Countdown to Compliance: Getting Ready for the September Rewrite

Bing Li

Head of Asia Pacific

Bloomberg L.P.

Bing Li oversees Bloomberg’s financial information and enterprise business across the Asia Pacific region. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for the firm’s business and product strategy, including the Bloomberg Terminal, the world’s most trusted source of financial data, news and analytics for global investors, leading financial institutions and corporations. Mr. Li has decades of experience in global bond markets and is a frequent commentator on investing in Greater China’s financial markets. Mr. Li was previously Head of Greater China at Bloomberg (a role he still retains), leading the team to provide customers with best-in-class data, analytics, trading tools and market connectivity. He has also driven a number of strategic partnerships with key regulators and leading financial institutions to advance the region's financial market development. Under Mr. Li's leadership, the Greater China region has been the fastest growing market for the company. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Li was head of Fixed Income at Bank of China (Hong Kong), responsible for sales, trading and research. Mr. Li joined the bank from Tandem Global Partners, a New York based Fixed Income asset manager, where he was a partner and portfolio manager covering the Asia Pacific region. Before Tandem, Mr. Li served as Vice President at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and was a core team member of the Equity Derivatives department. Mr. Li worked for HSBC and then JP Morgan in the early years of his career, where he traded bonds and fixed income derivatives. Mr. Li earned his B.A. from Rutgers University.

Ronald Lau

Manager

Hong Kong Trade Repository (HKTR)

Ronald Lau is a Manager at the HKMA’s Financial Market Infrastructures – Trade Repository. He is an experienced central banking professional with over 16 years at the HKMA, including more than 13 years with the Hong Kong Trade Repository. He has been instrumental in overseeing the development and implementation of the Hong Kong Trade Repository (HKTR) system. With over a decade of experience in financial market infrastructure, Ronald has played a pivotal role in ensuring the system’s stability and reliability, whilst also driving alignment with evolving international standards. His work has been crucial in assisting the industry in fulfilling requirements under the OTC Regulatory Regime by leveraging the HKTR’s Trade Reporting Service. Ronald holds a Masters degree in Information System Management from the City University of Hong Kong and earned his B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia.

Emma Kalliomaki

Managing Director, Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA)

Managing Director of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB)

Emma Kalliomaki is a Managing Director of ANNA as well as the Managing Director of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), an organisation originally founded by ANNA, working in collaboration with the industry as the fully automated global generator of ISINs, CFIs, FISNs and UPIs for Over the Counter (OTC) derivatives. Emma leads the work of ANNA and the DSB boards in delivering on their mandates to develop and implement international standards that foster market transparency, stability and efficiency, and help organisations meet regulatory requirements. Emma is a sought-after industry speaker and a leading industry commentator, spearheading collaborative work programmes with regulators, market participants and infrastructure service providers. Emma has 20 years of experience in financial data, standards and regulation. Prior to ANNA and the DSB, Emma spent more than a decade working at the London Stock Exchange Group, where she was head of the London Stock Exchange’s reference data operations which included the launch of their Legal Entity Identifier solution and leading ISO standardisation related activities. Emma also represents ANNA as a liaison organisation to ISO TC68 (Financial Services) and SC8 (Reference data for financial services) and is an appointed member of the UK Transforming Data Collection Industry Standards Data Committee, which is a joint initiative of the Bank of England and FCA.

Xiangjing Ng

Senior Director of Public Policy, Asia Pacific

International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

Ng Xiangjing is the Senior Director of Public Policy for Asia Pacific at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), where he leads the organization’s public policy efforts in the region. He is an experienced public policy professional with over 18 years of experience in financial markets development and regulatory reforms. Prior to joining ISDA, Xiangjing spent over 15 years at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where he held various roles. He spearheaded a team to drive the development of Singapore’s derivatives and equities market, such as establishing Singapore as a preeminent global FX electronic trading hub, and facilitating launch of new derivative products such as FX futures. Xiangjing also played a key role in shaping regulatory policies in the financial industry. He was involved in the implementation of G20 OTC derivatives regulatory reforms in Singapore, including trade reporting, clearing, and trading, and was instrumental in the set-up of the trade repository in Singapore.

Josh (Lemuel) Reyes

Associate Director

HSBC’s Markets and Securities Services

Lemuel Reyes (for most people he is known by his nickname, Josh) is an Associate Director at HSBC’s Markets and Securities Services – Market Operations, Regulatory Response and Oversight. He’s been in the financial industry for 20+ years where 10+ years of that is on regulatory reporting particularly on ASP over-the-counter derivatives. He has been involved in the implementation of various ASP rewrites i.e. Japan, Australia and Singapore and now working on the Hong Kong rewrite. Josh was also involved in the implementation of the HKMA Risk Mitigation Standards and HKMA Granular Data Reporting. Josh is from the Philippines and has moved to Hong Kong in 2011.

Satish Vyamajala

Head of G20 Regulatory Reporting Product

Bloomberg

Satish Vyamajala is the Head of G20 regulatory reporting product at Bloomberg. He has more than 18 years of experience in financial services industry and has spent over 10 years implementing regulatory solutions across both buy side and sell side firms. His domain expertise spans across all G20 regs – CFTC, EMIR, MAS, ASIC, HKMA etc. Satish has a Masters degree in Finance and IT systems from T A Pai Management Institute, India and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from J N T University, Hyderabad, India.

VICKY CHENG

Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, APAC

BLOOMBERG L.P.

Vicky Cheng is Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs Asia Pacific, overseeing government relations and regulatory developments impacting Bloomberg and its clients in the region.

Before joining Bloomberg, Vicky worked in both the public and private sectors. Her focus has been policy and regulatory development, advising senior management on related requirements and implementations. Vicky drove advocacy and public affairs programmes for various organizations including global corporates and financial institutions. During her time with an international law firm, Vicky led business development and thought leadership strategies for the Financial Services Regulatory and Dispute Resolution practices. She began her career with a Government providing policy analysis and communications.