Release Number 5892-10

September 13, 2010

CFTC, SEC Announce Panelists for September 14 Public Roundtable to Discuss Swap and Security-Based Swap Data, Swap and Security-Based Swap Data Repositories and Real Time Reporting

Washington, DC – The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced the panelists for their September 14, 2010, public roundtable to discuss Swap and Security-Based Swap Data, Swap and Security-Based Swap Data Repositories (SDRs) and Real-Time Reporting.

Note: the Roundtable’s agenda and call-in information may be found in CFTC press release #5886-10 and SEC press release #2010-166 (see related documents).

Panel One:

SDR Registration, Functions and Responsibilities:

 
  • Athanassios Diplas, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
  • Mark Dixon, Chief Operating Officer, Evolution Markets
  • Jeff Gooch, Chief Executive Officer, MarkitSERV and Executive Vice President, Portfolio Valuations
  • Stewart MacBeth, Managing Director, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), General Manager, DTCC Trade Information Warehouse
  • Jiro Okochi, Chief Executive Officer, Reval
  • Raf Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer, North America, TriOptima
  • Chester Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of its Center for Financial Markets
  • Bruce Tupper, Director, Market Development, ICE eConfirm

Panel Two:

Mechanics of Data Reporting:

 
  • Jeremy Barnum, Managing Director, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan Chase
  • Sunil Cutinho, Director, Clearing Solutions, CME Group Inc.
  • Mark Dixon, Chief Operating Officer, Evolution Markets
  • Joseph R. Glace, Chief Risk Officer, Exelon, representing Coalition for Derivatives End-Users
  • Stewart MacBeth, Managing Director, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), General Manager, DTCC Trade Information Warehouse
  • Robert Pickel, Executive Vice Chairman, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA)
  • Raf Pritchard, Chief Executive Officer, North America, TriOptima
  • Nicholas Themelis, Chief Information Officer, MarketAxess Corporation

Panel Three:

Models for Real-Time Transparency and Public Reporting:

 
  • Peter Axilrod, Managing Director, New Business Development, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
  • Shawn Bernardo, Managing Director, Tullett Prebon Americas Corp., representing Wholesale Markets Brokers Association
  • Trabue Bland, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Assistant General Counsel, ICE Trust
  • John Gidman, Executive Vice President, Loomis, Sayles & Company, Vice Chairman of SIFMA Asset Managers Group
  • Jeff Gooch, Chief Executive Officer, MarkitSERV and Executive Vice President, Portfolio Valuations
  • George Harrington, Global Head of Credit Markets, Bloomberg
  • Steve Joachim, Executive Vice President of Transparency Services, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
  • Michael W. Masters, President, Masters Capital Management, representing Better Markets Inc.
  • Lee Olesky, Chief Executive Officer, TradeWeb
  • Jim Toffey, Chief Executive Officer, Benchmark Solutions

Panel Four:

Effect of Transparency on Liquidity: Block Trade Exception:

 
  • Michael W. Masters, President, Masters Capital Management, representing Better Markets Inc.
  • Dean Payton, Managing Director and Deputy Chief Regulatory Officer, CME Group Inc.
  • Peter Shapiro, Managing Director, Swap Financial Group
  • Yunho Song, Managing Director/Senior Trader, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Chester Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of its Center for Financial Markets
  • Conrad Voldstad, Chief Executive Officer, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA)
  • Neal Wolkoff, Chief Executive Officer, ELX Futures, L.P.

Media Contacts
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Last Updated: September 13, 2010