Loan Operations Conference 2018

Nigel Houghton, Managing Director – LMA

Doug Laurie, Chair of the LMA European Operations Committee – Barclays
Alan Briggs, Chair of the Loan Servicing Sub-Committee – National Westminster Bank
Raya Brody, Chair of the Agency Sub-Committee – Citi

An overview of the trends currently being set in the European loan market, with predictions of what the second half of 2018 has in store.
Chair: Doug Laurie, Director – Barclays
Jane Gray, Co-Head of European Research – Covenant Review
Miko Bradford, Special Counsel – Milbank
Darren Hanwell, Partner – Allen & Overy

Nicholas Voisey, Managing Director – LMA

With the potential phase out of LIBOR in 2021, what challenges should operations and system management teams be alive to, and what actions should you start taking now?
Chair: Kam Mahil, Director - Legal – LMA
Brian Fraser, Senior Manager, Lending Products – Lloyds Banking Group
Ron van Staten, Managing Director – ING
Jeremy Stokeld, Partner – Linklaters

Could the requirement to report a Syndicated Contract identifier breathe renewed life into the widespread adoption of identifiers in the European markets?
Chair:Nigel Houghton, Managing Director – LMA
Darren Purcell, Director – CUSIP Global Services
Laura Cannon, Head of Loan Operations – European Leverage Finance – Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

Doug Laurie, Chair of the LMA European OperationsCommittee – Barclays
Gemma Lawrence-Pardew, Chair of the Market Initiatives Sub-Committee – LMA

The how, what and why of key pieces of the documentation that effects asecondary trade
Deborah Neale, Managing Senior PSL – Clifford Chance

A dig down into the secondary settlement timeline and how best to tackle issues going forward.
Chair: Gemma Lawrence-Pardew, Senior Associate Director – LMA
Scott Lewis, Manager – M&G
Robbie Dunsmore – Morgan Stanley
David Ribchester – Ares Management
Keith Miller,Head of Loan Services – GLAS

With the world rapidly changing,and advances in technology taking hold, what will the agency function look like in five years time? This session will look at the impact of standardisation, the importance of systems integration,the need to address ever increasing concerns around data security and the effect of globalisation on agency teams.
Chair: Sean Tai, Managing Director - Debtdomain Syndicated Loans – IPREO
Julian Wheeler – Barclays
Claudia Small – TMF
Simon Thorogood, Programme Director, Corporate Trust and Loan Agency –HSBC Securities Services
Raya Brody, Chair of the Agency Sub-Committee – Citi

A look at some of the new collaborative creations coming out of the FinTech Space.
Chair: David Anderson, – iManage
David Paris, AVP Consulting, Governance, Risk and Compliance – Banking and FS UK - Cognizant
Simon Hurst, Debt Finance, Head of Transaction Management – Barclays
Jacqueline Morcombe – Finastra
David Jesson, Executive Director – IHS Markit

Gemma Lawrence-Pardew, Senior Associate Director – LMA