Agenda

Jing Gu is a Senior Counsel at ISDA.  Prior to joining ISDA, Ms. Gu was a Director in the Legal and Compliance Department of Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited where she specialized in OTC derivative products and structured finance with a geographical emphasis on Greater China.  Before joining Credit Suisse, she was an associate at Allen & Overy Hong Kong Office where she advised a number of international banks and Chinese banks on derivative transactions and ISDA documentation. 

Ms. Gu holds a Master of Laws degree from Peking University, an LL.M. degree from New York University  School of Law and a Master of Laws degree from Kyushu University in Japan.  Ms. Gu holds the lawyer qualification certificate in China, is qualified in the State of New York and is also admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. Ms. Gu has been working for ISDA since 2008.

William Shek is currently Managing Director, Head of FX, EM Rates & Commodities, Debt Trading & Financing, Asia Pacific at HSBC. He joined the firm in 2005. Prior to HSBC, he was Head of Asian currency trading at Merrill Lynch. He also served as a Co-Head of macro trading desk at Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong. He obtained his BEng and MEng at Imperial College.  

His interests include cycling, football, snooker and model airplanes.

John Feeney is the Head of Conduct (C&IB) at National Australia Bank Limited (NAB). He has been in financial markets for over 30 years in trading and management roles across most asset classes. Prior to joining NAB, Mr. Feeney has worked for Commonwealth Bank in Sydney, Citi in Sydney and London and Macquarie Bank in Sydney. Over this time he has traded and managed interest rate derivate, foreign exchange, traded credit, commodities and funding businesses. Currently, Mr. Feeney is an ISDA Board Member and an AFMA Board member.

Edwin Schooling Latter is Director of Markets and Wholesale Policy at the Financial Conduct Authority where his responsibilities encompass policy in relation to primary and secondary markets, trading venues, trading conduct, benchmarks, asset management and pensions.  From 2011-2014 Edwin was head of the Financial Market Infrastructure
Directorate at the Bank of England, responsible for supervision of CCPs, securities settlement systems, and systemically important payment systems, and for the Bank’s input to policy making on central clearing and OTC derivatives reforms. Prior to appointment as head of MID, Edwin worked in the Bank’s Financial Stability area for several years, including as secretary to the Bank’s Financial Stability Committee. Edwin was also previously Managing Director of UK payment system, LINK Interchange Network Ltd.

Alastair Hughes is Head of Division in the Bank of England’s Markets Directorate, responsible for work on risk-free rate transition. Prior to this he spent most of his career as a supervisor of Globally Systemically Important Banks (GSIBs). Most recently as a Head of Division in the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) covering the London operations of North American firms including JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of America. He spent several years as a member of the FSB’s Senior Supervisor Group, a forum for senior representatives of supervisory authorities to engage in dialogue on risk management practices, governance, and other issues concerning complex, globally-active financial institutions.

Based at Integreon’s London Office, Dean brings a wealth of legal and regulatory experience having worked or consulted at several tier one investment banks in a senior or lead capacity in the financial products transactional space over the last 15 years. Dean provides regulatory subject matter expertise in support of business development.

Prior to joining Integreon and most recently, Dean has provided IM services at Barclays on behalf of Deloitte, CRD IV support as part of a global regulatory project and led a legal clause extraction unit involving IM and CASS regulatory services, each at Credit Suisse, regulatory Brexit related services at JP Morgan, and negotiated the suite of custody documents and provided MiFID II regulatory support at BNYM for its provision of collateral management services.

Additionally, Dean has expertise in creating legal financial trading and regulatory project playbooks, negotiation guides, in-house contract templates, training materials and the running of training/workshops for up to 200 people. From a legal perspective, Dean rolled out emissions trading for the subsidiary of a large Japanese bank and Clearstream Repurchase Conditions for a large French bank. Dean was previously the global legal point person for control agreements for a large Spanish bank, having also provided training to its legal department.

Based at Integreon’s London Office, Dean brings a wealth of legal and regulatory experience having worked or consulted at several tier one investment banks in a senior or lead capacity in the financial products transactional space over the last 15 years. Dean provides regulatory subject matter expertise in support of business development.

Prior to joining Integreon and most recently, Dean has provided IM services at Barclays on behalf of Deloitte, CRD IV support as part of a global regulatory project and led a legal clause extraction unit involving IM and CASS regulatory services, each at Credit Suisse, regulatory Brexit related services at JP Morgan, and negotiated the suite of custody documents and provided MiFID II regulatory support at BNYM for its provision of collateral management services.

Additionally, Dean has expertise in creating legal financial trading and regulatory project playbooks, negotiation guides, in-house contract templates, training materials and the running of training/workshops for up to 200 people. From a legal perspective, Dean rolled out emissions trading for the subsidiary of a large Japanese bank and Clearstream Repurchase Conditions for a large French bank. Dean was previously the global legal point person for control agreements for a large Spanish bank, having also provided training to its legal department.

Tom is responsible for Morgan Stanley’s transition efforts to alternative reference rates to
replace LIBOR through the firm’s Global LIBOR Transition Steering Committee. This
group, spanning ISG, Wealth Management and Investment Management, will ensure that
all businesses and infrastructure organizations have a consistent set of Firm-level
guidelines, their own transition plans and accountability for transition readiness before
year-end 2021.
Tom most recently led the firm’s Global Business Continuity Management Organization,
which is responsible for strategic planning and risk management for potential cyber and
physical disruptions. He is a member of the firm’s Securities Operating Committee, Risk
Management Committee and Asset/ Liability Management Committee.
Prior to being named Vice Chairman, Tom was the Global Head of the Bank Resource
Management Division where he was responsible for the firm's secured funding, securities
lending, global hedging and collateral management activities.
Beginning his career in the industry in 1977, Tom joined Morgan Stanley in 1986 and has
been engaged in the Firm’s funding, collateral and hedging activities throughout his
career at the firm. Based in New York, Tom has also completed multi-year assignments
in Morgan Stanley’s London and Tokyo offices.
In April, 2019, Tom was named Chair of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee
(ARRC) by the Federal Reserve Board. The ARRC is a group of private-market
participants convened to help ensure a successful transition from USD LIBOR to a more
robust reference rate.
Tom was appointed Chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market
Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) Interest Rate Benchmark Reform Subcommittee in
October, 2018.
Tom served as Chair of the Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) until May 2019.
The TMPG is sponsored by the New York Federal Reserve and is an industry group
committed to supporting the integrity and efficiency of the U.S. Treasury and Agency
Mortgage Securities Markets.
Tom serves on the board of directors of International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc. (ISDA). Tom was appointed to the Alternative Reference Rate Committee,
sponsored by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in 2014. Tom previously
served on the Financial Research Advisory Committee to the US Treasury Office of
Financial Research from 2012 to 2017.

Chris manages for SIFMA's securitization and corporate credit advocacy and other activities. 

SIFMA has a special focus on agency MBS markets and maintains a collection of market standards and trading practices governing the TBA market. For the last few years, primary mandates in this area have been regulatory reform, the implementation of a single security for TBA trading, FINRA 4210 margin requirements, securitization capital requirements, and the world of GSE/housing finance reform. 

In the fall of 2018 Chris took over SIFMA’s corporate credit activities in addition to the securitization responsibilities.  This includes issues such as fixed income market structure, TRACE, and execution of SIFMA’s Insurance and Risk-Linked Securities Conference.  

He is also the primary staffer for SIFMA's activities related to LIBOR and the transition to alternative reference rates in the US and participates on the Federal Reserve’s Alternative Reference Rates Committee along with a number of subcommittees.

He also helps to coordinate SIFMA's activities related to fintech. 

Chris joined the Bond Market Association (predecessor to SIFMA) in 2005 as the analyst for the MBS and Securitized Products Division. He became head of the securitization group in 2013.  Prior to joining SIFMA, he was an accountant in the Retail Securitization Accounting and Investor Reporting group at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and was responsible for investor reporting and other administration of auto, student loan, and mortgage securitization transactions.

Chris holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Government from Franklin and Marshall College.
 
 

Jack Hattem, CFA, Managing Director, is the Deputy CIO of BlackRock’s Obsidian platform which includes The BlackRock Obsidian Fund, a global fixed income multi-strategy hedge fund, and The Obsidian Relative Value Strategy.  Mr. Hattem has oversight of the Derivatives Alpha platform within the Fundamental Fixed Income group and is a member of the firm’s Steering Committee on LIBOR transition - SteerCo. 

 Previously, he was the head of interest rate derivatives strategies within BlackRock Fixed Income. He began his investment career as an analyst in BlackRock’s Portfolio Analytics Group in 2000, where he was responsible for analytics and risk management for BlackRock’s alternative investment products, before joining the Portfolio Management Group in 2003.

Mr. Hattem serves on the Board of Directors of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and is a member of the Federal Reserve’s Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC).  He is a regular guest lecturer at Columbia Business School.  He earned a BA degree, cum laude, in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.

Subadra Rajappa joined Societe Generale in October 2014 as Head of US Rates Strategy. In her current role she is responsible for publishing thematic research on US rates markets and highlighting relevant trading opportunities. She is a frequent speaker at internal and industry conferences where she presents her broader market views to the firm’s clients. She currently represents SG at the alternative reference rate committee (ARRC) and is actively involved in discussions with industry groups around transitioning to the new reference rate.

Subadra has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Previous at Morgan Stanley, she was a senior rates strategist focused on macro themes in the rates markets. She was the lead strategist covering many topics and presenting in-depth research in fixed-income derivatives, inflation, money markets and the evolving regulatory environment.

Subadra has extensive experience in global fixed-income markets including positions in research, sales and strategy at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. She has a strong quantitative background and started her career in finance at Salomon Brothers as a quantitative analyst where she focused on emerging market derivatives and credit derivatives before transitioning to rates.

Kris Devasabai is the New York-based editor-in-chief of Risk.net. Previously, he was bureau chief and US editor of Risk magazine. He manages the editorial team. Prior to joining Risk, Kris covered hedge funds, asset management, cross-border investing and law for several publications.

Kris holds a bachelor’s degree in law and government from the University of Manchester, and he completed his legal training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2003.