Public sector debt summit

By invitation only, bond market infrastructure participants will discuss the latest developments to improve market infrastructure for bond markets.

Speakers:

George Kalogeropoulos, Deputy Head of Market Infrastructure and Payments, European Central Bank

Christian Engelen, Head of Borrowing and Lending Operations, European Commission

Arnaud Delestienne, Director, International Capital Markets, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Ioannis Rallis, Head of SSA DCM, JP Morgan

Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer and Head of Funding, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Joerg Graupner, Vice President, Fixed Income, KfW

Charlie Berman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Agora                               

Vincent Gusdorf, DeFi and Digital Assets, Moody’s Investors Service         

Peter Nijsse, Director, Treasury and Capital Markets, BNG Bank

Senior strategists and credit experts present their outlook for the global fixed income markets in the context of rising debt levels and loosening monetary policy.

Speakers:

Valentine Ainouz, Head of Global Fixed Income Strategy, Amundi

Yannick Kalantzis, Director of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting, Banque de France

Alvise Lennkh-Yunus, Head of Sovereign and Public Sector, Scope Ratings

Presentation of the key findings from OMFIF’s annual survey of global SSAs.

Leading portfolio managers reflect on their investment strategies at the start of the year and what could derail their plans later in 2024.

Speakers:

Patrick Barbe, Head of European Investment Grade Fixed Income, Neuberger Berman

Rouska Winter, Head of Euro Aggregate Fixed Income, Ostrum Asset Management

Brian Mangwiro, Portfolio Manager, Global Sovereign Debt and Currencies, Barings

Jürgen Martinschledde, Senior Portfolio Manager, MEAG

Sovereign issuers reflect on the record pace for issuance and demand at the start of the year and discuss how they will navigate their funding for the rest of the year.

Speakers:

Christian Engelen, Head of Borrowing and Lending Operations, European Commission  

Davide Iacovoni, Director General, Public Debt, Ministry of Economy & Finance, Italy

Rocío Trueba Miralles, Deputy Head, Funding Debt Management, Spanish Treasury

Jessica Pulay, Co-head Policy and Markets, UK Debt Management Office 

Ioannis Rallis, Head of SSA DCM, JP Morgan

Sukhdeep Sambhi, Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management

Market participants discuss how the investor base is evolving for the public sector bond market and what the priorities are for issuers in 2024.

Speakers:

Zoltan Kurali, Chief Executive Officer, Government Debt Management Agency, Hungary 

Arnaud Delestienne, Director, International Capital Markets, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Peter Nijsse, Director, Treasury and Capital Markets, BNG Bank 

Aisling Synnott, Deputy Director, FDM, National Treasury Management Agency, Ireland

Isabelle Vic-Phillipe, Head of Euro Aggregate, Amundi

Cedric Bernard-Villeneuve, Portfolio Manager, Ostrum Asset Management

Marek Szczerbak, Deputy Director, Public Debt department, Ministry of Finance, Poland

How to adapt allocation strategies in order improve liquidity and price discovery processes in secondary markets.

Speakers:

Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer and Head of Funding, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Yanick Loirat, Head of Euro Sovereign Investments, Neuberger Berman

Romain Netter Head of Funding, Agence France Locale

Markus Stix, Managing Director, Austrian Treasury

Joerg Graupner, Vice President, Fixed Income, KfW    

An ESG-focused session discussing best practice and new initiatives for reporting standards and frameworks, as well as an outlook for greeniums in the public sector bond market.

Speakers:

Adriana Cruz Felix, Vice President, Sustainable Finance, Manager Second Party Opinions EMEA, Moody’s Investors Service

Mostafa Ziaee, Sovereign Analyst, AXA

Stelios Leonidou, Senior Economist, Head of Front Office of Public Debt Management Office, Ministry of Finance Cyprus

Stefan Nanu, Head, Public Debt Management and State Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Romania 

Sergio Sierra, Head of Funding and Treasury, Instituto de Crédito Oficial

How non-sovereign issuers are diversifying their issuance in terms of currency options, maturities and other products and analysing where the best opportunities are.

Speakers:      

Louise Bergstrom, Funding and Investor Relations Executive, Swedish Export Credit Corporation 

Felix Grote, Head of Long-term Funding Operations, Council of Europe

Romain Netter Head of Funding, Agence France Locale

Closing session to share ideas on topics such as hybrid capital, digital/blockchain bonds, risk-free rates, the role of non-banks and commercial paper.

Final overview of key trends in public sector debt markets to wrap up the day.

Speakers:

Sarah Carlson, Senior Vice President, Sovereign Risk Group, Moody’s Investors Service

Ioannis Rallis, Head of SSA DCM, JP Morgan