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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares

Managing Principal
MRV Associates

Mayra Rodríguez Valladares is Managing Principal of MRV Associates. She is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, The Wharton School, and The Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania. She was also a Raoul Wallenberg Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a highly motivated business professional, who has twenty five years of financial regulatory and capital, foreign exchange, and energy markets experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, JP Morgan, BTAlex.Brown, and as a financial consultant and trainer. She has published over 80 articles in publications such as American Banker, Bloomberg’s Financial Regulatory Brief, The New York Times, Russian Petroleum, and World Oil.

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Day 1

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

09:50 360° Perspective: European and US perspectives on recent market changes and impacts on FX

One of the biggest challenges facing any large organisation today is how to adapt to the new market structure, regulatory landscape and influx of new technologies. This market leading panel will give you a 360 degree perspective on how the industry is adapting their desks to respond to these trends. Attend this session to find out:

How has the impact of regulation affected the various parties in the industry and how have they had to develop their trading operations?
How are people deploying and obtaining resources in their firm to put the necessary systems and processes in place?
Defining how the market structure has evolved over the last 12 months and how the buy and sell side have adapted their trading desks
What technologies are key growth areas and essential to survive the new FX market?
Have counterparts had enough education to be able to successfully operate in the new environment?

11:40 360° Perspective: How can you manage conflicts in EMIR and Dodd Frank to ensure clients globally receive a uniform service?

With the lack of cohesion amongst regulatory bodies across jurisdictions, the FX industry is presented with a major challenges to achieve global compliance. This high level panel combines US and European experts on regulations to ensure you can prepare your desk for compliance. Attend this session to find out

What are the similarities and differences of the two regulations?
Issues encountered in cross-border transactions and how to overcome them
How can regulators clear up cross border rules and applications with overseas regulators?
Should the SEC, CFTC, ESMA and ISDA work to implement a one glove fits all system or should the two regulations remain independent?