The Oracle BTRM Conference: London, 20th March 2019

The Oracle BTRM Conference: London, 20th March 2019

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The 3rd Biennial BTRM Conference, in partnership with Oracle Financial Services, looks at the future of bank balance sheet management:

How best to combine a strategic ALM discipline, an integrated Treasury function and the power of Artificial Intelligence to deliver a truly optimised balance sheet.

Themes of the Conference:

  • Strategic ALM

  • The bank treasury team of the future

  • The impact of new technologies: Machine Learning and AI

  • The digital treasury

Speakers & Panellists:

  • Dr Moorad Choudhry Founder, The BTRM, Author of "The Principles of Banking"

  • Christopher Westcott Head of BTRM Faculty, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Herts Business School

  • Dr Beata Lubinska Head of Market Risk at MeDirect Group and BTRM Faculty

  • Zia Ishaq Global Solutions Specialist for Treasury, Oracle Financial Services

  • Dr Michael Eichhorn Global Treasury CRO at Credit Suisse and BTRM Faculty

  • Valentina Zagorodnikova, Treasury, Sberbank

  • Alexander Malanov, Treasury, Sberbank

  • Colin Johnson Head of Prudential Risk for Charter Court Financial Services, NED for ALMIS international and former Chair of UK ALMA

  • Kevin Liddy Consultant, Solum Financial and BTRM Faculty

  • Chris Edwards INED at Kexim Bank UK Ltd.

  • Jonathan Farnan Director in the Treasury Markets Team, Standard Chartered and BTRM Faculty

  • Ian Tyler Senior Advisor, Alvarez & Marsal Financial Industry Advisory Services LLP

Agenda:

08:30 REGISTRATION AND MORNING WELCOME COFFEE

08:50 - 09:00 Chairman's Welcome

 

Chair: Christopher Westcott, Head of BTRM Faculty, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Herts Business School

 

09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: The Future of Treasury

  • Crystal ball gazing into the future of bank Treasury

  • How an integrated Treasury function will enable the bank to structure a genuinely optimised balance sheet

  • Truly connecting asset and liability origination to eliminate silos: real strategic ALM, not consultant platitudes

  • Using digital tech and machine learning systems to finally "know" and understand your balance sheet

Presenter: Dr. Moorad Choudhry, Founder, The BTRM, Author of "The Principles of Banking"

09:40 - 10:20 Evolution of the Treasury operating model, how will Treasury and Bank ALCOs continue to deliver on their mandates?

  • Challenges to the operating model status quo

  • Embracing a new digital vision for Treasury, delaying it could have wider negative ramifications

  • Implications for ALCO and strategic balance sheet management

  • Transition and roadmap, what are the tools and technologies needed to crystalize the vision

​Presenter: Zia Ishaq, Global Solutions Specialist for Treasury, Oracle Financial Services

10:20 - 10:50 MORNING BREAK AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

10:50 - 11:30 Contemporary Challenges in the Asset Liability Management in banks

  • Determination of the optimal structure of liabilities side of the banking book under risk conditions through the application of the optimization technique

  • The evolving role of ALM from traditional liquidity and IRRBB management into a broader definition of active balance sheet

  • Advantages coming from the active ALM positioning

  • The role of Funds Transfer Pricing in the active ALM

Presenter: Dr Beata Lubinska, Head of Market Risk at MeDirect Group and BTRM Faculty

11:30 - 12:10 Strategic Asset Liability Management and Integrated Balance Sheet Management: Implications for the future of the Treasury Risk function 

  • Operating model of the Treasury Risk function

  • Treasury Risk function within the CRO 

  • Treasury Risk function and CFO

  • Tools and Instruments 

Presenter: Dr Michael Eichhorn, Global Treasury CRO at Credit Suisse and BTRM Faculty

12:10 - 12:50 PANEL: What should be three highest priorities for Treasury and ALCO for the forthcoming year and 2020?

​PANELLISTS:

  • Dr Beata Lubinska, Head of Market Risk at MeDirect Group and BTRM Faculty

  • Zia Ishaq, Global Solutions Specialist for Treasury, Oracle Financial Services

  • Dr Michael Eichhorn, Global Treasury CRO at Credit Suisse and BTRM Faculty

  • Chris Edwards, INED at Kexim Bank UK Ltd.

  • Jonathan Farnan, Director in the Treasury Markets Team, Standard Chartered and BTRM Faculty

Moderator: Colin Johnson, Head of Prudential Risk for Charter Court Financial Services, NED for ALMIS international and former Chair of UK ALMA

12:50 - 13:40 LUNCH

13:40 - 14:20 The models for Holistic balance sheet management: ML models of client behavior and AI balance sheet optimization

  • Forecasting models for holistic balance sheet management: how to predict the future of commercial bank?

  • Know your client: how to model clients’ behavior using Machine Learning?

  • Balance sheet optimisation tool: how to optimize the balance sheet structure for the Bank to be more efficient?

Presenters: Valentina Zagorodnikova, Treasury, Sberbank & Alexander Malanov, Treasury, Sberbank

14:20 - 15:00 IBOR reform - The road paved with good intentions

  • Key Transition Challenges

  • Dealing with the Legacy book

  • Term RFR’s and redefining TLP

Presenter: Kevin Liddy, Consultant, Solum Financial

15:00 – 15:40 Strategic Balance Sheet Optimisation

  • Increased complexity as numerous capital and balance sheet ratios have to be managed

  • How best to build a Strategic BSM capability?

  • What does good look like?

Presenter: Ian Tyler, Senior Advisor, Alvarez & Marsal Financial Industry Advisory Services LLP

15:40 - 16:10 AFTERNOON BREAK AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

16:10 - 16:50 CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION: The IBOR transition challenge - implications for the market, particularly bank treasuries

PANELLISTS: 

  • Kevin Liddy, Consultant, Solum Financial and BTRM Faculty

  • Christopher Westcott, Head of BTRM Faculty, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Herts Business School

  • Ian Tyler, Senior Advisor, Alvarez & Marsal Financial Industry Advisory Services LLP

Moderator: Zia Ishaq, Global Solutions Specialist for Treasury, Oracle Financial Services

16:50 - 17:00 Chairman’s closing comments: Christopher Westcott, Head of BTRM Faculty, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Herts Business School

Venue:

  • Level39 - One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB (Level39 Website)

CPD Certification:

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