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The 26^th Annual Assembly of the ACI Slovenia Association was held from June 15^th to 17^th 2018 in Portorož. ACI Slovenia brings together 90 Slovenian foreign exchange traders and asset managers, operating under the umbrella of the international association ACI – The Financial Markets Association. The main goal of our association is the development of financial markets, the promotion of uniform market practice and the education of its members.

 

ACI Slovenia prepared a comprehensive professional programme in cooperation with foreign and domestic high calibre speakers. The event was attended by 31 foreign guests from Europe, USA and Japan and 72 domestic guests. The main assembly started on Friday evening with the annual Reports from the Presidency, Supervisory Board Report and Court of Honour Report. ACI President Matjaz Stritih presented the achievements of the Association over the past year and proposed changes to the ACI Slovenia Statute. ACI Slovenia is very proud of the increase of its membership, as we managed to acquire 21 new members. After the General Meeting, the members were addressed by Andrej Meža from NLB dd. and Rui Correia, who is currently Deputy Director of Education at ACI Financial Markets Association (ACIFMA). The Assembly was concluded by the main sponsor – Thomson Reuters presentation on how to avoid reputa­tional risks in the financial industry.

 

The Saturday morning research programme was opened by the recognized analyst Dr. Johannes Mayr from Bayern LB, who gave the participants an interesting overview of global financial markets developments with an emphasis on the ECB’s monetary policy. Then we were honoured to hear a presentation from Rui Correia about the new MiFID II regulations impact on the financial markets. In addition, he provided key information on the The Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct (FX Global Code). The regulatory themes were rounded off by the representative of Banka Slovenije, Cilka Ferjančič, with the presentation of the reforms on reference interest rate benchmarks in Europe and the US. In the second part, Živa Petkovšek and Jernej Gregorič from the Banka Slovenije presented a quantitative model for tactical positioning against the comparative portfolios developed by the Banka Slovenije Asset Management Divison. The Saturday workshop was concluded with a very interesting presentation by Beijia Ma from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, focusing on artificial intelligence and the resulting investment opportunities.

 

After a professional programme, participants visited Olive Oil Mill Lisjak, where they learnt how olive oil is produced. At the end of the guided tour, they had the opportunity to taste various types of olive oil and Istrian local wines. After a very interesting experience, participants enjoyed the BBQ dinner on the terrace. Excellent Istrian cuisine and beautiful Istrian landscape added to the successful conclusion of the Assembly.

To see the photos please click on the following link: https://aci-slovenia.org/26-jubilejna-redna-letna-skupscina-aci-slovenija-2018/ and scroll down.

 

Matjaž Stritih

President of ACI Slovenia

Od 9. do 11. junija 2017 je v Kranjski Gori potekala 25. jubilejna skupščina društva ACI Slovenija, ki združuje 70 slovenskih deviznih trgovcev in upraviteljev premoženja in deluje pod okriljem mednarodnega združenja ACI – The Financial Markets Association. Glavni cilj združenja je razvoj finančnih trgov in uveljavljanje enotne tržne prakse.

Ob jubileju je društvo ACI Slovenija pripravilo še posebej pester strokovni program v sodelovanju s tujimi in domačimi strokovnjaki. Dogodka se je udeležilo 35 tujih gostov iz cele Evrope in 66 domačih gostov. V petek na skupščini so bili g. Janku Tratniku, g. Branku Kobalu ter g. Vladimirju Arambašiću, podeljeni nazivi častnih članov ACI Slovenija. Po skupščini (z volitvami novega predsedstva) je udeležence nagovoril dr. Primož Dolenc, namestnik guvernerja Banke Slovenije. Sledila je okrogla miza na temo prihodnosti bančnega sektorja, ki jo je moderiral g. Matevž Zbašnik. Na okrogli mizi so sodelovali g. Reinhold Felber (Banque Centrale du Luxembourg), g. Manfred Wiebogen (častni predsednik svetovnega združenja ACI FMA), g. Peter Hahn (Commerzbank AG) ter g. Andrej Meža (NLB d.d).

Sobotne strokovne delavnice je otvoril priznani karizmatični analitik in večkratni gost na ACI dogodkih g. Richard McGuire iz Rabobank International z odlično predstavitvijo ‘Vpliv populizma na globalne finančne trge’. V nadaljevanju je g. Tobias Helmersson iz ECB predstavil nov Kodeks enotnih standardov in načel deviznega trga (FX Global Code), ki je stopil v veljavo 25. maja 2017; ga. Alenka Gedrih iz BS pa je podala informacijo o poteku implementacije kodeksa v BS ter pričakovanj BS glede spoštovanja kodeksa s strani nasprotnih strank. Strokovni program se je zaključil s predstavitvama sponzorja Thomson Reuters ‘Izzivi načela najboljše izvršitve posla v okviru MiFID II’ ter MTS Markets ‘Vpliv QE na trge državnih obveznic’.

Po strokovnem delu so se udeleženci s panoramskim avtobusom odpeljali v Planico, kjer so si ogledali Nordijski center, se podali na letalnico (eni peš, eni s sedežnico), najpogumnejši pa so se spustili po zipline-u! Po adrenalinskem vložku so se okrepčali na pikniku na terasi restavracije Čaplja pod Bloudkovo skakalnico z idiličnim pogledom na s soncem obsijane gore. Navdušenje udeležencev nad čudovito pokrajino kot tudi organizacijo je bilo izjemno, kar bo gotovo precejšen izziv za naslednje predsedstvo.