ISDA’s 30th Annual General Meeting: Montreal

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is holding its 30^th Annual General Meeting in Montreal from Tuesday, April 21 until Thursday, April 23.

WHO:	This year’s event will feature Scott O’Malia, Chief Executive Officer of ISDA and Eric Litvack, ISDA Chairman and Managing Director, Head of Regulatory Strategy, Société Générale Global Banking and Investor Solutions, as well as ISDA Board members, leading industry executives and public policy-makers, including:
	• Keynote Regulatory Address: The Honorable Timothy G. Massad, Chairman, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
	• Keynote Industry Address: Janice Fukakusa, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer, RBC
WHAT:	AGM sessions and panels include:
	• The impact of cross-border regulatory issues on derivatives markets;
	• Challenges and opportunities from new electronic trading regimes;
	• Developments in central counterparty recovery and resolution;
	• How MIFID II will affect the derivatives market;
	• Implications of new capital, leverage and liquidity requirements.

The ISDA AGM 2015 will also feature specialist sessions with updates on ISDA’s implementation initiative for new non-cleared derivatives margin rules, the impact of global regulations to end users, data and reporting and key legal developments.

Press are invited to attend all social events, including the pre-conference members’ welcome reception on Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30PM at Le Chalet du Mont-Royal and the Chairman’s evening cocktail reception on Wednesday, April 22.

Please note that attendance at the social events is granted on a strictly off-the-record basis and is for social and not for reporting purposes.

WHEN:	Conference sessions are held on Wednesday, April 22 – Thursday, April 23, 2015. The pre-conference members’ welcome reception is on April 21 at 7:30PM.
WHERE:	Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth
	900 Rene Levesque Boulevard West
	Montreal, QC H3B 4A5, Canada
	Telephone: + 1 514 861 3511

Additional information regarding the Annual General Meeting, including a conference agenda, is available on the Association’s website.

Members of the media planning to attend this invitation-only event must register.

RSVP to: Nick Sawyer, ISDA London, [e-mail], [phone]; Lauren Dobbs, ISDA New York, [e-mail], [phone]; or Donna Chan, ISDA Hong Kong, [e-mail], [phone]