How Government Caused and Worsened the Financial Crisis

As we near the third anniversary of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, many of the principle elements of the regulatory framework for OTC derivatives in the US have been finalised. That being said, given the need for many interpretative releases and no-action or exemptive relief, and various implementation delays, market participants are still grappling with new requirements. This webinar will review the status of:

Swap Dealer and MSP registration;
Swap data recordkeeping;
Swap data reporting; and,
Mandatory clearing;

Panelists will discuss the major unfinished rulemaking areas. These include:

OTC margin requirements;
Swap execution facilities;
Extraterritoriality;
Additional mandatory clearing designations;
SEC Title VII implementation;
Related areas such as the Volcker Rule, Lincoln Amendment; and,
Proposed legislation/future prospects.

Expense management, employee behaviour and the cost to your organisation

The 7th annual Concur Employee Expenses Benchmark Report, known as “the definitive annual report into employee expenses in the UK”, analyses £725 million worth of expenses paid to more than 200,000 UK-based employees over the past three years.

Join David Vine – the report’s author – who will cover:

• How much employees claimed on expenses last year
• Where businesses are cutting costs, and where they are missing a trick
• Which business sectors are leading the way, and which are lagging behind
• How many employees are exaggerating their expenses, and what can be done about it.

All attendees will receive a free copy of the full report, executive summary and the infographic, where you can read the analysis of the findings in more detail.

For more information about Concur visit www.concur.co.uk, or call 00800 4551 6697.

In this session, we’ll cover the techniques used to properly and consistently assess the financial and business benefits of a technology investment. We’ll review the tools used to build a financial business case and examine the strengths and weaknesses of metrics such as ROI, TCO, NPV, and Payback. We’ll look at the challenges of credibly estimating direct and indirect benefits, and outline a straight-forward process for estimating indirect benefits.

One of the significant changes resulting from the current economic climate has been the level of external scrutiny applied to IT initiatives. CFOs are demanding comprehensive business cases that can both articulate the value that IT brings to a business and withstand vetting by financial analysts. This session will integrate traditional financial models with business value metrics in order to provide an understandable vehicle for obtaining approval for IT Initiatives. Learn how to quantify financial costs and benefits in order to bridge the gap between what a CIO wants and what a CFO needs to justify the IT investment.

The demands from our business partners for business technology, business services and IT services are continuously expanding! This is nothing new as there always was an appetite for new technology and services; however in the age of the customer where customer loyalty and empowered customers have lots of choices, IT organizations need (and some are) rethinking on how to better partner with the business teams. The challenges for IT are how to continue managing the existing environment and balance this with investments and innovations given that the IT budgets between now and 2016 stay relatively flat. IT organizations have always “done finance” in some shape or form. So the question to IT organizations and executives is not “Are you doing IT financial management?” but rather “How mature is your IT financial management?”

In this session Eveline Oehrlich, Forrester’s Research Director and VP, IT Operations is sharing some of Forrester’s thinking relative to the topic of IT Financial management. Additionally, she has invited two panel members with whom she will explore their maturity relative to their IT financial management initiatives.

Financial institutions in Europe and the US are considering a range of products to address their funding needs. It’s a difficult task, as it’s still not known which products will receive beneficial regulatory capital treatment. National regulators also have provided guidance on additional or so-called buffer capital, as well as contingent capital products.

European banks have recently issued contingent capital products – or CoCos – and we expect additional offerings to be forthcoming. These issuances face an uncertain regulatory framework, and evolving market practice. This webinar will discuss these considerations, focusing on:

· Basel III guidance and status of implementation;
· Bail-in capital, including national guidance;
· Contingent capital products and structures;
· Market experience;
· Tax, ratings, corporate governance and other considerations relating to contingent capital; and
· Investor perspective.

Speakers:
· Anna Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster
· Tom Humphreys, Morrison & Foerster
· Anthony Ragozino, UBS
· Danielle Myles, IFLR (moderator)

On a daily basis your network is being attacked. Some you may be aware of others are hidden with in applications. Join Dell SonicWALL Director of Threat Research team to learn the following:
- Analysis of each threat
- Behavior and propagation techniques
- Past and recent telemetry information associated with each threat

We will have time for Q&A so don't miss out.

During this webinar we will provide an overview of some of the concerns and previous limiting factors in securing 10GbE networks, and provide an overview of how Dell | SonicWALL can assist with:

- Delivering IPS and Anti-Malware at 10GbE speeds, supporting your recent infrastructure investments
- Providing a low latency/high throughput security solution protecting your internal network assets
- Creating granular user and group access controls at the application level, reducing the impact of non-productive bandwidth intensive applications

Many organizations have made significant investments recently, transforming their infrastructure to support 10 GbE speeds looking to capitalize on the benefits and efficiencies gained by increased bandwidth without upgrading their existing security appliance, introducing a potential security risk and bottleneck. This webinar will provide you with an overview of this, and discuss how Dell | SonicWALL can assist your team in meeting these requirements.

When migrating to a cloud based solution, it is important to identify the migration steps. Being informed and prepared is the best solution. Join Dell SonicWALL as we review a best practices checklist for planning and executing an email security migration that minimizes the risk of business disruption.
With our unique ability to deliver powerful, real-time email threat protection through a variety of deployment platforms ,Dell SonicWALL has an email security to meet the needs of your organization

The secret to encouraging appropriate behaviour when claiming expenses lies in finding the right balance between people, policy and compliance.

So what should businesses do to get this right?

Join engaging speaker, David Vine - Managing Director, Concur as he explains why it’s important to:
1) Understand the existing corporate culture and promote the right kind of behaviour;
2) Use technology to make it easier for people to submit appropriate expenses, that match with both company culture and policy.

This webinar will help you to learn:
-How compliance, people and policy can co-exist harmoniously,
-Ways of encouraging expense policy compliance,
-How technology can help