Welcome and introduction to the 16th annual Global Corporate Actions Forum.

Panelists representing FINRA, NYSE and Nasdaq will review efforts and priorities within these organizations, which are helping to create efficiency and reduce risk. This session is a terrific opportunity for operations professionals to hear regulatory perspectives and participate in a Q&A with the panelists.

Corporate transactions can result in complex issues that market participants must carefully consider in advance of an acquisition or strategic investment. Our featured speaker will discuss the impact of social, political and cybersecurity risk on the success of a transaction and how to best address them.

Sponsored by Mediant

This session will start with a 45-minute panel discussion led by the DTCC that will examine the more challenging corporate action events that have occurred this year. The panel will be followed by three concurrent breakouts – Reorganization, Tax, and Dividends – during which forum participants will collectively discuss the key issues experienced and lessons learned in 2019.

Sponsored by Financial Information Incorporated – Financial Technologies Solutions

This session will explore how emerging technologies can be used to streamline corporate actions. The discussion will focus on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) opportunities, and will also examine data management.

Today’s operations teams manage processes. Those same teams will need to manage automation, which manages the processes, in tomorrow’s operations. In this session, Google Cloud breaks down four compelling concepts that operations teams must embrace to effectively manage the automation behind a growing body of processes and to flourish in a rapidly changing business environment. Learn how:

• ML and chatbots help automate low-touch routine tasks, so humans can focus on building customer relationships
• Microservice architecture is redefining the financial services applications landscape (and how team members can best respond to this new normal)
• Cloud accommodates evolving regulations and best practices for greater levels of auditability in a complex, microserviced environment
• Cloud is rapidly commodifying the stack, from virtual machines to risk calculation, and what skills are needed to accommodate this trend

Bankruptcies often create a unique set of challenges related to the event terms and complex documentation requirements. This panel of subject matter experts will focus on the collaborative activities taking place in the industry to educate issuers and attorneys on the operational challenges and how to identify solutions to maximize efficiency.

Panelists will describe the latest corporate actions communications practices and challenges, and provide updates on proxy and shareholder communications.

Sponsored by GlobeTax