2024 Agenda
Monday, September 25
8:15 - 9:15am Breakfast (included for hotel guests only)
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9:15 - 9:20am Welcome to European Money Fund Symposium
Peter Crane, President & Publisher, Crane Data
9:20 - 10:05am IMMFA Update: The State of MMFs in Europe
Kim Hochfeld, MD, Morgan Stanley I.M. & Chair, IMMFA
Veronica Iommi, Secretary General, IMMFA
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10:05 - 10:50am Online Trading Portals & Corporate Investors
Laide Majiyagbe, Head of Financing and Liquidity, BNY Mellon
Additional Speaker TBD
10:50 - 11:20am Coffee & Tea sponsored by
11:20 - 12:10pm Senior Portfolio Manager Perspectives
Moderator: Dan Singer, ECP Trader, J.P. Morgan Securities
Joe McConnell, Portfolio Manager, J.P. Morgan Asset Mgmt.
Douglas McPhail, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley I.M.
Ketan Shah, Senior Fund Manager, Legal & General Inv. Mgmt.
12:10 - 1:10pm Lunch sponsored by
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1:10 - 2:00pm Sterling & U.K. Money Fund Issues
Harm Carstens, Head of Short Duration, DWS Investment
Paul Mueller, Head of Global Liquidity EMEA, Invesco
Aman Samra, Investment Director, Abrdn
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2:00 - 2:50pm Euro, ESG & French Standard Money Funds
David Callahan, Head of Money Markets, Lombard Odier I.M.
Marc Fleury, Head of Liquidity Solutions, BNP Paribas A.M.
Vanessa Robert, VP/Sr Credit Off, Moody’s Investors Service
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2:50 - 3:20pm Refreshment Break sponsored by
3:20 - 4:10pm U.S. Money Fund & European USD Update
Peter Crane, President & Publisher, Crane Data
Deborah Cunningham, MM CIO, Federated Hermes
4:10 - 5:00pm Ultra-Short Bond Funds & Standard MMFs
Neil Hutchison, Portfolio Manager, J.P. Morgan Asset Mgmt.
Valerio Lupini, Associate Director, Fitch Ratings
Alastair Sewell, Liquidity Investmnt Strategist, Aviva Investors
5:00 - 6:00pm Reception sponsored by
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8:00 - 9:15am Breakfast (included for hotel guests only)
9:15 - 9:50am Strategists Speak: Rates, Risks & Hot Topics
Ronald Man, Director Europe Rates Research, BofA Securities
Soniya Sadeesh, European Rates Research, Deutsche Bank
9:50 - 10:40am Global, Continental & Brussels Overview
Dennis Gepp, CIO & MD, Federated Hermes (UK)
Michael Pedroni, Head & Chief Global Affairs Officer, ICI Global
Rudolf Siebel, Managing Director, BVI
10:40 - 11:10am Coffee sponsored by
11:10 - 12:00pm Money Fund Reforms: Latest US & Possible EU
Brenden Carroll, Partner, Dechert LLP
John Hunt, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch sponsored by
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1:00 - 1:50pm Repo Developments & Platforms in Europe
Cassandra Jones, EMEA Head of Sales, State Street
Andy Turvey, Director of Sales EMEA, GLMX
1:50 - 2:40pm Dealer & Issuer Supply Roundtable
Moderator: Kieran Davis, Director TD Securities
Stewart Cutler, Head of Origination, Barclays
George MacKenzie, Exec Dir STIR Sales Trading, Rabobank
Marianne Medora, Head IR, Americas, Groupe BPCE/Natixis
2:40 - 3:10pm Refreshment Break sponsored by
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3:10 - 3:30pm Chinese Money Funds & Asian Markets
Michael Mango, Associate, S&P Global Ratings
Minyue Wang, Director, Fitch Ratings