IMN is pleased to be heading to Austin, Texas for our 20th Annual Beneficial Owners' International Securities Lending Conference, January 27-29, 2014! 

Join us as we proudly celebrate two decades of providing the beneficial owner community with the critical information they need to optimize their securities lending programs.

After the tremendous success of our event in January this year, with its revamped format and agenda, we will again be offering a fresh, topical and engaging agenda that offer lenders and borrowers a strategic approach to the current regulatory and investment environment. 

Content will be delivered by your industry peers in a practical, easy-to-digest format to give you key take-aways for implementation back in the office. With introductory sessions, closed door roundtables, workshops, panel discussions and presentations we are confident that you will come away with the necessary market insights and a greater understanding of the key issues that you need. 

Among this years sessions are:

• A Conversation with the Regulators & an Update on Key Regulation Impacting Securities Lending in 2014
• Securities Lending Revisited: A Retrospective Look at a Dynamic Industry With a View to Determining its Future
• The Beneficial Owner Viewpoint on Preparing for a Future Not Yet Defined: Rising Interest Rates; An Evolving Regulatory Environment; & Continuing the Chase for Alpha
• Change is Coming: An Introduction to Tri-Party Repo and its Practice in a Post-Dodd Frank World
• A Practical Application Securities Lending Strategies to Weather the Different Regulatory & Economic Scenarios & to Meet the Need for Alpha
• The Utilization & Performance of Different Assets in the Current Climate: Maximizing the Bang for Your Buck in the Lending of Your Fixed Income and Equity Securities
• Is Securities Lending Still Economically Viable? Understanding and Calculating the Costs of Business & Debunking Common Industry Misconceptions
• A Practical Approach to Collateral: Its Use, its Optimization & Preparing for a Shortfall is Transformation the Solution?
• Intrinsic Value-Based Programs Vs. General Collateral-Based Programs Revisited
• A Guide to Optimizing Lending Programs for Resource & Budget Constrained Small-Mid Sized Funds
• Beyond Short-Selling - Trades & Strategies behind Borrowing Securities and the 2014 Drivers for Demand: Borrower Perspective Panel