CutterCast: Derivatives and Collateral Management Benchmarking Results
Virtual
Event Summary
Derivatives are complex financial instruments used for various purposes. Investment management firms today are looking for ways to improve the management of these instruments and optimize the use of collateral. In this CutterCast we share key trends and takeaways from our Derivatives and Collateral Management survey, with a focus on organization and governance, trading, operations and data management, recordkeeping, and technology.
Speakers
Danny Kramer
Director, Consulting
Danny Kramer is an accomplished consultant with deep expertise in middle and back office investment operations. In his most recent consulting role, Danny worked with a global financial services firm to evaluate the firm’s derivatives management systems landscape by examining current capabilities and derivative system compared with competing vendor offerings. He was responsible for documenting business and technical requirements, researching market vendors, producing Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation, creating a structured scorecard for evaluation, and analyzing and presenting results.
Prior to working with Cutter, Danny was vice president of Global Middle Office at Fidelity Investments, where he held several senior roles within investment operations and business strategy. This included as business lead on a multi-year, multimillion-dollar middle office technology implementation of Calypso software to support processing of repo securities, securities lending activities, and derivatives. Prior to Fidelity, Danny spent eight years at Wellington Management Company as vice president and senior manager, Investment Data & Derivative Services.