Helen has 20+ years experience in collateral management and is as expert as they come. She has worked at Credit Suisse and UBS, and she currently sits as an advisor on the ISDA Working Group board. She is also a qualified solicitor and passionate about helping firms improve their operations in their post-trade solutions, namely Collateral Management but also settlements, corporate actions and SWIFT message conversion.
"With the spread of collateral focus from back to front office platforms must be able to meet different functional needs. A front office team will require a different view from the back office over what is essentially the same data. As the drive for reduced costs and increased revenue continues, front office decision making becomes more important, weighing the need for regulatory capital against the pledging of assets. The drive for trade optimisation, "what if" scenario analysis & pre trade analytics has become imperative."