Review of F.A.C.E 2009 that took place in May 2009

Key topics discussed at F.A.C.E. 2009 (Fund Administration and Custody Evolution) included:

Asset Servicing 2009: Facing The Challenges That The Credit Crisis Has Thrown At The Fund Administration & Custody Industry
• Managing liquidity issues
• Cost saving measures
• Valuation issues
• Dealing with shrinking margins
• Client servicing pressures
• Consolidation
• Silver linings?

Client Servicing In The Changing World Of Fund Management: How To Maintain Service Quality

• Aligning operations with client needs
• Assessing the re-emergence of traditional assets - how much is the alternative investment world shrinking?
• Are your flexible enough to keep up to date with market movements?
• Structural challenges
• Developing a strategy to deliver client service excellence in the face of the convergence challenge

How To Deal With Valuation & Control Optimisation In The Current Climate
Distribution Focus:  Keeping Up To Date With Fund Distribution Challenges
• Recent developments and key initiatives
• Distribution challenges
• Where to next?
  

Technical & Integration Challenges in Deploying Custody & Fund Administration Systems

• Opportunities & growth markets in investor servicing
• Multiply regional challenges
• The regulatory environment
• Build versus buy
• Future proofing of your systems
• The interrogation challenges

Risk Management & Risk Reduction Proposals: Focusing On Fund Custodian Solvency

Outsourcing & Offshoring: More Attractive In The Current Climate?

• Reassessing the value proposition
• Getting back to basics and focusing on core business strengths
• Tomorrow’s world

Recent Trends In Cash, Money Markets And Liquidity Management

• Why is your custodian your single biggest risk asset?
• Unbundling services; looking for the best in class
• Reducing risk exposure
• Improving cash returns in a single digit world

Securities Lending Update  – What Is The Current State Of Play?

• Proxy voting – a new trend among players or the end of exclusives?
• Will regulations stifle European participants?
• Securities lending in new EU member states?

Collateral Management 2009 – Keeping Up To Date With Market Developments
Emerging Markets & Opportunities: What Will The Service Provider Of Tomorrow Be Able To Offer The Asset Management Community? Are We Seeing Retrenchment In The Emerging Market Fund Administration & Custody Market?

• Market snapshot and regulatory update
• Creating new products that capture the imagination
• Operational efficiency issues
• Identifying key opportunities
• Assessing the major challenge