Ankeet Dedhia

Head of Product & Business Development, Americas
LCH

Ankeet Dedhia is the Head of FX Product, Americas at LCH. In this role he is responsible for leading all products, services and business development efforts within the Americas for LCH’s FX clearing service, ForexClear.

Since joining LCH in 2012, Ankeet has been part of the product team for SwapClear, LCH’s interest rate clearing service, where he facilitated adoption of regulatory mandates and managed commercial demands from a diverse range of financial institutions.

Prior to joining LCH, Ankeet was a management consultant for Ernst & Young, focused on strategy review and gap analysis related to OTC derivatives regulatory reform. Before this role, he worked at the CME on its futures and OTC risk management team, focused on cross-asset initiatives across FX, interest rates and credit derivatives.

He holds a master’s in finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business and an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai.

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Day 1 - Wednesday February 12th

Wednesday, February 12th, 2020

3:00 PM 360 PERSPECTIVE - A new era of FX clearing: How can you best prepare for UMR phase 5 (2020) and 6 (2021) and how can the buy side set up a UMR strategy to minimize impact?

The roadmap for UMR: What are the key milestones you should be aware of up to the final deadline?
What are the practical hurdles that need to be overcome in time for the deadline?
Treatment of separately managed accounts- How can you establish which accounts fall under UMR and which do not?
What the implications are for buy side firms relating to deliverable FX, what the implications are for non-deliverable FX in terms of FX activity, new costs and operational implementation
Clearing as an alternative solution- outlining the cost vs. efficiency benefits