ifr conferences | Subordinated Financial Institution Capital

4th November 2008, Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London

Programme

Tuesday 4th November 2008

08:30 Registration and Refreshments

09:00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Philip Wright, Associate Editor, IFR

09:15 MARKET
Credit crisis implications for financial institution hybrid ccapital 

    • Non-dilutive Core Tier 1 capital
    • Equity-linked hybrid capital
    • Regulatory reform: CRD and CEBS
    • Investor appetite
    • Rating agency criteria

Chris Lees, Director European Financial Institutions, Debt Capital Markets Citigroup
Peter Jurdjevic, MD and Head of New Products Europe, Citigroup

09.45 PRICING
Trading and pricing of subordinated hybrid capital

  • Techniques for valuating hybrid securities: balancing risk and reward 
  • How has global credit re-pricing affected yield returns?
  • What has been the market reaction to the re-pricing?

Pieter Fyfer, Director FIG Credit Research, Credit Suisse

10.15 SUPPLY & DEMAND
New Issue Markets Dynamics

  • Examining current supply & demand dynamics, market drivers & pricing
  • Where do hybrids fit into bank re-capitalisation programmes and what might the longer term market fall out be?

 Oliver Sedgwick, Executive Director, Head of Credit Syndicate and Co-Head of FIG DCM , Goldman Sachs

10.45 Refreshments


11:15 INVESTORS PERSPECTIVES
Addressing investor concerns in current market conditions

  • Investor behaviour and appetite in current market
  • Where are the buying opportunities?
  • Evaluating potential risks versus possible returns
  • Structural issues: non-standardisation and complex documentation

Tobias Grun,  Senior Credit Analyst, Gatmore Investment Management
Lucette Yvernault, Global Credit Fund Manager, Schroders Investment Management

11.45 Q&A and discussion with Lucette Yvernault and Tobias Grun

12:00 ISSUERS
Issuance trends

  • Identifying the major drivers of supply
  • New structural innovations to optimise credit and minimise cost
  • How issuers are catering to changes in investor prefernce

Fabio Lisanti, Co Head of FIG DCM and Structured Solutions - EMEA, and Vinod Vassan, Managing Director, Head of Capital Products, Global Capital Markets,UBS

12:30 Q&A and discussion with Fabio Lisanti and Vinod Vassan

12:40 Lunch


14:00 EU REGULATION
Updating on the latest regulatory developments for hybrid capital

  • Commission proposal on hybrids: clarifying differences from CEBS advice
  • Updating on the ongoing discussion with the European Parliament and Member States.
  • Broader context of the BCBS ongoing work and Basel II implementation

Giuseppe Siani, European Commission, Banking and Financial Conglomerates

14:30 RATINGS
Developments by rating agencies in the treatment of hybrid capital

  • How far is it capital? Rating acceptance versus regulatory acceptance
  • Criteria for assigning ratings to hybrid capital issues
  • Have the events of the past year altered the rating agency stance on hybrids?
  • Comparing hybrid with other forms of capital for insurers

Gerry Rawcliffe, Managing Director, Group Credit Officer - Financial Institutions, Fitch Ratings
Michelle Brennan, Credit Analyst, Financial Institutions, Standard and Poors
Simon Harris, Team Managing Director, European Insurance, Moody's Investors Service

15:00 INSURANCE
Credit crisis and the insurance industry

  • Measuring the effects of the crisis on the market
  • Analysing capital needs for institutions going forward
  • Surveying funding opportunities and challenges

Mathias Külpmann, CFA Head of Hybrid Capital, UniCredit

15:30 Refreshments


15:45 STRUCTURES
Charting structural trends in hybrid capital

  • Role of tier 1,2 and 3 capital going forward
  • Structural developments to be expected – equity linked versus DCM instruments
  • Outlook for subordinated debt: evaluating investor interest and appetite for hybrids

David Marks, Head of FIG DCM Europe, JP Morgan

16:15 NEW MARKETS
New jurisdictions: Opportunities and challenges

  • Where can we expect future issuance to flow from?
  • How level is the hybrid securities playing field?
  • Challenges to be overcome in order to sell emerging market hybrids

Antoine Loudenot, Head of Hybrid Capital and Pierre Mirat, Co-Head Global Debt Capital Markets,  Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

16:45 MARKET FORECAST PANEL 

  • Reviewing and forecasting the markets for hybrid capital in 2008/9

With the day’s speakers

17:15 Chairman’s Summary and Close