& present Market Abuse Directive II Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2016 Time: Registration 13:45 Venue: Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort, St George s Bay, St. Julians Price: EUR40 (regular) EUR20 (students) CPE: 2.5 hours CPE (Professional Competency)
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Market Abuse Directive II The Subject The Market Abuse Regulation becomes effective in July 2016. The new rules on market abuse update and strengthen the existing framework, as provided for by the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC), to ensure market integrity and investor protection. The Market Abuse Regulation enables the regulatory framework to keep pace with market developments such as the growth of new trading platforms, Overthe-Counter (OTC) trading and the advent of new technology such as High Frequency Trading (HFT). The Directive also strengthens the fight against market abuse across commodity, and related derivative, markets and explicitly bans the manipulation of benchmarks (such as LIBOR). The Speakers and Panel Members Dr Christopher P. Buttigieg Mr Edward Grech Dr Ilona Schembri Mr Frederick Mifsud Bonnici Mr David Curmi The MFSA and the MFIA have teamed up for this event and together we aim to bring to you speakers with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the area. Ms Anna Camilleri
A biographical note on the speakers Dr Christopher P. Buttigieg is the Director of the Securities and Markets Supervision Unit of the Malta Financial Services Authority, which Unit is responsible for work in the field of policy, regulation and supervision of securities and markets and is composed of 30 officials. He joined the Authority in 2000 as a manager in the Investment Services Unit and has gained professional experience in different areas of financial regulation and supervision, and the investigation and enforcement of market misconduct and malpractice. He is a member of the Authority s Supervisory Council and represents the MFSA at various European Fora on financial regulation and supervision. He is the MFSA s alternate on the ESMA Board of Supervisors. Dr Buttigieg has a commerce degree (B.Com 1998), an accountancy degree (B.Accty. Hons. 2000) and a financial services law degree (M.A. Fin. Ser. 2003) from the University of Malta, as well as a European Union Law degree (M.A. EU Law and Soc 2005) and a doctoral degree in law (Ph.D 2014) from the University of Sussex (UK). Mr Edward Grech joined the MFSA as a Desk Officer in 2008. He is now the Senior Manager of the Markets Infrastructures and Investments team, which is responsible, amongst others, for the on-going supervision of regulated markets, central securities depositories, investment firms and derivative counterparties. He has worked on various cases of breaches of financial regulation and has been involved in both off-site and on-site supervision. He graduated in Banking and Finance with Honours in Management at the University of Malta in 2001. He later completed the ACCA qualification, obtained a Diploma in IFRS and is a certified public accountant. Dr Ilona Schembri graduated as a lawyer in 2012 from the University of Malta. She was able to obtain her Master of Laws (LL.M) with specialisation in Banking and Finance in August 2013 from the University of London (Queen Mary). She is currently working as an Analyst at the MFSA (Securities and Markets Supervision Unit).
A biographical note on the Panel Members Ms Anna Camilleri was appointed as Head of Internal Audit at HSBC Bank Malta plc in November 2015. Prior to joining the Bank, Anna held the post of Senior Manager, Governance Risk & Compliance at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Anna is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, holds a Maltese Practicing Certificate in Auditing and is a retired Information Systems and Controls Specialist. She has a strong auditing background and has managed numerous complex internal audit and business process reengineering assignments both in Malta and internationally. With PricewaterhouseCoopers, Anna has also led a number of mergers and acquisition transactions. Mr Frederick Mifsud Bonnici is a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Mediterranean Bank plc and Malita Investments plc and, non-executive chairman of Blevins Franks Trustees Limited and Blevins Franks Gamma Limited and chairman of the Malta International Airport Foundation. He is a visiting senior lecturer in auditing at the University of Malta. Until 2014, he was an elected member of the Council of the Malta Institute of Accountants uninterruptedly for 32 years and its president for three years. Between 2012 and 2013, Mr Mifsud Bonnici was chairman of Bank of Valletta p.l.c., and some of its subsidiaries and MSV Life p.l.c. and a non-executive director of Middlesea Insurance p.l.c. He was a senior audit partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Malta until his retirement in 2011 after a career spanning 43 years. Between 1990 and 1999, he was deputy Chairman and subsequently Chairman of the Malta Stock Exchange. Mr David Curmi has been in the investment management industry for over 22 years. In 1995 David joined Curmi & Partners Ltd where he set up the firms two more successful divisions covering research and discretionary portfolio management. David oversees the firm s investment committee directing investment decisions in fixed income, treasury and equity markets. He sits on a number of investment committees of international fund managers operating from Malta and acts as primary investment advisor to the Board of a number of major local entities including one of the largest insurance companies in Malta. Between 1989 1992 David worked at James Capel & Co (part of HSBC Investment Management UK), where he undertook and passed his London Stock Exchange examinations. David studied Economics at Oxford Brookes University, and took part in the University s successful rowing eights in Henley, Oxford.
Registration Form Name: Company: Job Position: Email: Mobile No.: I am enclosing a payment of EUR40 (EUR20 for students) to attend the Malta Forum for Internal Auditors training session Market Abuse Directive II of 12 April 2016. Signature Date Cheque payments are to be addressed to MFIA or Malta Forum for Internal Auditors and sent to C/o MITC, TG Complex, Level 1, Suite 3, Brewery Street, Mriehel. Payment is to reach MFIA by 5 April 2016. Email: info@fiamalta.org Parking is available in the Hotel Garage on a first come first served basis.