Ky Dong

Senior Complex Securities Specialist
Franklin Templeton Investments

KY DONG is a Senior Complex Securities Specialist at Franklin Templeton in the Global Trade Services group with over 10 years operational experience within the mutual fund industry. Ky is currently the business lead for Global Trade Services regulatory projects such as Dodd-Frank Act and EMIR. In this role, Ky is responsible for driving the strategic development of key initiatives such as changes to derivative trade and collateral management processing. Since joining Franklin Templeton in May 2005, Ky has been involved with various Investment Operations processes such as: domestic trade processing, emerging market trade processing, FX, and OTC derivatives trade processing and collateral management. Ky was the architect and developed the existing OTC bilateral collateral management process at Franklin Templeton. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ky worked at E*TRADE Securities LLC as a Senior Financial Service Associate. Ky is an active member of several industry groups including: International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC), Asset Managers Forum and various DTCC derivative working groups. Within ISITC, he is a Co-Chair for the Derivatives Working Group. Ky has a Bachelor of Science degree in Managerial Economics from University of California, Davis

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Day 1 - Tuesday 21st March 2017

Friday, August 3rd, 2018

14:30 360 Perspective: How can the buy side take advantage of the multiple new collateral optimization initiatives in the market to better source eligible collateral and meet increasing demands?

Drilling down into the top challenges currently being faced in optimizing collateral: How to adapt your processes and systems to stay ahead of the game
How can trapped assets most efficiently and effectively be released to guarantee you have the eligible cash collateral required?
Accessing global collateral pools and leveraging CCP compression: How can you take advantage of improved services offered in the market to overcome limitations on the eligibility and re-use of collateral
Should collateral management become a front office concern? Working out the best person to be held responsible
How far has collateral become a front office concern? Is this the most efficient way of ensuring you have the required collateral going forward?