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The S&P Global Market Intelligence Securities Finance Forum returns to New York on September 22, 2022.
Join us at our in-person event for thought-provoking and engaging discussions on lessons learned and the current trends shaping the securities finance industry. Gain valuable insight from industry experts on how to navigate the shifting landscape, and network with your peers to compare notes and build new relationships.
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Brock Bell
Hidden Road
Head of Treasury
Brock Bell is currently Head of Treasury at Hidden Road, an institutional global credit network for FX, derivatives, and digital assets.
Brock Bell is currently Head of Treasury at Hidden Road, an institutional global credit network for FX, derivatives, and digital assets. The firm enables seamless credit through quantitatively driven-technology for prime brokerage, clearing, and financing. Before Hidden Road, Brock was Senior Vice President of Treasury & Portfolio Finance at Capstone Investment Advisors, a multi-strategy hedge fund. Brock managed the firm's financing, margin, cash & collateral, liquidity, FX hedging, and counterparty relationships, along with a delta-one relative value strategy. Previously, he worked for Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and J.P. Morgan in securities finance sales & trading for over 9 years in both New York City and London. Mr. Bell received a Bachelor's Degree in 2006 from Princeton University, where he also played varsity football for 4 years. Brock has volunteered with several non-profit and charity organizations, and is currently on the Advisory Board of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the study, treatment, and prevention of CTE.
Ed Chidsey
Senior Vice President
Ed Chidsey is a Senior Vice President and Head of Data, Valuations and Analytics for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Ed Chidsey is a Senior Vice President and Head of Data, Valuations and Analytics for S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this role, he has full business responsibility the comprehensive suite of cross-asset market data, analytics and valuation services, ETF data management and trading services, and company-level information products. Ed is a member of the division's operating committee. Ed joined S&P Global as a result of the merger with IHS Markit in 2022. He had been at IHS Markit since 2007 and had responsibility for the Information Services business within the Financial Services division. Prior to that, Ed spent 14 years at JP Morgan Chase where he held numerous management positions in the Markets, Asset Management and Private Banking groups. Ed earned an MBA from Columbia University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Union College.
Joseph Pirro
ING Financial Markets LLC
Head of NY Equity Lending and Repo
Joseph Pirro is Head of NY Equity Lending and Repo at ING Financial Markets LLC. He has over 15 years of securities finance experience on both the buy side and sell side.
Joseph Pirro is Head of NY Equity Lending and Repo at ING Financial Markets LLC. He has over 15 years of securities finance experience on both the buy side and sell side. He started his career at Vanguard in their securities lending program where he held several roles. Since joining ING in 2014, Joseph has been responsible for the Equity Lending and Repo book management, client relationships, collateral optimization, balance sheet efficiency, and funding/liability management. Joseph graduated from the University of Delaware with a BS in Economics and has an MBA from Villanova University. He currently holds the Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses
Kip Graham
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
Global Head of Portfolio Finance
Kip Graham is the Global Head of Portfolio Finance at Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, a global multi-manager platform investing across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical, and discretionary macro & fixed income trading strategies.
Kip Graham is the Global Head of Portfolio Finance at Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, a global multi-manager platform investing across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical, and discretionary macro & fixed income trading strategies.
In this capacity Kip oversees Portfolio Finance teams in New York, London, and Hong Kong, and serves as the product owner for the Treasury Technology platform. Prior to joining Schonfeld in 2017, Kip was a Director in Equity Finance Trading at UBS Investment Bank where he managed the hard-to-borrow and risk books within Securities Lending.
He received a B.S. degree in Business and Technology from the University of Connecticut and is a CFA charterholder.
Louisa Li
Citi
Director
Louisa is North America’s Client Executive for Agency Securities Lending with oversight responsibility for various Platinum relationships globally. She has worked in the banking industry in securities services and cash management since 1997.
Louisa is North America’s Client Executive for Agency Securities Lending with oversight responsibility for various Platinum relationships globally. She has worked in the banking industry in securities services and cash management since 1997.
Louisa joined Citi in 2001 in our advanced Management Associate Program. Having worked in New York, London, Chicago, and Beijing, she has extensive experience in Custody, Securities Finance and has built great relationships with key beneficial owners in the industry. She has participated in various career development programs in and outside Citi. With her background and intimate knowledge of Asian Pacific markets, she also takes on consultative responsibilities for Securities Finance in Asia-Pacific for both Product Development and Relationship Management.
Prior to Citi, Louisa worked for Bank One in Chicago and Beijing. Louisa holds an M.B.A. from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management. She is a member of Women in Securities Finance, Women in ETF, Asian Leaders for Today.
Mark Klein
Director of Buyside Securities Finance, Product Manager
Mark is global Product Manager for the Securities Finance Buyside product at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Mark is global Product Manager for the Securities Finance Buyside product at S&P Global Market Intelligence. His role focuses on defining both the long- and short-term strategy of the product, which targets Hedge Funds and Investment Management firms seeking data and analytics related to short selling. It is Mark’s responsibility to plan and execute the product roadmap; as well as to manage the Securities Finance business's alliance partnerships. With over 10 years of experience working with securities lending data, Mark has an expert understanding of specific product deliverables, and the needs of the industry. Originally serving as a Product Specialist for both Buyside and Sellside clients in London, Mark transferred to New York in 2015 Prior to working at S&P Global Market Intelligence, Mark was on the Investment Team at the boutique wealth management firm, London and Capital. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Management from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Mee Warren, CFA, CAIA
Chief Portfolio Strategist, Kula Investments
Mee Warren recently joined Kula Investments, LLC as Chief Portfolio Strategist. Kula is an emerging manager that recently launched Kula Equities Market Neutral Fund with a data driven systematic investment approach.
Mee Warren recently joined Kula Investments, LLC as Chief Portfolio Strategist. Kula is an emerging manager that recently launched Kula Equities Market Neutral Fund with a data driven systematic investment approach. While her role is multifaceted, she is focused on all aspects of the investment process – from portfolio construction, model evaluation, and trade execution. She is excited to do what she loves and with a team that is talented as well as dedicated. Prior to joining Kula, Mee was President of Bodhi Research Group. She worked with clients such as large pension funds and single-family offices on portfolio diagnostics, best practices in trade execution, and portfolio manager evaluations in the alternative investment space. Mee started her career at Two Sigma Investments, LLC, joining as its 30th employee in 2003. During her 15 years with Two Sigma, the firm grew from $100 million to over $55 billion in AUM. Mee served several roles at Two Sigma culminating in her position as Global Equity Regional Manager where she was involved with portfolio construction, trade execution, and developing investment strategies. Prior to this role, she managed the US and Americas Equities Trading desk, and traded global equities, commodities, currencies, and derivatives instruments. Mee graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Mee is a member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), CFA Society of New York, 100 Women in Finance, and Women in ETFs. She is also on several non-profit boards
Meghan Aponte
Scotia Bank
Director, Prime Services, Scotiabank
Meghan Aponte is a part of the Hedge Fund Coverage team within Prime service at Scotiabank, where she is responsible for supporting the US Client base with their securities finance needs.
Meghan Aponte is a part of the Hedge Fund Coverage team within Prime service at Scotiabank, where she is responsible for supporting the US Client base with their securities finance needs. Prior to working at Scotia Meghan Aponte worked at Davidson Kempner Capital Management, a multi-strategy asset manager. There she was a member of the Treasury team responsible for the US securities Finance business with a specific focus on Merger Arbitrage and Special Situations. Meghan has over 15 years of experience in the securities lending industry.
Meghan holds a BA in economics from St. Francis College and an MBA from the University of Phoenix
Melissa Gow
Vice President, Securities Finance
Melissa Gow is the head of client relationship activities for the S&P Global Market Intelligence securities finance, ETP and benchmarking businesses, overseeing client services, product specialists, consulting, media, commentary, and events.
Melissa Gow is the head of client relationship activities for the S&P Global Market Intelligence securities finance, ETP and benchmarking businesses, overseeing client services, product specialists, consulting, media, commentary, and events. Melissa joined the former Data Explorers team in 2008 and held various roles in sales and account management. Previous industry experience includes roles at EquiLend as the head of sales and marketing, Goldman Sachs, and Swiss Bank Corporation. Melissa holds an M.B.A from New York University and a B.A. from Georgetown University.
Muju Tsay
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Director, Product Management
Muju Tsay is a Product Management Director in Securities Finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Muju joined IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global) in January 2021.
Muju Tsay is a Product Management Director in Securities Finance at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Muju joined IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global) in January 2021.
Previously, he was an early employee and Director of Product at a treasury and portfolio finance technology startup, contributing substantially to its successful exit. And prior to that, he spent about a decade at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital in New York and London in a variety of roles within fixed income and repo analytics, credit financing, and prime services. Muju holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in Computer Science with a certificate in Finance from Princeton University and is a CFA charterholder
Patrick Carlevato
SEI
Director, Enhanced CIO
Pat Carlevato leads business development for SEI’s Enhanced CIO platform
Pat Carlevato leads business development for SEI’s Enhanced CIO platform, which opens their technology, operating infrastructure and investment capabilities to institutional investors.
Prior to joining SEI, Pat was a Partner at a Chicago-based long short hedge fund, Sheffield Asset Management, where he was an analyst, oversaw the funds idea sourcing engine and managed the global, multi-asset trading desk. Previously, he served as Vice President of Business Development at FactSet, where he led a consultative sales process to serve institutional investors, long only investment managers and hedge funds. Pat has been in the investment industry since 1996, and has also worked for Bloomberg and JP Morgan.
Pat has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from University of Notre Dame.
He is a CFA Charter holder and a CFA Institute Member at the CFA Society of Chicago.
Paul Wilson
Managing Director, Securities Finance
Paul Wilson is the global head of the Securities Finance business at S&P Global Market Intelligence, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and markets that drive economies worldwide.
Paul Wilson is the global head of the Securities Finance business at S&P Global Market Intelligence, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and markets that drive economies worldwide. The Securities Finance business provides benchmarking analytics, risk management, consultancy, investment insight and regulatory reporting solutions to all segments of the securities lending and finance industry worldwide. Leveraging the largest and deepest inventory and loan data set in the industry including twelve years of historical data, Securities Finance provides solutions that helps improve transparency and drives performance. Paul joined IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global) in June 2018, after spending 33 years at JPMorgan, latterly leading the Agent Lending Global Product and Portfolio Advisory team. Paul is recognised industry leader and a frequent speaker and industry commentator who in 2017 co-chaired a Bank of England industry group to develop the UK Money Markets code.
Robert Sackett
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.
Head of Prime Brokerage
Rob Sackett is Head of Prime Services at Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.
Rob Sackett is Head of Prime Services at Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. He has over 25 years of experience holding senior roles at JonesTrading, Wells Fargo, TradeStation Securities, and Citi. Rob was instrumental in the build of all businesses at various stages in their lifecycle. He has extensive contacts with all major securities lending borrowers and lenders, data providers, front and back-office vendors, and has strong relationships across the hedge fund industry. Rob has been responsible for securities lending trading, prime brokerage sales and infrastructure, collateral management, and funding, and has worked to coordinate with business development, compliance, custody & clearing, corporate actions, and documentation functions. He has been published by various industry magazines and has spoken on industry panels. Rob graduated from Lehigh University with a BS in Finance and has an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He currently holds the Series 7, 24, 63, and 99 licenses.
Robert Zekraus
Pirum
Chief Operating Officer and Head of Americas
Based in New York, Bob is responsible for leading Pirum’s geographic expansion and America’s strategy focusing on business development, relationship management, and innovation. Bob has over 20 years of experience in Capital Markets working at leading global financial institutions.
Based in New York, Bob is responsible for leading Pirum’s geographic expansion and America’s strategy focusing on business development, relationship management, and innovation. Bob has over 20 years of experience in Capital Markets working at leading global financial institutions. Prior to joining Pirum, Bob was Managing Director and Global Head of Prime Services Client Capital Management & Funding at Scotiabank. This mandate focused on managing the asset and liability profile, client pricing and risk, and strategic deployment and oversight of scarce financial resources for secured funding products. In addition, Bob and his team worked on developing customer-focused financing solutions that align with the risk appetite, liquidity, capital, and balance sheet strategies for the firm.
Bob served on the Board of Directors for Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and was a member of the Prime Services Executive Management team, New Business Governance Committee and other leadership forums, including being a mentor in the bank’s Diversity and Inclusion Council, and senior advisor/super champion to the U.S. Green Employee Resources Group which promotes environmental, sustainability and climate awareness. Bob formerly served on BNY Mellon’s Government Securities Services Corp. Client Advisory Board and is widely recognized across the industry as a frequent speaker at major industry conferences, events and symposiums.
Bob has also worked as a strategic advisor at Equilend where he helped with the development and initial launch of a market viable product for Next Generation Trading (NGT) platform.
Before Equilend, Bob was at Barclays where he was a member of the Global Equity Finance Management team. He held various senior leadership roles in prime brokerage, equity finance trading, collateral management and funding, and financing sales. He was part of the original team that established the Collateral Finance Group at the firm in 1999.
Bob holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Management from Cortland College.
Tao Li
University of Florida
Professor of Finance
Tao Li is a Bank of America Professor and assistant professor of finance at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business.
Tao Li is a Bank of America Professor and assistant professor of finance at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business. Prior to joining academia, he was a consultant at Deutsche Bank in New York, advising pension funds and other institutional investors on private real estate investment strategies. He has also advised L.E.K. Consulting on corporate governance practices. Tao’s research focuses on financial institutions, FinTech, and ESG investing. His work has been presented at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, European Commission, Society for Financial Studies, American Finance Association, and Columbia Law School. His research has been mentioned in several media outlets, including Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, Hamodia, and New York Times.
His research has been mentioned in several media outlets, including Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, Hamodia, and New York Times. Tao has a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. He also holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in Architecture and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Tao has taught courses in Investments, Corporate Finance, FinTech as well as Macroeconomics.
Tony Toscano
Head of Global Securities Lending Solutions in North America
Tony has 32 years of banking experience, 30 years of securities lending experience and has worked continuously with the GSLS team for 25 years.
Tony has 32 years of banking experience, 30 years of securities lending experience and has worked continuously with the GSLS team for 25 years. Tony was Head of the Americas for Deutsche Bank’s Agency Securities Lending Program from 2009 to 2019. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Tony held the same position with Dresdner Bank’s securities lending program from 2002. (In 2009, the business was purchased and transitioned to Deutsche Bank). Before 2002 he was the head of US activities for Deutsche Bank’s program for six years. Earlier, Tony spent nine years at JP Morgan in several key securities lending positions including Head of Liability Trading, Equity Derivatives borrowing securities in connection with various arbitrage strategies. Tony is highly visible in the industry, including speaking at conferences and interfacing with regulators and industry trade associations. Tony received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Seton Hall University and a Masters in Business Administration from the W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University.
Yin Luo
Vice Chairman , Wolfe Research
Yin Luo joined Wolfe Research, LLC in September 2016, as a Vice Chairman to lead the coverage of quantitative research, ESG, and portfolio strategy (QES). Prior to Wolfe Research, Yin was a Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Strategy at Deutsche Bank.
Yin Luo joined Wolfe Research, LLC in September 2016, as a Vice Chairman to lead the coverage of quantitative research, ESG, and portfolio strategy (QES). Prior to Wolfe Research, Yin was a Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Strategy at Deutsche Bank. Yin started at Deutsche Bank in New York in October 2009 and in seven years, he built a world class quantitative and macro research franchise. Before arriving at Deutsche Bank, he spent over 12 years in investment banking and at a management consulting firm with various roles in quantitative research, fundamental research, portfolio management, investment banking and consulting. Yin has been top ranked in Institutional Investor magazine’s II-All America equity research survey in Quantitative Research for more than a decade. He has also been top ranked in Portfolio Strategy, ESG, Economics, and Accounting & Tax Policy sectors for many years. At Deutsche Bank, Yin also led the team and achieved #1 ranking in II-Europe and II-Asia surveys. In 2016-2018, Yin was selected to the UPstanding’s top 100 ethnic-minority executives in the US and Europe by the Financial Times. Yin holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Renmin University of China, a MBA in Finance from University of Windsor, and a Master of Management and Professional Accounting from University of Toronto. He is a CFA charterholder, a U.S. CPA, a CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant), and a PStat (Professional Statistician).
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