Introduction to SFTR: requirements and regulatory backdrop

• Increasing transparency and oversight: why regulators need SFTR
• Reasons behind changes in transaction reporting regulations
• Data requirements, ISINs, difference between repos and collateral
• Do we need smart regulations?

Preparing for SFTR at the national level

SFTR technical standards and implementation guidelines: understanding issues and overcoming concerns

• Current industry position, extraterritoriality, who is caught by it and who should not report
• Reporting collateral: what, by when and to whom?
• Modification, valuation and validation reports
• Transaction reporting format and current issues in the marketplace
• Reporting exemptions

Moderator
David Field, Head of Prime Services & Securities Finance, Delta Capita

Harmonising trade data and reporting requirements: lessons learnt from EMIR, MiFIR and REMIT

• Data readiness as a key focus for firms in the short term
• Data gathering and data governance
• Ensuring that all gaps in data are identified and remedied in advance of reporting 
• Emission and use of LEIs
• Managing challenges of 3rd party data dependencies and interoperability
• EMIR Refit and its impact on trade reporting

Panel
Daniel Shooter, Assistant VP, Regulation, Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime, Deutsche Bank AG
Tom Pikett, Vice President, SFTR Implementation, JP Morgan Agency Securities Lending

Standardising regulatory reporting requirements internationally: the adoption of ISO20022

• Supervisory reporting at the EU level
• Cross-border industry testing
• Outstanding issues and areas of concern: geo-isolation risk

Practical trading and process implications: collateral reporting and re-use

• Understanding complex collateral chains
• Avoiding domino effects
• Financial stability risk

Updates on UPI/UTI harmonisation: overcoming uncertainties and challenges related to UTI emission and reconciliation

• How to put processes in place to absorb pairing and matching breaks
• Handling delays due to the unfamiliarity of the new processes
• Challenges that are likely to exist in reconciling report
• UTIs generation challenges and tips
• UTIs reporting counterparty

Reducing SFTR implementation cost through industry-wide mutualised testing

• Preparing and deploying a standardised test-pack 
• How to improve the implementation outcome 
• Gathering and sharing test data across the consortium

David Field, Head of Prime Services & Securities Finance, Delta Capita

Working with third-party vendors and trade repositories

• Role and responsibilities of third-party vendors and trade repositories
• How to choose the right partner: reputation with clients and regulators
• TRs and tech firms: best ways of interfacing with clients
• Covering the basics: data security, management and automation
• Reporting volume

Evolution rather than revolution: harnessing new technologies to optimise reporting 

• Addressing the clients’ classification and communication issues arising from SFTR
• Industry testing, discrepancies observed in bookings,  field challenges, lifecycle events and corporate actions
• Vendor flows and vendor platforms (trading venues, CCPs)
• Realising operational leverage with EMIR and MiFID II solutions
• Legacy systems, integration and cost