Category: Public Speaking

Its Conference Season! Let’s Talk About Swap Futures…

Until I became an analyst I didn’t realize there was a conference “season” – but for those of you keeping track, the spring and fall are when most of the good events unfold.  I’ll be speaking at a few this fall, the first few of which will be all about swap futures. On September 19th […]

Liquidity Fragmentation, Innovative Disruption and Good Old Fashion Arguments

On Tuesday, January 24th we held our Fixed Income Trading 2012 event. Over 450 people attended to hear three panels, one armchair interview and an economist keynote which provided a someone positive picture for 2012. Wall Street & Technology posted a good, quick recap of what was discussed at the event. We have also posted […]

Fixed Income Markets 2012: Changes Ahead. Staying Ahead

 Our 2012 Fixed Income Trading event is taking place on Tuesday January 24th. We have a great agenda for the afternoon that should shed some light on what the major players in the fixed income markets are thinking about liquidity, derivatives reform, the sovereign debt crisis and a whole host of other issues we’re […]

Presenting to the CFTC on Swaps Liquidity Fragmentation (and Aggregation)

On Tuesday, December 13th I presented to the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee. Chairman Gensler and Commissioners O’Malia and Wetjan were all there. Each panelist, myself included, gave a 15 minute opening and then we participated in an open Q&A with the Chairman, Commissioners and the members of the TAC. Maybe I’m just optimistic, but it […]

My Conversation about SEFCON II with Chris Giancarlo from GFI

SEFCON II is on Monday, October 3. Chris Giancarlo who’s both the head of the WMBAA and Executive Vice President at GFI Group came in to speak with us about what we should expect to see at SEFCON II. The agenda for the event was also published today – quite a list of politicians and […]

My Senate Testimony on Swap Execution Facilities

This is my written testimony for the Senate Banking Committee hearing on July 29, 2011 focused on Swap Execution Facilities.  What I actually said at the hearing was a subset of this.  You can watch (rather than read) the entire hearing on the Senate Banking Committee website here. —– Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Crapo, and […]

CFTC Rule Proposal Makes Margin Requirements More Complex (Waters)

These quotes were taken from my presentation and panel moderation at the Calypso customer event in San Francisco earlier this week.  We had a great debate on the panel between LCH and CME as to who’s model was better.  If we agreed anything it was that the neither model is necessarily better, they’re just different. […]

My opening remarks at the CFTC SEF Showcase – March 31, 2011

First, I’d like to thank Commissioner O’Malia and his staff for inviting us here today for what is shaping up to be a very informative day. I’m Kevin McPartland, Head of Rates and Credit Research at TABB Group. We are an independent research and advisory firm focused solely on the institutional capital markets. Everyone finally […]