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MEMORANDUM TO ISDA REGULATORY CONTACTS
ISDA is currently finalizing plans for its Annual General Meeting in Washington, D.C., April 3-6, 2001, and we wanted to send you a note letting you know that we will be offering an informative program that will be of particular interest to those following regulatory developments. Senator Richard Lugar, the U.S. Senate sponsor of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 legislation containing key legal certainty provisions for OTC derivatives products, will deliver a keynote speech on Wednesday, April 4th. William McDonough, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is also scheduled to deliver a keynote address focusing on the Basel Accord. A special panel on global derivatives public policy issues is scheduled for Thursday's general session. Panelists will provide insight on current and future regulatory developments in Europe and the United States. There are also plenary sessions covering Latin America and Asia, which will have a regulatory and policy focus. Informative breakout sessions are also planned. In one of the afternoon panels, member firms will present an in-depth panel discussion covering current developments in the derivative markets with respect to weather, energy, electricity and bandwidth. The impact of changes in law and regulation will be discussed in the afternoon Netting, Documentation and Risk Management panels. The afternoon session relating to equity derivatives will include discussion on accounting treatment and U.S. commodity law changes. The rest of the agenda is equally exciting, including panel discussions on the influence of e-business on derivatives and on e-trading systems for derivatives as well as regionally based panels. We believe that, in the light of new regulatory changes this is an important year to attend the ISDA Annual General Meeting. Of course, the AGM offers a variety of exciting social events and the ability to exchange ideas with over 600 industry professionals. This year's afternoon breakout sessions, as discussed above, will allow you the opportunity to focus on issues of particular relevance to your area of expertise and benefit from sharing thoughts with your industry peers. Look for the brochure describing the program. You may also visit our website at www.isda.org for more information on the AGM agenda and registration details. We hope to see you there. Stacy Carey Policy Director
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