8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Overview of the Agenda

Julie Warren, New York Life Investment Management (Chair of The Asset Managers Forum)

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
AMF & Greenwich Report on Operational Performance Study

David Skrodanes, GM Asset Management (Chair of AMF Benchmarking Committee)
Jenn Sneath, Greenwich Associates

The Benchmarking Committee recently completed a special study in conjunction with Greenwich Associates. The primary objective of this study, as outlined by The Asset Managers Forum, was to identify possible "best practices" and to provide feedback to the broker/dealer community on operational issues within the fixed income markets. David Skrodanes of General Motors Asset Management and Jenn Sneath of Greenwich will offer an overview of the study results.

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Panel on Managing Relationships with Broker/Dealers

Moderator: Jean Ebbott , Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Bob Alexander,Merrill Lynch

Nick Botta,Morgan Stanley

Frank DiMarco,Merrill Lynch

John Gallagher,BlackRock

William Greco,Deutsche Bank

Diane Madera,Morgan Stanley Investment Management

In order to help manage relationships with broker/dealers, asset managers in the U.S. are beginning to utilize Service Level Standards, which are agreements that outline broker/dealers' responsibilities to their clients, and likewise, asset managers' responsibilities to broker/dealers. These agreements, which are now common in Europe, are becoming more commonly used in the U.S. Jean Ebbott will moderate a panel that discusses these agreements and alternative ways to managing business relationships.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Committee Breakout Session I

AMF Swaps Committee Meeting

George Hall, Goldman Sachs Asset Management - Swaps Committee Chair

On July 26, the AMF promulgated its Swaps Best Practices White Paper for public comment at a conference of nearly 200 attendees. As the official comment period nears its close on October 1, 2005, the AMF Swaps Committee will discuss general comment themes and also how the Committee can further work with dealers, CIOs and the Governance Group on implementing the best practice recommendations.

AMF Corporate Actions Committee

Brian Conway, Prudential Investment Corporation Lorraine Morrison, DTCC
Michael Stern, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Corporate Actions Committee Chairs)

On the day succeeding the AMF Quarterly Business Meeting, September 22, the AMF will host a Workshop on Corporate Actions. As a preview to the Workshop, the Corporate Actions Committee will provide members with an overview of the committee's goals toward enhancing the current corporate actions workflow during this breakout session.

12:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Committee Reports by AMF Swaps Committee & Corporate Actions Committee Leaderships

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon Speaker

Chip Carver, CEO, SwapsWire

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Committee Breakout Session II

AMF STP Committee

Christian Barsanti, Prudential Investment Corporation STP Committee
Christopher Palmer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
(STP Committee Co-Chairs)

In moving toward the development of best practices, the AMF STP Committee has created an Allocations Subcommittee to identify best practices for the allocations process in order to gain efficiencies and reduce risks. The subcommittee has worked with custodians and clearing agencies and banks on how allocations relate to settlements. During this breakout session, the STP Committee will receive an update by the Allocations Subcommittee on its draft recommendations.

 

AMF Bank Loans Working Group

As a follow-up to the May 16 AMF Bank Loan Workshop, the AMF has formed a Working Group to address the operations and technology issues that relate to bank loans. During this breakout session, the Working Group will review the issues along with continuing with its collective discussions already begun with the LSTA.

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Committee Reports by AMF STP Committee & Bank Loans Working Group Leaderships

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Panel on Trade Order Management Systems

Moderator: David Skrodanes, GM Asset Management

Eric Bernstein,Linedata Services

John Bird,Advent Software

Richard Enfield,Charles River Development

Michael Hunter,EZE Castle Software

David Skrodanes will moderate a panel of vendors on trade order management and how technology is being used to meet market trends and needs, specifically relating to pre-trade investment guideline compliance as well as regulatory and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Special Remarks

John Gidman, Loomis Sayles, Chair of the Senior Executives Group

John Gidman will speak to the membership of the AMF on the formation of the Asset Managers Division.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Networking Reception

 

Registration Information

Registration Fees: No Fee

This meeting is open to AMF members only. There is no charge for attending; however, pre-registration is required.

If you have any questions, please call Susan Weiss at 646.637.9293.