NeMa 2014: Vienna, After All

Thu, 10/07/2014

With NeMa in Vienna, the UniCredit GSS Team was in its finest form and ready for the challenge! Proud to welcome “The Must-Attend Network Management Event for the Securities Industry” (©ICBI) to the Austrian capital, UniCredit GSS supported the conference as a lead sponsor once again. In fact, it was the 14th time that NeMa took place, with UniCredit as a reliable partner since the very beginning.

Participation reached new record levels with over 450 delegates representing brokers, global custodians, regional & local agent banks, regulators, and CSDs. “Most participants were pleased that NeMa took place in Vienna. On one hand they were very happy that they had a chance to come and visit the city, on the other hand they took the opportunity to meet up with the numerous Vienna-based service providers that specialise in Central and Eastern Europe”, commented Jeff Ong, Head of Sponsorship & Exhibitions at ICBI Funds & Securities Forums. “Some of our event partners had feared that it would be more work to have the event on their home turf, but fortunately it did not turn out this way.”

The speaker line-up was impressive. John Gubert, Head of UniCredit GSS’ Executive Committee, who chaired the first conference day, welcomed Ewald Nowotny, Governor of the National Bank of Austria; Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger, Member of the Board of Executive Directors at OeKB; Iwona Sroka, President & CEO of KDPW & KDPW-CCP, and a number of top representatives of various global and European banks. The second day started with a keynote address by Tomasz Grajewski, Head of UniCredit GSS, who summed up the current situation of regulatory and infrastructure developments in Central and Eastern Europe.

As every year, the evening reception, jointly hosted by UniCredit and HSBC, was a social highlight, both for the stunning ambience of the Orangerie at Schönbrunn Castle and for the good mood among the guests. Following the official opening of the event by representatives of the two main sponsors – Dieter Hengl, Member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria and Member UniCredit‘s Executive Committee of Corporate & Investmentbanking, and Arjun Bambawale, Head of Europe, HSBC Securities Services – the crowd enjoyed a wonderful moonlit night at one of Europe’s largest Baroque orangeries.

For UniCredit, the participation in NeMa was a great success: Senior representatives from GSS offered their thoughtful leadership propositions on various panels. Relationship managers from all UniCredit locations had arrived to meet with clients and discuss business development issues. And the UniCredit GSS stand presented the brand-new Business Net Securities, a platform that offers online access to client securities and cash accounts throughout its network. UniCredit GSS would like to thank all participants for attending NeMa in Vienna and looks forward to another great event next year.

Written by Veronika Rief