Risk South Africa

Risk South Africa presents an indispensable combination of the latest tools, practical strategies, regulation and marker insights from more than 30 top South African and international practitioners and superb networking opportunities with around 200 senior professionals.

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The only event dedicated to analysing latest trends and forecasts impacting risk and investment managers in South Africa

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Create sustainable risk management strategies and find greater yield in a turbulent regulatory, economic and political landscape 

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2019 expert speakers include:

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Brian Kantor

chief strategist and economist

Investec Wealth and Investment

Founding Chairman of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (Pty) Ltd leading that company and the redevelopment of Cape Town’s historic harbour serving between 1988 to 2001. Chairman of Acucap Properties Ltd (ACP) .

His research programmes has focused on Monetary and Financial Economics and has published frequently and widely in the field. Perhaps the most influential work was “Rational Expectations and Economic Thought”, Journal of Economic Literature, September 1979, was translated into Japanese and Spanish.

Published books South African Economic Issues, (Juta) Cape Town, 1982 and Understanding Capitalism, (Boyers-Bowerdean) New York- London, 1996. Recently published Get South Africa Growing, Jonathan Ball Johannesburg and Cape Town, 2017

Current research interests include an analysis of modern monetary policy, corporate governance issues and the links between the rand exchange rate and the behaviour of the JSE. Other published research has involved applying economic reasoning to the risks and returns in limited over cricket.

Consulted to Volkswagen (SA) Ltd, Rightford, Searle Tripp, and Makin (later Ogilvy Mather SA) BMW SA, Investec Securities and also Investec Bank since founding. Consulted to the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis (1979) and Smith Barney, Stock Brokers, New York 1994-1997. Worked with GT fund managers in Hong Kong and with the Fraser Institution, Vancouver, Canada in 1986.

Honours

  • Received Judges Award, Cape Times-KPMG, Business Personality of the Year Function - in recognition of role in the development of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront for people “ who through their vision, energy and commitment are enabling quantum leap change in Cape Town” November 2006
  • SA Government Commissions
  • Member of the Competition Board (1983- 1989)
  • Advisor Margo Commission on Tax Reform in South Africa (1986)
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Bianca Ruddy

head of market risk analysis

Nedbank CIB

Bianca recently joined Nedbank CIB as Head of Market Risk Analysis. She is an experienced risk specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry, for over 18 years including 10 years’ international experience in London, New York and Hong Kong. Bianca’s roles have included various quantitative risk roles, including roles in counterparty credit risk, market risk, and derivative structuring. Bianca has also worked in the risk consulting space, assisting banking clients on issues relating to trading risk. She holds a Bachelor of Business Science honours degree specialising in Quantitative Finance from University of Cape Town, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.

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Ahimsa Gounden

head of market risk, capital and regulatory

Absa

Ahimsa Gounden is Absa’s senior Market Risk Capital Analyst. Her primary foci are Regulatory and Economic Market Risk Capital demands of the Corporate and Investment Bank. Ahimsa previously worked on the implementation of market risk systems, policies and frameworks for the multiple Barclays Africa entities across the continent. Ahimsa holds an Honors degree in Advanced Math of Finance from the University of Witwatersrand and is a certified PRMTM.

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Andrew Canter

CIO

Future Growth Asset Managers

Andrew is an Executive Director of Futuregrowth Asset Management and the Chief Investment Officer. He provides a strategic perspective to the investment team, oversees the investment processes, sets manager mandates, monitors compliance, and reviews fund exposures and performance.

Andrew has been with Futuregrowth since 1998. He has lead Futuregrowth to be a leading Fixed Interest Manager, Responsible investor, and Developmental investor (with a range of developmental portfolios) in South Africa. Andrew came to South Africa in 1990 from the U.S.A., and during his career in South Africa he has assisted in co-founding RMB Asset Management, was a fixed interest dealer, portfolio manager, head of fixed interest, and later CIO. He has been a Director of several infrastructure and development companies with mandates ranging from toll roads, to low income housing finance and municipal finance. Andrew has been a CFA Charterholder since 1989 and was a founding Director of CFA South Africa in 1990. He is a founding member of ASISA's Standing Committee on Capital and Money Markets. Andrew undertakes public speaking and lecturing engagements, frequently on the subjects of fixed interest management, ethics in financial services, and developmental investing. He lists scripophily and travel amongst his hobbies, and he is a regular cyclist.

 

Key themes covered in 2019:

  • Implications of transitioning to JIBAR
  • Managing risks and finding yield in turbulent times
  • Climate change and financial stability 
  • ESG and responsible investing 
  • Smart beta portfolio strategy
  • Initial margin 
  • Innovations and trends in clearing 
  • Harnessing AI and machine learning
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Previously attending companies include:

35

Speakers

150

Attendees

5

Hours of networking

Past sponsors include:

About Murex
For more than 30 years, Murex has been providing enterprise-wide, cross-asset financial technology solutions to capital markets players.  Its cross-function platform, MX.3, supports trading, treasury, risk and post-trade operations, enabling clients to better meet regulatory requirements, manage enterprise-wide risk, and control IT costs. With more than 50,000 daily users in 60 countries, Murex has clients in many sectors, from banking and asset management to energy and commodities. 
Murex is an independent company with over 2,000 employees across 17 countries. Murex is committed to providing cutting-edge technology, superior customer service, and unique product innovation. 
For more information visit murex.com

CompatibL is a leading provider of services and custom software solutions to the financial industry. The company was founded in 2003 by Alexander Sokol, winner of the 2018 Risk Quant of the Year Award. Today, CompatibL has over 200 quants, solution architects, and software engineers in North America, Europe, and Asia. CompatibL’s model validation and quantitative consultancy practice specializes in portfolio valuation, risk, and regulatory compliance. CompatibL has an active quant research program and runs ModVal.org, a free resource for the model validation community. More about CompatibL: https://www.compatibl.com/

LCH ForexClear, a leading provider of foreign exchange derivatives clearing, delivers unmatched capital and operational efficiencies.

Built-in partnership with the market, and with the benefit of LCH’s extensive experience in interest rate swaps clearing, ForexClear offers industry-leading risk management for non-deliverable forwards in 12 emerging market and 5 G10 currencies and 8 currency pairs for FX Options and associated hedges. LCH ForexClear is a 24-hour foreign exchange clearing service.

https://www.lch.com/

Speaker - Paddy Boyle, Global Head of ForexClear

True North Partners LLP is an independent consulting firm based in London with subsidiaries and staff in London, Frankfurt, Dubai and Johannesburg. As a partnership, we have extensive global experience and industry recognition in the financial services,risk management and finance communities.

Our Partners have been with internationally leading consulting firms and the industry with a combined experience of over 250 years in the management of risk, finance and strategy.

We can claim a track record as independent Partners since 2006, in its current setup since 2010. Our clients are leading financial institutions mainly in Europe, South Africa and the Middle East. Our Partners have also worked in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Our staff are international and contribute to our perspective on global industry practices. Our distinctive value proposition includes three key elements.

Leading practice expertise and experience in risk and finance to develop, tailor and communicate superior solutions. Strong analytical grounding of our work be that through financial, economic or statistical modelling.

Senior on the ground presence to drive change at our clients, which ensures that we deliver real impact rather than just “PowerPoint concepts”. 

KPMG operates as an international network of member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services. We work closely with our clients, helping them to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities. Our firms'​ clients include business corporations, governments and public sector agencies and not-for-profit organisations. Sustaining and enhancing the quality of our professional workforce is KPMG’s primary objective.

We support reforms that strengthen the markets’ credibility and their social responsibility. KPMG combines our multi-disciplinary approach with deep, practical industry knowledge to help clients meet challenges and respond to opportunities. KPMG Advisory works with clients to tackle challenges in deal advisory, management consulting and risk consulting.

 

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) delivers superior content, analytics, and flexible technology to help more than 131,000 users see and seize opportunity sooner. We give investment professionals the edge to outperform anytime, anywhere with informed insights, workflow solutions across the portfolio lifecycle, and industry-leading support from dedicated specialists. We provide private equity and venture capital professionals with solutions that combine relevant market information with advanced analytics in a single platform to help them raise capital, find new investment opportunities, and track market, industry, and economic trends. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 24 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients.

 

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is based in South Africa where it has operated as a market place for the trading of financial products for 130 years. It connects buyers and sellers in equity, derivative and debt markets. The JSE is one of the top 20 exchanges in the world in terms of market capitalisation and is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). The JSE offers a fully electronic, efficient, secure market with world class regulation, trading and clearing systems, settlement assurance and risk management. www.jse.co.za

A premium event on the SA financial services calendar.
Jean-Pierre Matthews, chief financial analyst, Brunia Capital
The conference attracted high calibre delegates which facilitated thought provoking discussions.
Heather Jackson, CEO, Atlantic Specialised Finance
A very worthwhile, informative and topical event - time well spent.
Robert Coombe, chief operating officer, Matrix Fund Managers
An excellent conversation surrounding risk management within the banking and Investment environment.
Justin James, investment risk manager, Edge Capital

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