Forthcoming content

Just a selection of the peer-reviewed articles, briefings and case studies already scheduled for publication in Volume 1 include:

• Developing an optimal custodian relationship management strategy – specification, service delivery, monitoring, oversight and what to do when it goes wrong
  Philip J. Brown, General Manager, Clearstream Banking
• Streamlining credit default swaps processing – what are the latest market-based solutions and how they are being leveraged?
  Frank De Maria, First Vice President, Derivatives Operations,
  Merrill Lynch
• An implementation roadmap for overcoming Giovannini barriers
  Andrew J Muir, Market Reform Group, SWIFT
• Improving STP flows from issuer to market – how can asset servicers encourage issuers to have the right processes in place? What technology options are available?
  Susan Henderson, Deputy Group Secretary, Prudential & David Farbon, Head of Corporate Advice, Lloyds TSB Registrars
• The effective use of administrators across a range of control environments
  Westley D. Chapman, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies
• Can at source standardisation be achieved in corporate actions processing? What needs to be done to take it forward?
  David Hands, Managing Director & Lorraine Morrison, Product Manager & Director, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
• The impact of the Code of Conduct on European clearing and settlement – setting and achieving targets, has it gone far enough and how can success be measured?
  Stefan Mai, Director, Head of Section Market Policy, Deutsche Börse
• Best practices for counterparty risk monitoring
  Glen C. Dailey, Managing Director, Head of Prime Brokerage, Jefferies and Company
• Challenges in buy-side MBS processing - problems faced in trying to settle trades, why they occur and how to work around them
  Larry Barnett, Managing Director, Braddock Financial
• How to identify operational warning signs of a hedge fund collapse
  Julian Korek, Kinetic Partners
• Understanding how leverage and credit affect a fund's infrastructure
  Ted Wright, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Investment Management, Tremont Capital Management
• Pricing complex instruments from an administrator’s point of view
  Dermot Butler, Chairman, Custom House Administration & Corporate Services & Deputy Chairman, Alternative Investment Management Association
• How is prime brokerage driving development in trading, operations and technology?
  Neil Monaghan, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, Prime Brokerage
• How global custodians can improve control, record-keeping and reporting
  Tim Wood, Director, Client Service, RBC Dexia Investor Services
• Extending the reconciliations model at Freddie Mac – how was the model selected and implemented and what were the lessons learned?
  Michael Patel, Senior Director, Corporate Reconciliation Unit & Aravind Jagannathan, Senior Director, Operations & Technology, Freddie Mac
• Selecting and implementing an STP solution for derivatives and hedge funds processing – applying lessons learned from equities and
  fixed-income
  Bob Craddock, Director, Bank of Ireland Securities Services
• Operational due diligence concepts for hedge funds
  Bernard Bachmann, Head of Operational Risk Management, RMF Investment Management
• Best practices in corporate actions – how can measurable improvements to cost, risk and efficiency be achieved?
  Luis Felipe Paiva, Head of Depository Services, Brazilian Clearing and Depository Corporation
• Improving the efficiency of the post-trade, pre-settlement clearing process for the US-listed derivatives industry
  Matt Simpson, Associate Director of Electronic Trading Architecture, CME
• Effective SMA entry, growth and management – inefficiencies, why they occur, managing their bottom-line impact
  David H. Gardner, External Project Director, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
• The Code of Conduct and corporate actions – its implications for issuers, intermediaries and depositories in the general meeting related process
  Carmine Di Noia, Deputy Director General, Matteo Gargantini, Assonime, and Salvatore Lo Giudice, European Commission
• Current trends in European securities lending and collateral management – where is the industry going?
  Bill Cuthbert, Spitalfields Advisors
• Outsourcing the middle office in buy-side securities – current trends, best practice and legal considerations
  Chandresh Iyer, Managing Director, Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking
• Operational and system details of Reg NMS implementation – common obstacles and how to overcome them
  Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director, Financial Information Forum
• A utility's perspective on improving efficiency in derivatives processing
  Chip Carver, CEO, SwapsWire
• Improving the buy-side settlement process – how to identify inefficiencies, know why they occur, measure their bottom-line impact and combat them
  Joe Anastasio, Executive Vice President and Partner, Capco
• TARGET2 and its implications for custodians - the challenges and opportunities and how to prepare for implementation
  Tomas Kindler, Head of Marketing & Sales Support, Clearstream Banking
• Challenges facing investment managers in derivatives transaction operations – and how to overcome them
  Cherie Graham, Director, Client Solutions, Brown Brothers Harriman
• Operational due diligence considerations for multi-jurisdictional hedge fund analysis
  Jason Scharfman, Director, Morgan Stanley - Graystone Research
• Assessing the impact of the code of conduct on European clearing and settlement – how to meet its challenges and opportunities
  Elzbieta Pustola, President and CEO, National Depository for Securities, Poland

Article submissions for our inaugural volume are still most welcome. To submit an article please contact the Journal Publisher