FPL Latin America Electronic Trading Conference

Sunday 19th May 2013

The European Banking Authority has postponed stress tests until next year as supervisors look into how major banks classify and value assets. "Concerns remain on asset quality and forbearance, which need to be addressed," Chairman Andrea Enria said. "This is also a necessary precondition for the credibility of the next EU-wide stress test."- The International Monetary Fund has conducted a comprehensive analysis of monetary policy at central banks in Europe, Japan and the US, noting that their efforts to encourage growth and improve market stability largely have been successful. The IMF also says that if the economic outlook worsens, central banks in Europe and the US could ease monetary policy further; however, they risk diminishing returns- that the ETF assets linked to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series, reached $US10.5 billion in assets under management, as of 30 April 2013. In total, more than US$176 billion of ETF assets are currently benchmarked to FTSE indices worldwide - The 24% rise in Lloyds Banking Group shares this year following the 85% rise in 2012 shows the bank's return to the private sector and the resumption of dividends is getting closer, shareholders have been told.the bank's shares hit a two-year high of 61p yesterday, chairman Sir Win Bischoff told the annual meeting in Edinburgh the prospects of a sale of the taxpayer's 39% stake have improved with the bank's return to profit, and dividends will be restarted "as soon as we are able". He added: "We fully understand the difficulties their absence is causing shareholders." - The Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (VdP) says that prices on the German market for owner occupied residential properties rose again in the first quarter of 2013. The Price Index for Owner Occupied Housing went up by 3.4% in the first three months of this year compared with the corresponding quarter one year before. Developments were driven in particular by the market for condominiums, with prices climbing 5.7% year-on-year - Judge Daniel Hurley of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered supplemental consent orders against defendants Philip Milton and Trade, LLC, both of Palm Spring Gardens, Florida. Milton must now pay restitution of more than $10.8m and a further civil monetary penalty and Trade, LLC, to pay restitution of over $11.4m and a $28.4m civil monetary penalty for operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi commodity pool scheme.

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FPL Latin America Electronic Trading Conference

Secure Your Place at the FPL Latin America Electronic Trading Conference, Created by the Latin American Trading Community

August 2nd | Tivoli Hotel, São Paulo
www.fixprotocol.org/latam2012

Building on the success of previous FPL events in Latin America, this year’s conference is set to bring together more than 350 senior representatives from across the region’s buy and sell-side, regulator, trading venue and vendor communities. Join FPL in Sao Paulo and benefit from an event that will offer:

• Separate business, strategic and technical streams, exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities impacting firms trading in the region in 2012 and beyond
• An agenda created by senior representatives from the Latin American trading community to address the real needs of the Latin American trading community
• The opportunity to hear the thoughts and impartial perspectives of more than 30 leading experts on the issues that matter to your firm
• Invaluable learning opportunities for representatives from across the region’s trading community
• The opportunity to meet with key decision makers through the many networking opportunities available throughout the day and at the evening cocktail reception

Topics for discussion will include:
• The future of electronic trading internationally and the opportunities and challenges that emerging trends will present to firms in Latin America
• As Dodd Frank reforms and the Volcker rule take shape in the US, what is the likely impact for OTC derivatives trading in Latin America?
• The Brazilian post-trade environment and the potential benefits that increased use of FIX for post-trade processing could present
• Trading across multiple venues in Latin America
• How firms could more effectively measure and control the true costs of trading
• Accessing Liquidity and gaining increased transparency: How can firms understand if they really did achieve best execution?
• Trade information: What data is available to firms trading in Latin America and how are firms using it?
• Trading locally verses internationally: Risk management and regulatory issues to consider
• Meeting the challenges of latency measurement
• How the latest developments from FPL could help support your firm’s emerging business needs
For further agenda details please visit: www.fixprotocol.org/latam2012/program

Register Today
All FPL member firms receive a FREE allocation of passes to attend this event and FREE attendance is available for all representatives from the buy-side and regulatory communities.