bill miels

head of australia and new zealand compliance

About

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. Morgan Stanley has approximately 500 employees in Australia covering: * Investment Banking * Global Capital Markets * Institutional Equities * Fixed Income * Wealth Management * Equity Research * Investment Management * Real Estate Investing * Infrastructure Investing As the Head of Australia and New Zealand Compliance I am responsible for the management of the Firm's compliance framework in these markets.

Country

australia

City

sydney

Industry

financial services

Skill

derivatives, prime brokerage, clearing houses, basel iii, collateral, high frequency trading, electronic trading, securities lending, litigation, fx trading, fx derivatives, us equities, equities, asset based lending, bonds, swaps, global custody, securities, banking, structured products, capital markets, due diligence, fixed income, hedge funds, investment banking, financial markets, options, fx options, risk management

Experience

trainee investment advisor

baker young stockbrokers

1998-1 - 1999-5 · 1 yr 5 mos

legal counsel

deutsche bank

2002-4 - 2005-11 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Derivatives and Securities Financing. Day to day coverage of the equities business including cash equities, prime brokerage, securities lending and listed derivatives.

director

miels real estate

1999-5 - 2000-5 · 1 yr 1 mo

consultant

new millennium experience company

2000-10 - 2001-9 · 1 yr

Managed a database of over 1,000 legal agreements in connection with the closure of the Millennium Dome and wind down of the company.

head of australia and new zealand compliance

morgan stanley

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

executive director and legal counsel

morgan stanley

2005-11 - 2011-8 · 5 yrs 10 mos

Coverage of Morgan Stanley's Institutional Sales and Trading business, advising on a broad range of legal and regulatory issues across global markets. Extensive experience advising on issues arising in connection with the full spectrum of sales and trading services including Prime Brokerage, Electronic Trading, Stock Loan / Repo, Funding, Clearing, Wealth Management, OTC derivatives, Futures and Options, Operations. Strong working knowledge of securities and derivative laws and regulations including the US, UK, EU and Australia. Deep expertise in managing legal risks in Asian markets such as China, HK, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, India. Detailed working knowledge of Basel III capital rules and exposure reduction tools including close-out netting, collateral and clearing. Asia-Pacific regional coordinator for clearing house capital issues. Extensive exposure to operational risk issues gained through my interest in operations and IT and my formal role covering the Operations Division globally.