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Wednesday,
Sept. 22 |
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2:00-5:00 pm |
RBDA Board of Directors
Meeting |
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3:15 pm |
Registration Open |
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5:00 pm |
Opening Reception
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Thursday,
Sept. 23
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7:00-8:30 am |
Breakfast in Exhibit
Hall
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8:30–11:30 am |
Municipal and Taxable
Market Seminars |
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Municipal Market
Seminar on Regulation, Public Policy
and Market Conditions
Co-Hosted by MSRB and RBDA
Speakers:
Ernie Lanza
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Peg Henry
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Larry Sandor
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Paul Rosenstiel
EJ De La Rosa & Co.
Muni Issuer (DFW?)
Rich Raphael
Fitch Ratings
Rick Kolman
MEAC Bond Insurance
Taxable Market Seminar on Regulation and Market
Conditions
Co-Hosted by FINRA and RBDA
Speakers:
Mac Northam
FINRA
Steve Joachim
FINRA
Dan Leland
Southwest Securities, Inc.
Laura Elliott
Incapital LLC
Tim Maimone
Duncan-Williams, Inc.
2009 Topic:
Trends in Taxable Fixed Income (Las Colinas West)
Wide spreads, credit risk, trading opportunities, GSEs,
retail and the slowdown in institutional structured
finance – what does the future hold for taxable fixed
income and where are their opportunities for dealers
focused on the domestic taxable markets? |
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12:00–2:00 pm |
General Session
(Ballroom C/D)
Lunch with Keynote Speaker |
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Welcoming Remarks
Speaker:
Jeff Chapman
SVP and Head of Fixed Income Capital Markets
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
Vice Chairman Regional Bond Dealers Association
Keynote Speaker:
Mary Schapiro
Chairwoman
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
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2:00–3:15 pm |
General Session
Regional Dealer CEO Roundtable
(Horseshoe table in middle of general session
room) |
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Moderator:
Mike Nicholas
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Bond Dealers Association
Speakers:
Beau Cummins
President and CEO
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
Duncan Williams
President and CEO
Duncan-Williams, Inc.
Maud Daudon
President and CEO
Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation
Ken Williams
President and CEO
Stone & Youngberg LLC
Curt Bradbury
President and CEO
Stephens Inc.
John Carson
President and CEO
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Dennis Zank
President
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Jon Baum
President and CEO
George K. Baum & Co.
Hill Feinberg
President and CEO
First Southwest Company |
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3:15–3:45 pm |
Refreshment and Networking
Break in Exhibit Hall |
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3:45–5:30 pm |
Dealer Breakout Sessions
Institutional and Retail |
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2009
Description:
These informal roundtables are led by dealers and are
open, interactive discussions on key business, market
and regulatory issues.
Possible Topics:
- TRACE expansion
- Resurrection of the mortgage market
- Regionals access to new issue taxable product
- Hiring trends and market opportunities
- Trends in structured products
- Evaluation pricing of "hard to value" securities
- Trading between regionals
- Alternative trading systems for retail
- Retail fiduciary standard and due diligence |
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5:30–6:30 pm |
Reception in Exhibit Hall |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner with Speakers |
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Speaker:
Mark Medford
President & CEO
Vining Sparks
RBDA Chairman
National Politics: What to Expect on November 2
Keynote Speaker:
A.B. Stoddard
Associate Editor
The Hill Newspaper
Political Contributor to MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS, HBO,
BBC
and Court TV |
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Friday,
Sept. 24 |
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7:00–8:30 am |
Breakfast in
Exhibit Hall |
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Fixed Income Technology and Operations:
Current Challenges and What the Future Holds |
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8:30–9:30 am |
General Session |
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Keynote Speaker:
Phil Albinus
Editor
Waters Magazine |
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9:30-10:00 am |
Networking Break in
Exhibit Hall |
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10:00–11:00 am |
General Session |
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Panel Session Focused
on Technology Solutions for Fixed Income Trading |
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11:00–12:00 pm |
Conference Closing
Remarks |
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Speaker:
Mike Nicholas
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Bond Dealers Association |
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