Chairman, AMBAC ASSURANCE UK LTD.
Jeremy E. Reifsnyder, Managing Director-Structured Finance, CIFG
Tim Travers, Managing Director, FGIC
Philippe Tromp, Managing Director, FSA
Florence Bancel, Credit Manager, HBOS
Chris Weeks, Managing Director, MBIA
Wynne Morriss, Senior Managing Director, XL CAPITAL ASSURANCE
TRACK
D 5:30 CDO'S OF CDO'S, ABS & MBS: A SIZZLING MARKET BOILING OVER WITH
SPREADS EVAPORATING
- A look at supply/demand fundamentals
- The quest for yield: How can CDO managers
achieve their desired yield expectations?
- Eating what you cook: Should CDO managers
be required to invest in the CDO's they manage?
- What impact will disappearing spreads
have on new CDO creation?
- Which asset classes provide the greatest
arbitrage opportunities?
- Selling deals lower down the credit
structure: Analyzing the mezzanine and subordinate market
- Funding your deal through the CP market
to achieve desired yield levels
- Surviving through the ramp-up period:
Can start up CDO managers compete in the race for collateral?
- Allocation of assets: How can smaller
managers fill their quotas?
- When will spreads widen and arbitrage
opportunities return to the market?
Session Facilitator:
Loic Fery, Managing Director-Capital Markets, & Global Head- Structured
Credit, Derivatives & CDO, CALYON
Panelists:
Neil J. Weidner, Partner, CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT
Robina Barker Bennett, Executive Director & Head-European Credit Structures,
CIBC WORLD MARKETS
Anne Le Henaff, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Andrew Gates, Executive Director, RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL
James G. Stehli, Executive Director, UBS
Manfred Exenberger, Managing Director, UNIQA ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENTS
Sergei Zagin, Vice President, WACHOVIA SECURITIES
6:30
Sangria Soiree at the Hotel Arts
8:30
Continental Breakfast
9:00
NEW FRONTIERS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPEAN SECURITISATION
Session Facilitator:
Neal Shah, Vice President-Senior Credit Officer, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Panelists:
Jane Pilcher, Treasurer, ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LTD.
Emmanuel Campagne-Simon, Head of Securitisation Europe, CALYON
Iain Barbour, Global Head-Securitisation, COMMERZBANK SECURITIES
Kobe Van der Straeten, Head of ABS/MBS Investments, DEXIA BANK
BELGIUM
Philippe Z. Tromp, Managing Director- Europe, FSA
Robert M. Plehn, Head of Securitisation, HBOS TREASURY SERVICES
Graham Page, Deputy Head of Fixed Income Investment Portfolios Group,
HVB CORPORATE MARKETS
Rob Marshall, Director- Fixed Interest Credit Research, M&G
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD.
10:15
Mid-Morning Break in Exhibit Hall
TRACK A: Pan-European
CMBS
TRACK B: ABCP
TRACK C: EASTERN
EUROPE, ITALY, SPAIN
TRACK D: CBO Repackaging,
Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Securitisation
TRACK E: Corporate
& Whole Business Securitisation/ Australian Securitisation
TRACK
A 10:45 CMBS MARKET DEVELOPMENTS: CONDUIT ORIGINATION, MARKET REGULATION
AND TRANSPARENCY
- How large is the conduit market?
- Are conduits a flash in the pan or
here to stay?
- Who are the new entrants?
- Differentiating one conduit's strategy
from the next
Session Facilitator:
Leonard D. Van Drunen, Managing Director & Head-Real Estate DCM,
JPMORGAN
Panelists:
Michael Mintz, Senior Manager,
DELOITTE
Philip Rutovitz, Co Managing Director, EASETEG AG
Caroline Philips, Managing Director, EUROHYPO AG
Shirish Godbole, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
Colin J. Seccombe, Finance Director, NEWCASTLE BUILDING SOCIETY
Liz Jones, Partner-International Securitisation Group, NORTON
ROSE
Jonathan Braidley, Associate Director, STANDARD & POOR’S
TRACK
B 10:45 EURO ABCP MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN LIGHT OF REGULATORY REFORM AND
ACCOUNTING CHANGES
Session Facilitator:
Luise Mason, Vice President, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Panelists:
Rob Koning, Global Head-Conduits, ABN AMRO BANK NV
John H. Bryan III, Managing Director, AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORP.
Fabrice Susini, Co-head of Securitisation- Europe, BNP PARIBAS
Edward Manchester, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Kevin J. Ryan, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
Jean-Francois Despoux, Head-Securitisation (Europe), SOCIETE
GENERALE
Darrell R. Baber, Managing Director, WACHOVIA SECURITIES
Bryan Wickware, Director, WESTLB AG
TRACK
C 10:45 SECURITISATION IN THE EMERGING MARKETS OF TURKEY & EASTERN EUROPE
(RUSSIA, POLAND, HUNGARY, CZECH REPUBLIC)
- Outlook for the consumer finance business
in Eastern Europe generally
- The emergence of credit card-backed
deals
- Issuance of covered bonds
- Overcoming the obstacle of achieving
a true sale under local law
- Achieving an investment grade rating
when the country isn't rated as such: use of wraps and overcollateralisation
- Meshing the concept of the master trust
structure with the existing legal framework
- Dealing with investor concerns regarding
information availability and disclosure on collateral performance
Session Facilitator:
David Mccaig, Managing Director, WESTLB AG
Panelists:
Douglas A. Doetsch, Partner, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW
Christopher Lewis, Partner, SIMMONS & SIMMONS
Stafford K. Butt, Executive Director, TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
INTERNATIONAL PLC
Julian Turner, Manager, WESTLB AG
TRACK
D 10:45 CBO REPACKAGING: STRUCTURES, RATINGS, DEFAULT SCENARIOS AND COLLATERAL
CONSIDERATIONS
Session Facilitator:
Emmanuel Lefort, CDO Structuring, CDC IXIS CAPITAL MARKETS
Panelists:
James A. Rothman, Managing Director, AMERICAN CAPITAL
ACCESS
Alan Davies, Partner, LINKLATERS
Neelam Desai, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Alessandro Giudice, Head-Credit Products, MPS FINANCE BANCA
MOBILIARE SPA
Christian Behring, Senior Portfolio Manager, ZAIS GROUP, LLC
TRACK
E 10:45 FINANCING REGULATED UTILITIES - WATER AND RAIL CHALK AND CHEESE
- Regulation of Water - and relevant
credit considerations
- Regulation of Rail - and relevant credit
considerations
- Funding railway Investment
- Funding water Investment
- The Future
Session Facilitator:
Richard Bartlett, Head-Corporate Securitisation, THE ROYAL BANK
OF SCOTLAND
Panelists:
Jane Pilcher, Treasurer, ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LTD.
John-George Duthie-Jackson, Director, CITIGROUP
Peter Taylor, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
Robert Velins, FGIC
John Hatton, FITCH RATINGS
Fred Maroudas, Head of Funding, NETWORK RAIL
11:45
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
TRACK
A 12:15 SINGLE ASSET/SINGLE BORROWER DEALS VS MULTI-ASSET/MULTI-BORROWER
TRANSACTIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES IN STRUCTURES, RATING AND
RISK/REWARD PROFILE
Session Facilitator:
Gordon Pearce, Director-Debt Markets, MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
Panelists:
Remi Charrier, Director-European Structured Finance, CIFG
Peter Voisey, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
Nicolaus Trautwein, Co-Head-Securitisation (Germany), COMMERZBANK
SECURITIES
Martin Damaske, Head-Insitutional Clients, HYPOPORT AG
Detlef Scholz, Managing Director, MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE
TRACK
B 12:15 CONDUIT TRENDS: A LOOK AT NEW ASSET CLASSES, ALTERNATE STRUCTURES
AND ALTERNATIVE LIQUIDITY STRATEGIES
- To extend or not to extend? That is
the question
- Understanding how extendable programs
work
- Which assets are best suited to extendable
treatment and why?
- Understanding the complicated rating
process
- Investor benefits and concerns
Session Facilitator:
Drew Riethmuller, Director, CITIGROUP
Panelists:
John H. Bryan III, Managing Director, AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORP.
Jo Macdonald, Director, BANK ONE, NA
Bill Wood, Head-ABCP Conduits, COMMERZBANK SECURITIES
Pieter van Welzen, Partner, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Michael Pfaue, Head of Conduit & Portfolio Management, HVB CORPORATES
& MARKETS
Christopher Such, Director-Structured Finance Group, STANDARD
& POOR'S
Tom Saunders, Associate Director, TOKYO-MITSUBISHI INTERNATIONAL
PLC
TRACK
C 12:15 INNOVATIONS IN THE ITALIAN SECURITISATION MARKET
- The Italian securitisation market:
a maturing region?
- Italian infrastructure projects: bright
prospects for this asset class?
- An outlook of the RMBS and leasing
market
- CMBS: what are the next opportunities?
- Securitising public assets: the role
of the Central and local governments
Session Facilitator:
Massimo Ruggieri, Director, UBS
Panelists:
Camilla Tinari, Director, BANCA INTESA
Ivane Thiebaut, Originator-ABF, BANK ONE EUROPE LTD.
Charles H. Gundy, Managing Director & Head-European Structured Finance,
CIFG
Giacomo Corsini, Head-International Finance Solutions, MPS FINANCE
BANCA MOBILIARE SPA
Patrizio Messina, Partner, ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
Fabio Tamburrano, Associate, STANDARD & POOR’S
Corrado Rosano, Partner, STUDIO LEGALE WHITE & CASE VARRENTI
E ASSOCIATI
TRACK
D 12:15 SYNTHETIC SECURITISATION AND CREDIT DERIVATIVES: THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
IN MOVING CREDIT RISK OFF BALANCE SHEET
Session Facilitator:
Bertrand Fitoussi, Head-Structured Credit Group Europe, SOCIETE
GENERALE
Panelists:
Antoine Chausson, Regional Head of Structuring, BNP PARIBAS
Ally Chow, Strutured Credit Product Manager, CALYON
Eric Veyrent, Chief Financial Officer, CREDIT LOGEMENT
Anne Wrobel, Director- Structured Finance Europe, FSA
Martina Spaeth, Senior Structurer Securitisation-Europe, HVB
CORPORATES & MARKETS
Marc Freydefont, Vice President-Senior Credit Officer, MOODY'S
INVESTORS SERVICE
Jéróme Jacques, Managing Director-Securitisation Europe, SOCIETE
GENERALE
Anthony Sciacca, Director, WACHOVIA SECURITIES
Gavin McLean, Partner, WHITE & CASE
TRACK
E 12:15 PUB SECURITISATION: A VICTIM OF ITS OWN SUCCESS
- The impact of continuing sector consolidation
- Managing the interests of the pub business
and its bond investors in a climate of change
- Understanding the differences between
managed and tenanted pub deals
- Use of monoline wraps and impact on
investor buying behavior
- Understanding the workings of the largest
deal ever; the Mitchells and Butlers transaction
- The impact and implications of the
Punch restructure
Session Facilitator:
Andrew Burton, Head-Structured Finance Research, THE ROYAL BANK
OF SCOTLAND
Panelists:
Christian Lambie, Partner-Securitisation, ALLEN & OVERY
Miguel A. Sanchez, Director, AMBAC ASSURANCE CORP.
Paul Salama-Caro, Vice President, CITIGROUP
John Butterfield, Stategy Director, MITCHELLS & BUTLERS PLC
Sunil Gidoomal, Assistant Vice President-Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Graham Turner, Managing Director, UNIQUE PUB COMPANY
LTD.
TRACK
A 1:15 INVESTING IN EURO CMBS: A RELATIVE VALUE ANALYSIS
Session Facilitator:
Howard Esaki, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
Panelists:
Ali Ettahadieh, Associate Director, BEAR STEARNS INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
Jas Jalaf, Director-European Credit Structuring, CIBC WORLD
MARKETS
Elke Hadenfeldt, Portfolio Manager, DG HYPOTHEKENBANK
TRACK
B 1:15 ABCP INVESTOR PANEL: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES FOR THE DEMAND SIDE?
- Appetite for and pricing of Extendibles
- Liquidity for notes in the market
- Same day settlement - will it ever take
off in the ECP market
- What do investors most fear in the ABCP
market
- What do investors expect the implications
of Basel II to be
- Why do you buy ABCP - What products
is ABCP competing with - What role does ABCP play in your overall portfolio
- Approval Process - Disapproval process
- how is it evolving or What can you absolutely not entertain in an
ABCP programme
- What assistance is available to you
from external sources when buying and assessing ABCP
- Investor Disclosure - is it getting
any better
Session Facilitator:
Susan Hindle Barone, Executive Director & Vice President, GOLDMAN
SACHS INTERNATIONAL
Panelists:
Nicole Tranmer, Cash Trader, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS
Nick Hogan, Director, COMMERZBANK SECURITIES
Deborah Cunningham, Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager,
FEDERATED INVESTORS, INC.
Dierk Brandenburg, Senior Analyst, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
Jean Dornhofer, Senior Vice President, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Peter V. Atkinson, Senior Credit Analyst, STATE STREET GLOBAL
ADVISORS LTD.
TRACK
C 1:15 DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN: ASSESSING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW SYNTHETIC
SECURITISATION REGULATION AND THE GROWING COVERED BOND MARKET AND GROWING
MORTGAGE MARKET
Session Facilitator:
Steven L. Gandy, Managing Director, BANK OF AMERICA
Panelists:
Mark Odenbach, Partner, BAKER & MCKENZIE
Rafael Garces, Head-Credit Markets, CAJA MADRID
Rafael Minguez, Partner, CUATRECASAS
Arturo Miranda-Martin, Vice President, JPMORGAN
Juan Pablo Soriano, Managing Director, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
Eduardo Viegas, Senior Securitisation Advisor, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
LLP
Philippe Laporte, Chief Financial Officer, UNION DE CREDITOS
INMOBILIARIOS
TRACK
D 1:15 USE OF SYNTHETIC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS IN ABS TRANSACTIONS
Session Facilitator:
Adam Clayton, Managing Director, MERRILL LYNCH
Panelists:
Cynthia Parker, Managing Director, AMBAC ASSURANCE UK LTD.
Darron Weinstein, Product Manager-Credit Derivatives & Securitisations,
DRESDNER KLEINWORT WASSERSTEIN
Glenn S. Arden, Partner, JONES DAY
Armand R. Pastine, Managing Director, MAXIM GROUP
Ian Sideris, Partner, SIMMONS & SIMMONS
Michael Chacos, Managing Director, TD SECURITIES
TRACK
E 1:15 AUSTRALIAN SECURITISATION
Session Facilitator:
David H. Wells, Director, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
Panelists:
Kevin Stephenson, Managing Director & Head Structured Finance -
Australia, FITCH RATINGS
Andrew Bevan, Director- Australia, FSA
Vernon Spencer, Executive Chairman, INTERSTAR SECURITIES GROUP
Tony P. Gill, Managing Director, MACQUARIE SECURITISATION
LTD.
Diane Citron, Partner, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW
2:15
Day Three Concludes
8:45
Continental Breakfast
Track A: Risk Transfer,
Insurance Securitisation And Trade Receivable Securitisation
Track B: ABCP
& SIV'S And Healthcare Securitisation
Track C: German,
Japanese Securitisation
Track D: Portugal,
France, Benelux
Track E: Operating Assets,
Student Loans, Private Finance Initiative
TRACK
A 9:15 RISK TRANSFER BETWEEN INSURANCE AND CAPITAL MARKETS: STRUCTURES,
PRICING & RATINGS
- Overview of the insurance securitisation
market
- Issuer motivations
- Monoline activity
- Use of credit derivative-type technology
- Understanding the rating process
- Investor appetite
- Future of the market
Session Facilitator:
Piyanjali Abayaratna, Vice President, BANK OF AMERICA
Panelists:
TBA, BANK ONE
Jean-Eloi Dussartre, Head of European Securitisation, CDC IXIS
CAPITAL MARKETS
Charles GR Collis, CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN
Rajat Basu, Managing Director, FGIC
John Woodhall, Partner, SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD
TRACK
B 9:15 ABCP ACCOUNTING, STRUCTURING AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES
Session Facilitator:
Marilyn J. Hill, Managing Director, LEHMAN BROTHERS
Panelists:
Paul-Michael Rebus, Partner, BAKER & MCKENZIE
Steven L. Gandy, Managing Director, BANK OF AMERICA
Neville Gray, Senior Manager, ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Bryan R. Wickware, Director, WESTLB AG
TRACK
C 9:15 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GERMAN ABS/MBS/CMBS MARKETS, NON-PERFORMING
LOANS AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF SYNTHETIC SECURITISATION
- Market and Performance update
- Synthetics - why are they still popular
despite the better framework for True sale?
- RMBS+CMBS: will bank funding aspects
play a more important role going forward?
- True sale initiative - what are the
next steps
- Regulatory framework and economic capital
trades
- Non-performing loans - direct portfolio
sale versus securitisation
Session Facilitator:
Markus Schaber, Director-German Securitisation, DEUTSCHE BANK
Panelists:
Cynthia Parker, Managing Director, AMBAC ASSURANCE UK
LTD.
Michael Gerlach, Senior Structurer, COMMERZBANK SECURITIES
Georges Ruchti, Co Managing Director, EASETEG AG
Jun Huan, Head- Special Asset Securitisation & Conduits, HSH
NORDBANK AG
Klaus Distler, Vice President-Germany & Austria, JPMORGAN
Jens Rinze, Partner, LOVELLS
Joerg Wulfken, Partner, MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW-GAEDERTZ
Jens Lindner, Vice President-Senior Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS
SERVICE
George Koeteles, Director, UBS
TRACK
D 9:15 DEVELOPMENTS IN PORTUGAL: EXAMINING RMBS AND CONSUMER FINANCE SECURITISATION
Session Facilitator:
Udo Van der Linden, ABN AMRO
Panelists:
Bernardo Pignatelli, Director & Senior Manager, BANCO EFISA
Pedro Benites, Managing Director, BANCO FINANTIA
Anthony Dixon, Managing Director, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
Tamara Box, Partner, LOVELLS
Jose Ramon Tora, Director, STANDARD & POOR'S
Eric H. Klesta, Chief Operating Officer, UNION DE CREDITOS INMOBILIARES
Pedro Cassiano Santos, Lawyer, VIEIRA DE ALMEIDA & ASSOCIADOS
TRACK
E 9:15 OPERATING ASSETS SECURITISATION
- Planes, Trains and Containers
- Legal issues
- Rating agency approach
- Perspectives from the issuer and buy
side...
- Relative Value
Session Facilitator:
Todd Kendall, Managing Director-ABS, SOCIETE GENERALE
Panelists:
Joseph Hughes, Assistant Manager, BANK OF IRELAND
David Doorley, Treasurer, CARLISLE LEASING
Anthony Nocera, Director, STANDARD & POOR'S
Michael McGrath, Partner, THACHER, PROFFITT & WOOD
10:15
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
TRACK
A 10:30 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SECURITISATION: RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD
- Securitisations impact on providing
capital relief and overcoming liquidity constraints
- Understanding the calculus in determining
embedded value surpluses
- What's driving insurance companies
and pension funds to consider embedded value securitisations?
- A look at structures, collateral, cash
flows, ratings and overall fundamentals
- To what extent might the ghosts of
the unsuccessful and ill-conceived NPI issue reappear or was the Gracechurch
Life Finance deal the ghostbuster?
- Will more insurers examine this as a
funding route? A look at the market's potential for growth
- Credit concerns of investors
Session Facilitator:
Jim Rice, Partner, LINKLATERS
Panelists:
Dan Bevill, First Vice President, AMBAC ASSURANCE CORP.
Murray Wood, Director, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
Simeon Rudin, Partner, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
George Skelton, Associate Analyst, MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE
David Viney, Director, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
TRACK
B 10:30 STRUCTURED INVESTMENT VEHICLES: ACHIEVING SPREADS NEEDED IN TIGHTENING
MARKETS AND GROWTH SUSTAINABILITY
- How many more fully funded SIV's can
the market absorb?
- Setting up an SIV: Is the pain wor
th the expense if you are a newbie?
- Where are new capital note investors
coming from given the slowed down appetite among Middle Eastern investors?
- A look at risk management models and
leverage levels among SIV's
- Overcoming the capital availability
hurdle
- Defease with ease? Soft, slow winddown
vs. Hard landing mechanisms
- Are there enough good assets to go around?
- Seeking diversity through non-dollar
assets and longer term issues
- Use of credit derivatives by SIV's:
Where's the upside?
- Investor concern over overlapping SIV
portfolios and contagion risk should assets under perform
- Addressing growth obstacles: Willingness
of rating agencies to provide a rating on the capital note tranch and
existence of a pool of investors to buy those rated notes
Session Facilitator:
Henry Tabe, Vice President-Senior Credit Officer, MOODY'S
INVESTORS SERVICE
Panelists:
Edward Charles, BANK OF AMERICA
Jim Irvine, Managing Director-SIV Group, BANK
ONE, NA
Brendan P. Galloway, Principal & Senior ABS Analyst, BARCLAY'S
GLOBAL INVESTORS
Dominic Swan, Managing Director-SIV, HSBC BANK PLC
Marke Raines, Partner, SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
TRACK
C 10:30 UPDATE ON THE GERMAN TRUE SALE INITIATIVE AND ACCOUNTING/REGULATORY
DEVELOPMENTS
Session Facilitator:
Matthias Renner, Managing Director, WESTLB AG
Panelists:
Michael Weller, Partner, CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
Juergen Mahler, Co-Head Securitisation (Germany), COMMERZBANK
SECURITIES
Ulrich Lotz, Director-German Securitisation Group, DELOITTE
Petra Schwab, Managing Director-Securitisation Europe, HVB
CORPORATES & MARKETS
Torsten Althaus, Director, STANDARD & POOR'S
Herbert Fugel, Executive Director, WESTLB AG
Ulf J. Kreppel, Partner, WHITE & CASE, FEDDERSEN
TRACK
D 10:30 LEGAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FRENCH MARKETS
Panelists:
Gilles Saint-Marc, Partner, GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL
Natalia Bourin, Associate Director, FITCH RATINGS
Sharon Lewis, Partner, LOVELLS
TRACK
E 10:30 A LOOK AT THE STUDENT LOAN MARKET
- Growth in the Student Loan Market
- ... Fuelling Innovation
- Challenges and issues of the Student
Loan market
- Has a new asset class has developed
for European investors?
- Is there potential for a new European
asset class?
Session Facilitator:
Hubert Tissier de Mallerais, Vice President-ABS, CREDIT SUISSE
FIRST BOSTON
Panelists:
Helmut Van Ginderen, Credit Analyst- ABS/MBS, FORTIS BANK
Cheryl E. Watson, Executive Vice President, NELNET
Guido E. van der Ven, Managing Director, SALLIE MAE,
INC.
Christopher Conroy, Director, STANDARD & POOR'S
Paul W. Wozniak, Managing Director, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES
TRACK
A 11:30 TRADE RECEIVABLE SECURITISATION: A BOYANT MARKET?
- Where are the opportunities today for
a receivables securitisation?
- Issuer objectives: Why the benefits
outweigh the costs.
- Challenges and issues of a receivables
securitisation
- Increasing issuance from non-investment
grade and fallen angel corporates, additional considerations?
- Execution strategies: term vs. conduit?
Session Facilitator:
Alex Gress, Vice President- Corporates Structured Finance, JPMORGAN
Panelists:
Neil Cuff, Senior Transaction Manager, ATRADIUS
James Simeons, Director, BANK ONE EUROPE LTD.
Philip Walsh, Senior Director, FITCH RATINGS
Ian Falconer, Partner, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Brian Feighan, Executive Vice President, DEMICA
Volker Meissmer, Senior Vice President, LANDESBANK BADEN WURTTEMBERG
Peter F. Rek, Head-Credit Portfolio Management & Asset Securitisation
Placement, SIEMENS FINANCIAL SERVICES GMBH
Patrick Cogan, Director, XL CAPITAL ASSURANCE
TRACK
B 11:30 THE FUTURE FOR HEALTHCARE SECURITISATIONS IN THE UK
- Sectors - Hospitals and Residential
Care Homes
- Types - Sale & Leasebacks, Whole Business
and CMBS
- Trends - Market Place Consolidation
Session Facilitator:
Steven Behr, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
Panelists:
James Drayton, Executive Director, CALYON
Jim Flaherty, CANNON CAPITAL
John Keane, Director, FITCH RATINGS
Adele Archer, Director-Public Finance Ratings, STANDARD
& POOR'S
Nick Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer, WESTMINSTER HEALTH
CARE LTD.
TRACK
C 11:30 JAPANESE/ASIAN SECURITISATION DEVELOPMENTS
Session Facilitator:
Masaya Higashi, Director, TOKYO MITSUBISHI INTERNATIONAL
PLC
Panelists:
Makoto Hosoya, Associate Director-Financial Markets, BANK OF
JAPAN
Yukio Egawa, Director, DEUTSCHE SECURITIES LTD.
Jeffrey H. Chen, Partner, JONES DAY
Yoichiro Nakai, General Manager, MIZUHO SECURITIES CO., LTD.
Akihiro Konishi, Senior Analyst, RATINGS & INVESTMENT INFORMATION,
INC.
TRACK
D 11:30 DEVELOPMENTS IN BENELUX ABS/MBS
- What trends have characterised the
Benelux markets in 2004 so far?
- What's the current state in the primary
markets (volumes, Performance,...)?
- How important is the role of the servicer
in maintaining low loss levels?
- Is there still value in the Benelux
RMBS market at the current spread levels?
- Are synthetic RMBS deals a temporarily
phenomena or are they here to stay?
- Are issuers already anticipating the
new Basel II regulation?
- What other challenges are Benelux issuers
facing in today's markets?
- What other asset types could be good
securitisation candidates or why not?
Session Facilitator:
Helmut Van Ginderen, Credit Analyst, ABS/MBS, FORTIS BANK
Panelists:
Oliver de Duve, Director-European Structured Finance, CIFG
Patrick Van den Eynde, Head-Securitisation, DEXIA BANK
Mark P. Bronder, Head-Dutch Securitisation, ING
Alan Cameron, RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL
Philippe Tapernoux, Executive Director, UBS
TRACK
E 11:30 PFI/PPP INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS: A LOOK AT A MATURING MARKET
- Growth potential of the market
- Rating agency issues
- Investor demand: fixed and index linked
bonds
Session Facilitator:
Charles Abel Smith, Securitisation Officer, BNP PARIBAS
Panelists:
John Skuter, Securitisation Associate, ALLEN & OVERY
Hector Bros, Lawyer, CUATRECASAS
Adam Macdonald, Assistant Director, UBS
Mark Wells, Head-UK PFI, XL CAPITAL ASSURANCE
12:30 Global
ABS Summit Concludes
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