European sub-sovereign and agency forum
OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute is hosting an event focused exclusively on the European sub-sovereign and agency bond market. This forum brings together issuers, agency borrowers, fixed-income investors and other key market participants from Europe’s regions, including German Laender.
The discussions will reflect on the environment for these issuers in 2024, considering the relative richness of the German Laender versus peers in the sovereign, supranational and agency market, such as KfW, and whether these pricing levels are justified. They will explore the impact of the German state elections on the budgets and creditworthiness of these regions and how pricing strategies have evolved for the Laender. The event will also focus on key topics for the wider European sub-sovereign and agency bond market, such as price discovery processes, the evolution of investor bases, diversification strategies and sustainable finance developments, with a look ahead to funding plans for 2025.
As with all of the SDI’s in-person events, the entire day will be off the record with no media in attendance to encourage participants to speak freely and stimulate authentic discussions. There will be ample networking opportunities through refreshment breaks, including a lunch for all attendees.
Speakers
Konstantin Anglichanov
Senior Director, International Public Finance Ratings
Fitch Ratings
Konstantin Anglichanov
Senior Director, International Public Finance Ratings
Fitch Ratings
Konstantin Anglichanov is senior director of international public finance at Fitch Ratings. He leads analytical teams covering credits in the Middle East, central Asia, South Caucasus and German-speaking countries. He serves as chairperson for credit committees in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as Asia Pacific macro-regions reviewing individual issuers and portfolios in key public finance sectors including transportation, social housing providers and healthcare institutions.
Elke Badack-Hebig
Head of Treasury
State of Berlin
Elke Badack-Hebig
Head of Treasury
State of Berlin
Andreas Becker
Head of Treasury and Pension Fund
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Andreas Becker
Head of Treasury and Pension Fund
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Massimiliano Castelli
Managing Director, Head of Strategy, Sovereign Institutions
UBS
Massimiliano Castelli
Managing Director, Head of Strategy, Sovereign Institutions
UBS
Holger Dohra
Head of Investor Relations, Treasury and Capital Markets
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt
Holger Dohra
Head of Investor Relations, Treasury and Capital Markets
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt
Clive Horwood
Managing Editor and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
OMFIF
Clive Horwood
Managing Editor and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
OMFIF
Clive Horwood is managing editor and deputy chief executive officer of OMFIF.
He was previously at Euromoney, which he joined in 1993. He edited his first
title, International Bond Investor, in 1995. Horwood was subsequently deputy
editor of Euroweek, the capital markets newspaper (now Global Capital) and
launch editor of Credit magazine.
Burhan Khadbai
Head of Content, Sovereign Debt Institute
OMFIF
Burhan Khadbai
Head of Content, Sovereign Debt Institute
OMFIF
Pooja Kumra
Head European Rates Strategy
TD Securities
Pooja Kumra
Head European Rates Strategy
TD Securities
Alexander Labermeier
Head of Treasury and Asset Management
Ministry of Finance, State of Hessen, Germany
Alexander Labermeier
Head of Treasury and Asset Management
Ministry of Finance, State of Hessen, Germany
Alexander Malitsky
Director, Fixed Income Origination & Syndication
TD Securities
Alexander Malitsky
Director, Fixed Income Origination & Syndication
TD Securities
Jürgen Martinschledde
Senior Portfolio Manager
MEAG
Jürgen Martinschledde
Senior Portfolio Manager
MEAG
Jürgen Martinschledde is senior portfolio manager at MEAG. Previously, he was a portfolio manager at Tecta and portfolio risk manager and quantitative analyst at at Pacific Investment Management Company.
Yves Millardet
Chairman Executive Board
Agence France Locale
Yves Millardet
Chairman Executive Board
Agence France Locale
Mitch Reznick
Group Head of Fixed Income
Federated Hermes
Mitch Reznick
Group Head of Fixed Income
Federated Hermes
Mitch Reznick is head of sustainable fixed income, Federated Hermes. Prior to this, he was head of research on the credit team before becoming co-head of credit. Reznick was also co-head of credit research for Fortis Investments as well as previously, portfolio manager of European high yield funds in London, senior credit analyst in Paris.
Rodrigo Robledo
Director General Financial Policy and Treasury
Comunidad de Madrid
Rodrigo Robledo
Director General Financial Policy and Treasury
Comunidad de Madrid
Rodrigo has been Director General for Financial Policy and Treasury at Comunidad de Madrid since September 2019 where he is responsible for short, medium and long-term Funding activity and Treasury management. He has launched the Region’s first Green Bond and the first Social Bond in Spain linked to Covid-19. In 2022 he led the region project to fully aligned the Madrid Green Bond with the EU taxonomy and in May 25 he issued the first EU GB for a European Region. Before, he was Head of Capital Markets at ICO since February 2009, where he led the issuing of the State Bank´s first Social Bond and first Green Bond. He also worked at ICO as Senior funding officer since December 2004.
Previous to ICO, Rodrigo was portfolio manager in Mapfre Inversión (2003-2004), having begun his career in finance in Caja Madrid´s securitization department in 2002. Rodrigo holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Universidad de Burgos (2000), completed both masters in “Banking
and Finance” and a “Executive in Quantitative Finance” at Analistas Financieros Internacinales (AFI).
Sergio Sierra
Head of Funding and Treasury
Instituto de Crédito Oficial
Sergio Sierra
Head of Funding and Treasury
Instituto de Crédito Oficial
Sergio Sierra is head of funding and treasury at Instituto de Crédito Oficial.
He was part of the team responsible for issuing bonds in different currencies and markets. He participated in the issuance of ICO social bonds and the preparation of the Social Bond Principles by the International Capital Market Association. He was also head of the securitisation and investor relations department.
Harald Sperlein
Vice President , Senior Analyst Sovereign & Sub-Sovereign Group
Moody’s Deutschland GmbH
Harald Sperlein
Vice President , Senior Analyst Sovereign & Sub-Sovereign Group
Moody’s Deutschland GmbH
Marlene Walch
Senior Funding Manager, Green Bonds
KfW
Marlene Walch
Senior Funding Manager, Green Bonds
KfW
Sneha Yadav
Head of ESG and Responsible Investing
Astant Global Management
Sneha Yadav
Head of ESG and Responsible Investing
Astant Global Management
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