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Dr Alan Bollard Governor Reserve Bank of New Zealand	Toby Fiennes Head of Prudential Supervision Reserve Bank of New Zealand	Noel McNamara Chief Executive Officer The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, New Zealand	Martin Philipsen Acting Chief Executive Officer New Zealand Bankers Association
Sarah Mehrtens former Chief Executive Officer New Zealand Bankers Association	David Watts Chief Risk Officer Westpac Banking Corporation, New Zealand	Kevin McDonald Chief Risk Officer ASB Bank New Zealand	Tracy Pennell Business Transformation Leader Veda New Zealand
Nico DeLange Director - Financial Institutions Ratings Standard & Poor’s	Richard Kirkland Enterprise Risk Services Partner Deloitte	Andrew Harmer Partner, Financial Service Ernst & Young Australia	Chris de Wit Partner, Financial Services Risk Management Advisory, Ernst & Young New Zealand
Paul Skillender Senior Partner Pricewaterhouse Coopers, New Zealand	Steven Lim Partner, Risk and Capital Management, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Australia	Simon Jensen Special Counsel Buddle Findlay Lawyers New Zealand	John Miles Head of Financial Institutions, Australia and New Zealand Fitch Ratings
Dr David Tripe Associate Head, School of Economics & Finance Director, Centre for Banking Studies Massey University New Zealand	Godfrey Boyce Managing Partner KPMG Risk Advisory Services	Michal Amzallag Senior Manager KPMG Risk Advisory Services	Ceri Horwill Director Treasury, Financial and Regulatory Risk Management Services KPMG Risk Advisory Services
Tim Main New Zealand Treasurer Bank of New Zealand	Stuart Baxter Manager Veda Advisory Services Veda New Zealand

Welcome to New Zealand's first Basel III Summit specifically designed for the Australasian finance industry.  As you know, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released its third accord - Basel III - developed in a response to the deficiencies in financial regulation revealed by the global financial crisis. Basel III aims to strengthen bank capital requirements and introduce new regulatory requirements on bank liquidity and bank leverage.

Discussion papers released by Australian and New Zealand regulators are currently being reviewed by all financial institutions, outlining new capital requirements likely to be in force by 2013.

The Australasian Basel III Summit 2012 will provide a critical review of Basel III reform - effectively dealing with key implementation challenges in the new regulatory environment.

How prepared is your organisation for the new reform? What challenges do your organisations foresee?

This timely Summit is the first of its kind, providing a unique opportunity for senior executive level delegates and speakers from the finance industry from both Australia and New Zealand to come together to discuss topical subjects relating to urgent global financial services legislation, policy and compliance.
You will have an opportunity to listen to and participate in:

• Technical sessions run by subject matter experts
• Panel discussions with interactive audience Q&A sessions
• Genuine networking opportunities
• Sessions regarding current related issues such as OBR, Risk Appetite and Positive Credit Reporting
• A pre-conference half day workshop on Wednesday 14th March 2012

Compliance with new rules will require significant systems and software, credit, accounting, and policy enhancements, together with an entire review of funding and profitability strategies.  These critical factors will ultimately impact every facet of banking and finance in Australia and New Zealand.

Key issues to be discussed for 2012 include:

• Basel III reform in Australia and New Zealand
• OBR - Open Bank Resolution
• Practical implementation issues
• The Global Financial Crisis
• Working together - how can best practice be shared amongst competitors?
• The new regulatory landscape
• The impact of Positive Credit Reporting
• Convergence of regulatory requirements between Australia and New Zealand
• CRO panel
• Risk appetite

Why SHOULD YOU attend?

To understand the current issues faced with implementing proposed Basel III and to uncover practical solutions to these challenges. This is also an ideal opportunity for you to ask questions, raise concerns and contribute to high level debate with some of Australasia's most influential decision makers in the finance industry.

KEY THEMES/TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED

• How the most recent changes affect your Tier 1 capital position
• How regulators see the process unfolding over the coming years
• Find out what investors, banks and regulators think could prove viable commercial instruments for the banks to raise new capital
• How best practice can be shared amongst competitors
• The impact of OBR
• The impact of Risk Appetite
• Convergence of regulatory requirements between Australia and New Zealand
• A move to comprehensive credit reporting
• Debt crisis in Europe
• Continued low growth, high unemployment, high government debt in USA and Japan
• Impending second wave global financial crisis
• Downgrading of country and bank credit ratings

Venue & Accommodation

Venue: The Pullman Hotel. Auckland
Address: Cnr Princes St and Waterloo Quadrant Auckland City 1010, New Zealand - MAP
Tel: (09) 353 1000
Website: www.accorhotels.com

Accommodation We are pleased to offer our delegates DISCOUNTED ACCOMMODATION. Please click on the button to your right to secure accommodation close to the conference venue or call +64 9 353 1000 to book accommodation at the conference venue - The Pullman Hotel