Activities

Conferences

Conference on Netting of OTC Financial Contracts
in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, along with the World Bank and the Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), sponsored a two day "Conference on Netting of OTC Financial Contracts in Latin America and the Caribbean" in Mexico City on November 9 and 10, 2000. The Conference brought together representatives from 17 countries, including representatives from both the public and private sector. The Conference focused on the many benefits countries in the region could gain by providing a sound legal basis to support the use of netting and collateral by financial institutions. A copy of the agenda for the Conference may be viewed by clicking below. In addition, a number of the Conference's presentations may also be viewed by clicking below. You will need MS Word and/or Powerpoint to view the presentations.

• Agenda for the Conference on Netting.

• Presentation of Facundo D. Gomez Minujin (J.P. Morgan).

• Presentation of Gabriella Rosenberg (Central Bank of Argentina) and Maria Carmen del Urquiza (Argentine Securities and Excange Commission).

• Presentation of Gabriella Rosenberg, Maria Carmen del Urquiza, and David Miller (Bank of America).

• Presentation of Fernando R. de Almeida Prado (Pinheiro Neto).

• Presentation of Marjorie Gross (Chase Manhattan) on netting benefits.

• Presentation of Patricia Epstein (Morgan Stanley Dean Witter).

• Presentation of Lawrence Brandman (Goldman Sachs).

• Presentation of Marjorie Gross (Chase Manhattan) on netting opinions.

• Presentation (slides) of Francisco Solis (Banco de Mexico).

• Presentation (English) of Francisco Solis.

• Presentation of Gary Sims (Bank of New York).

• Additional presentation of Fernando R. de Almeida Prado.

• resentation of Roger Burgess (Conyers dill & Pearman, Bermuda).

• Presentation of Focco W. Lunsingh Scheurleer (Promes Trenite Van Doorne, Netherlands Antilles).