August 19, 2010

CFTC-SEC Announce Panelists for August 20, 2010, Public Roundtable to Discuss Governance and Conflicts of Interest in the Clearing and Listing of Swaps

Washington, DC – The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced the panelists for their August 20, 2010, public roundtable to discuss Governance and Conflicts of Interest in the Clearing and Listing of Swaps. Note: the Roundtable’s agenda may be found in Commission press release #5870-10 (see related documents).

Panel One: Identifying Types of Conflicts

Clearing Organizations:

• Johnathan Short, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ICE
• William H. Navin, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, OCC

Exchanges/Potential SEFs:

• Lee Olesky, CEO and Co-Founder, TradeWeb

Members/Potential Members:

• James Hill, Managing Director and Global Credit Derivatives Officer, Morgan Stanley, representing the Securities Industry and Financial, Markets Association
• Jason Kastner, Vice Chairman, Swaps and Derivatives Markets Association

Investors or Consultants:

• William De Leon, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Portfolio Risk Management, PIMCO
• Heather Slavkin, Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, Office of Investment, AFL-CIO

Interdealer Brokers:

• Shawn Bernardo, Managing Director, Tullett Prebon Americas Corp.representing the Wholesale Markets Brokers Association

Academic Community:

• Darrell Duffie, Stanford University
• Randy Kroszner, Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Panel Two: Ways to Mitigate Conflicts of Interest

Clearing Organizations:

• Roger Liddell, CEO, LCH Clearnet Group

Exchanges/Potential SEFs:

• Rick McVey, CEO, MarketAxess
• Lynn Martin, COO, NYSE Liffe U.S.

Members/Potential Members:

• Jeremy Barnum, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
• Jason Kastner, Vice Chairman, Swaps and Derivatives Markets Association

Investors or Consultants:

• Heather Slavkin, Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, Office of Investment, AFL-CIO
• Richard Prager, Managing Director, Global Head of FI Trading, Blackrock, or Stuart Spodek, Managing Director, Blackrock (Member of the Board, ISDA)

Interdealer Brokers:

• Shawn Bernardo, Managing Director, Tullett Prebon Americas Corp., representing Wholesale Markets Brokers Association

Academic Community:

• Hal Scott, Harvard Law School
• Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law

Media Contacts
Scott Schneider
202-418-5174

R. David Gary
202-418-5085

Last Updated: August 20, 2010