Are You Ready for the Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference (APFIC)?
FISD and Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data are pleased to announce that the Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference (APFIC) will take place on November 13-15 in Hong Kong, an event that is promising to be a must-attend conference for you and your colleagues. The conference will be held at the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel.
APFIC is an excellent opportunity to increase the visibility of your products and services to a highly focused regional audience. Don't miss this opportunity to network with 400+ market data industry contacts. Staff from financial institutions that consume financial information attend for free. FISD members and Incisive subscribers from exchanges, vendor and technology provider firms receive a discounted rate.
For sponsorship package details, or to suggest a discussion topic for APFIC please contact Scott Cooper.
FISD Presents Barry S. Raskin with Market Data Industry Lifetime Achievement Award
The Financial Information Services Association (FISD) of SIIA announced that Barry S. Raskin, Managing Director, Jordan & Jordan, in New York, NY, is the recipient of the seventh Market Data Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor recognizes leaders who have advanced the financial information industry over the past 25 years. Raskin was honored at the Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner during the biennial World Financial Information Conference (WFIC) in Barcelona on September 25, 2017. To view the whole press release Click Here
Level 2 Exam is here!
FISD is pleased to announce the newest addition to the FISD Professional Certification program, the Data Licensing Module. This Level 2 exam focuses on a set of issues that cause a great deal of friction within our industry.
To help you defeat the data licensing dragon, FISD has created a certification that will arm you with essential knowledge on this difficult topic. The FISD Data Licensing Module syllabus will guide your preparation for a rigorous exam that covers:
- Firms that participate in the licensed data life cycle
- Various types of licensable data
- Governance
- Licensing terms
- Compliance
- Audits
FISD can’t solve all of your data licensing problems for you, but the FISD Data Licensing Module can equip you to solve these problems for yourself.
FISD Dues Scale to Increase by 5% on January 1, 2018
In June 2017, the Board of SIIA (FISD’s parent organization) approved an across-the-board 5% increase in the SIIA dues scale. This dues increase is the first in approximately 20 years and will affect FISD members with membership terms ending December 31, 2017 and later. After consultation with the member leadership of the SIIA’s divisions (including the FISD Executive Committee), the SIIA Board undertook these changes as part of a comprehensive package of expense cuts and revenue increases that will provide for the continued financial health of the SIIA and its divisions. The revised dues scale can be viewed here. FISD asks that you consider these changes as you plan your budgets for 2018 and beyond. While price increases are never popular, FISD management believes that this increase will enable FISD to maintain and increase its level of support for its members in an increasingly expensive environment. If you have any questions, or would like to discuss this, please contacts Tracey Shumpert.
FEATURED EVENTS
Rising Stars Happy Hour - London
Following a successful kickoff event in New York, FISD Rising Stars Happy Hour is scheduled to debut in London on October 19 at the LSE. Join us for a spirited discussion centered millennials. What are their core competencies? What does their unique perspective contribute to the financial information industry? How can millennials and their more senior colleagues form mutually beneficial mentoring relationships so current and future leaders can learn from each other? FISD members of all stripes are welcome, but we’re especially eager to have some millennials in the room for this event that’s all about them! If you’re in a position to do so, invite your whole team and come along with them!
FISD Tokyo
This FISD event will be hosted by FINOLAB, the Tokyo Fintech incubator. FINOLAB is home to development teams from a number of national consumer institutions. We will discuss how Fintech firms will interact with Consumer institutions and vendors to exchange information: market data, customer details, etc. The other topic for the event will be the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). We will discuss the outstanding data requirements that Consumers need to address for compliance, where institutions intend to get this data and the vendor perspective on the required data set for FRTB.
RECENTLY CONFIRMED FISD EVENTS:
Oct 19: FISD Issue Brief in New York
Oct 19: FISD Rising Stars Happy Hour - London
Nov 9: FISD Tokyo
Nov 14: FISD Toronto
To see a full list of our 2017 Events, Click Here
Share Your News in the FISD Newsletter
Members can have their press releases, events, white papers, blogs, news articles, and job postings featured in the FISD Newsletter. Delivered monthly to thousands of financial information professionals, the newsletter is a great place to spread your news. Email relevant material to Michael Zingali with the subject line "FISD Newsletter Submission.
FISD WORKING GROUPS
Consumer Index Group
Contact: Nick Merritt +1 202-789-4441
Consumer Constituent U.S. Exchange Data Sub-Group
Contact: Tom Davin +1 202-789-4465
Business Issues Policies and Practices Standards (BIPPS) Working Group
Contact: Tom Davin +1 202-789-4465
Service Level & Communications Working Group
Contact: Nick Merritt +1 202-789-4441
MIFID II Reference Data Working Group
Contact: David Anderson +44(0)1825791382
FISD CONSTITUENT GROUPS
*All constituent group meetings are invitation only
Consumers Contact: Tom Davin +1 202-789-4465
Exchanges Contact: David Anderson+44(0)1825791382
Data Vendors Contact: Nick Merritt +1 (202)789-4441
STAFF SCHEDULES
Tom Davin (DC Office):
New York: October 18-20
Hong Kong: November 13 - 15
London: November 29 - December 1
Nick Merritt (DC Office):
New York: October 19
Toronto: November 14
David Anderson (UK Office):
London: October 18-19
Anika King (DC Office):
New York: October 19
Tracey Shumpert (NYC Office):
New York: October 19
Hope Wilkes (DC Office):
London: October 18-19
Michael Zingali (DC Office):
Barcelona: September 23-27
New York: October 19
