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Hosted By Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Offices of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
199 Bay Street
Suite 4000, Commerce Court West
Toronto, ON M5L 1A9
Canada
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Moderator:

Mark Selick, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Panelists:

Kevin Chiang, Senior Vice President, Canadian ABS, Canadian Structured Finance, DBRS Limited
Lewis Cohen, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
Rasha Katabi, Managing Director & Head of Canada Cross Asset Solutions and Strategies, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Rajneesh Sharma, Managing Director, Capital & Term Funding, Royal Bank of Canada

ASF returned to Toronto for an evening of networking and important discussions of the key cross border business trends in the securitization and covered bond markets. Panelists explored the primary asset classes and structures being issued across borders and the primary policy changes that are influencing transactions.

Key questions at the seminar included:

• What key factors continue to drive US Dollar-denominated Canadian covered bond issuance?
• What areas of the Canadian market will likely see an uptick in issuance in coming years? How much of that issuance is expected to be sold to domestic vs. foreign investors?
• What impact could recent changes in US commodity pool regulations have on cross border issuance?
• What are the key areas of global concern with Basel III for structured transactions and how will those proposals alter issuance trends?
• What is the status of the Canadian Securities Administrators' (CSA) proposed ABS disclosure regime?
• What will global regulatory initiatives, such as IOSCO's recent request for consultation, mean for regulatory reform in jurisdictions with smaller regulatory footprints?

Registration was complimentary for ASF members and nonmembers.