"The MMF Symposium is a unique event bringing together -current and future- leaders and innovators in the financial world."
- Tim Friederich, Allianz Global Investors
19-22 January 2017 Blue Mountains
Innovation vs Regulation What’s the Score?
In the current market situation with remarkable lack of directionality, only one variable is guaranteed to grow: uncertainty.
Whether financial, regulatory or political, uncertainty increases our need for knowledge and at the same time creates unorthodox business opportunities, jobs in innovative sectors and in general, a potentially disruptive environment to which we better get quickly adjusted to.
Come to the MMF Symposium and meet the future!
Keynote Speakers
The Sentinel and the Groundbreaker. The Reformer and the Progressive. Listen.
Philippe Sarfati
Senior Director and Head Supervision Support Group
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
"Financial Innovation and Regulatory Development in a Changing Industry"
The Basel regulatory sequels have been responsible for some of the biggest changes in the banking landscape over the last twenty years. Philippe Sarfati holds the brush that will paint the regulatory landscape of the future. His participation in the MMF Symposium this year signifies a unique opportunity to witness changes in the making.
- Luis Seco, Director MMF
David Ha
Google
"From Goldman to Google"
Keynote Panels
Vanguard. Disruptive. Innovative. Visionary. These are our Panels.
Alternative Beta
A substitute for the traditional stock/bond portfolio? A substitute for hedge funds? A new source of return? Listen to the panelists to find out.
Sudharshan Sathiyamoorthy - Alignvest Investment Management Esther Zurba - Castle Hall Alternatives Mark Hannoush - OTPP
Moderator
Bill Maher - Cowen Prime Services
Our Location
Conference Venue
Village Conference Centre / Blue Mountains
The MMF Symposium unfolds at the Village Conference Centre at Blue Mountain Resort, the largest skiing resort in Ontario.
Our Past Speakers
[ Please click on a speaker to view their bio. ]
Ron Mock
CEO
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Mike Durland
Group Head & CEO
Global Banking & Markets Scotiabank
Camilla Sutton
Managing Director & Head
Global Foreign Exchange Scotiabank
Michael Zerbs
Executive VP & Co-Head
IT & Enterprise Technology Scotiabank
Megan Vesely
General Counsel
Sigma Analysis & Management Ltd.
Dan Rosen
Fields Institute
Ron Mock
CEO
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Mr. Mock joined Teachers’ in 2001 and has more than 25 years of international experience in investments and finance. Most recently, as Senior Vice-President, Fixed Income and Alternative Investments, he was responsible for $60 billion of Teachers’ assets including the policy mix in fixed income, credit investing, hedge fund activities and fixed income investments in emerging markets.
Mike Durland
Group Head & CEO
Global Banking & Markets Scotiabank
As Group Head and CEO, Global Banking and Markets, Mike has responsibility for the overall management of Global Banking and Markets’ operations worldwide. He was appointed Co-CEO in 2008 with specific responsibility for the Global Capital Markets business, and assumed full responsibility for the division in 2014.
Mike joined Scotiabank’s Investment Banking division as a Senior Manager, Derivative Products, in 1993, before being promoted to Managing Director in 1996; Co-Head, Capital Markets Group in 2002; and Deputy Head, Global Capital Markets in 2007. During the past 20 years, Mike has been actively involved in the development, execution and management of Global Banking and Markets’ strategy, risk, operations and human capital management. He also represents Global Banking and Markets on key internal Bank committees.
Mike completed a Ph.D. in Finance and Operations Research from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from St. Mary’s University.
Mike is a member of the Advisory Board for Queen’s School of Business and its Master of Management Analytics program.
Camilla Sutton
Managing Director & Head
Global Foreign Exchange Scotiabank
Camilla has established an impressive career in the financial industry. She is currently Scotiabank’s global head of Foreign Exchange (FX). Previously to this position, Ms. Sutton worked as the Chief FX Strategist and Managing Director within Global Banking and Markets at Scotiabank. She writes and advises on the major (G10, etc.) currencies, with a mandate that includes recommendations on tactical positioning, investment strategies and FX hedging. Before joining Scotiabank, Camilla has worked for OMERS, BMO Capital Markets, and TD Securities, dating back to 1996.
Camilla holds a Bachelor’s degree in Development Economics and International Development from Dalhousie University and an MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business at Western Ontario. In addition she is a CFA charterholder and holds the CMT designation.
Michael Zerbs
Executive VP & Co-Head
IT & Enterprise Technology Scotiabank
As Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Information Technology, Enterprise Technology at Scotiabank, Michael has shared responsibility for the advancement of Scotiabank’s technology strategy and for the oversight of the broader Information Technology function in support of the Bank’s business strategy. His mandate is to advance Scotiabank’s capability to develop, operate and protect the infrastructure, systems and applications that support all businesses and corporate functions globally.
Prior to joining Scotiabank in 2014 as Senior Vice President & Head, Risk Management Information Technology, Michael held senior positions in IT, including President and Chief Operating Officer at Algorithmics and Vice President, Risk Analytics at IBM.
Michael holds a Master of Science in Social and Economic Sciences in Commerce, a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Economics.
Michael is married and has three children.
Megan Vesely
General Counsel
Sigma Analysis & Management Ltd.
Prior to joining Sigma in 2015, Megan spent 10 years as a securities lawyer at DLA Piper in New York and San Francisco before joining an early-stage finance company as the Head of Legal and Compliance.
Her legal practice focuses on advising hedge funds, financial firms and executives on regulatory change and risk, compliance matters and corporate development.
Megan has federal and state trial experience and has written and presented on the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on U.S. and foreign entities. Megan earned her JD, cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law, and her B.A., cum laude, in English, History and Honors, with a French minor, from Villanova University.
Megan is admitted to the New York bar
Dan Rosen
Fields Institute
Dan was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of R2 Financial Technologies, acquired by S&P Capital IQ, Inc. in 2012. Prior to founding R2 in 2006, Dr. Rosen had a successful ten-year career at Algorithmics. Dr. Rosen was inducted in 2010 a fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and currently serves in the Board of Directors of the Institute, as well as in the Advisory Board of the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE).
He is also one of the founders of PRMIA (Professional Risk Management International Association) and of RiskLab, an international network of research centers in Financial Engineering and Risk Management, initiated at the University of Toronto.
He is an adjunct professor of Mathematical Finance at the University of Toronto. In addition to working with numerous financial institutions around the world, he lectures extensively on risk and portfolio management, counterparts credit risk, economic and regulatory capital, as well as valuation of derivatives, fixed income and structured finance. He has authored numerous risk management and financial engineering publications, several patents, and serves in the editorial board of several industrial and academic journals.
He holds an M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.