John Piccitto has presented papers on a wide variety of topics in the field of Equity Finance at industry conferences all over the world: London, Paris, Copenhagen, Rome, Vienna, Milan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, and New York City. He has served frequently on panels discussing professional issues; he is a distinctive and well-known figure in international professional circles. His relaxed style, his ability to explain complex matters clearly, and the fact that he deals with professional issues from the perspective of long experience all add great value to the venues at which he appears.
John Piccitto chairs a panel discussion on
Regulatory issues at the 2007 PASLA/RMA
conference
in Shanghai. Photo courtesy of PASLA/RMA.
He has recently appeared at:
Eighteenth Annual Conference on International Securities Lending (ISLA/RMA), Barcelona, Spain, June, 2009, “Beneficial Owners: Are They Lending Securities Now?” - Panel Moderator
New York City Beneficial Owners’ Securities Lending Summit (IMN) June 2009, “Why Some Beneficial Owners Suspended All or Part of Their Securities Lending Programs Over the Past Year” - Panel Moderator
John Piccitto (l.) moderates a New York panel on Beneficial Owner programs.
Photo courtesy of IMN.
Nineteenth International GCF Global Custody Forum 2008 (ICBI), London, England, December, 2008, “Securities Lending – Are Clients Getting Their Fair Slice of the Cake?” – Panel Moderator
The Thirteenth Annual European Beneficial Owners’ Securities Lending and Global Custody Summit (IMN), Edinburgh, Scotland, September, 2008, “The Future of Collateral Management” – Panel Moderator
Seventeenth Annual ISLA/RMA Conference on International Securities Lending, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2008, “Electronic Securities Lending Exchanges – The Next Phase?” - Panel Moderator
The Twelfth Annual IMN European Beneficial Owners’ Securities Lending & Global Custody Summit, Dublin, Ireland, October 2007: “Fiduciary Focus: Proxy Voting; A Fresh Look at a Controversial Issue” – Panel Moderator
Seventh Annual European Custody Summit (IIR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April, 2007, Interviewer for panel on “Securities Lending and Collateral Management;”
Fourth Annual PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending, 6-8 March, 2007, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Chaired “Regulatory Issues” panel discussion;
Seventeenth International Global Custody Forum (IIR) London, November, 2006 “Analyzing Latest Securities Lending Developments” – Panel Member;
Risk Management for Securities Financing (Marcus Evans Conferences) London, October, 2006, "Creating a Good Network for Securities Financing," Speaker;
Eleventh Annual European Beneficial Owners’ Securities Lending and Global Custody Summit (IMN), Barcelona, September, 2006, “Securities Lending Tutorial: Understanding the Basics” Pre-summit Tutorial Leader;
Fifteenth Annual ISLA/RMA Conference on International Securities Lending, Rome, 2006, "Will Upcoming Capital Changes Impact the Way You Transact?" Panel Moderator;
John Piccitto chairs a regulatory review panel discussion at ISLA/RMA Rome Conference, May, 2006 Photo courtesy of ISLA/RMA
Tenth Annual European Beneficial European Beneficial Owners' Securities Lending and Global Custody Summit (IMN), Stockholm Sweden, "Opening
Tutorial: Understanding the Basics of Securities Lending." Tutorial Leader;
Fifth Annual Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit (IMN), Stockholm June 2005. Featured Speaker: “Securities Lending: The Basics.”
Fourteenth Annual ISLA/RMA
Conference on International Securities Lending, Athens, May 2005. Panel Moderator: “Regulatory Issues.”
Eleventh Annual Beneficial Owners’ Summit on Domestic and International Securities Lending & Repo (IMN), Phoenix, AZ, USA,February, 2005. Panel Member, “Corporate Governance
& Proxy Voting;”
Panel Member,“Auctions and Exclusive Arrangements.”
John Piccitto on a Corporate Governance panel at the February 2005 IMN Beneficial Owners' Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA
ISLA/RMA Conference on International Securities Lending, Dublin, May 2004. “Transparency” Panel Discussion Member
Thirteenth International Securities
Lending and Repo Conference (IBC), Madrid, November 2002 - Electronic Trading
Platforms - When and How? - Panel Moderator
Seventh Annual European Beneficial
Owners' Securities Lending Summit,
Dublin, September 2002, Routes to
Market: Evaluating Lending Programme Structural Options
- Speaker
Securities Lending and Repo Conference
(Marcus Evans), London, June 2002, Electronic Platforms Panel Discussion
- Speaker
Conference on International Securities
Lending (ISLA/RMA), Vienna, May 2002, Securities Financing Roundtable
- Speaker
John Piccitto spoke on Transparency in auctions
at the ISL/RMA Conference on International
Securities Lending, Dublin, May 2004
Twelfth Annual International Securities Lending and Repo Conference (IBC),
Paris, November 2001, Roundtable on eTrading Systems - Speaker
Formal presentations - speeches and lectures usually take about 30 minutes (slides are included or not, as appropriate); topics cover issues current in the field. He has run day-long and week-long training sessions for front and back office staff in the Far East, the United States and in Europe and organised special events at conferences.
Presentations to international audiences have included talks on:
"Settlement Synergies:
Everything
that Converges Must Rise"
