Sponsors
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Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. Through our worldwide footprint, technology capabilities and content offerings we can help financial firms scale their presence and business agility. Thomson Reuters Elektron is a high performance data and trading infrastructure that links the world’s financial institutions. The shared platform provides connectivity to all key markets and liquidity pools via a single access point, reducing complexity, cost and time to market. It delivers access to real-time data from 350+ exchange and OTC markets, 14 million instruments, along with proprietary news, evaluated pricing, reference data, tick history and third party content, at the speed and depth of information a firm requires, as well as providing analytics and other value-added services. For more information www.thomsonreuters.com/
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) owns and operates the only stock exchange and futures exchange in Hong Kong, and their related clearing houses. It was listed on its own stock exchange in June 2000 following the integration of Hong Kong's securities and derivatives markets. In its role as the operator and frontline regulator of the central securities and derivatives marketplace in Hong Kong, HKEx regulates listed issuers; administers listing, trading and clearing rules; and provides services to customers of the exchanges and clearing houses. These services comprise securities and derivatives trading, clearing and settlement, depository and nominee services, and information services. As of the end of June 2010, HKEx was the second largest listed exchange in the world by market capitalisation of its own shares and ranked the sixth among exchanges in terms of market capitalisation of its securities market.
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SSE Infonet Ltd. (hereafter referred to as SSE InfoNet) was established in January 2003, with a registered capital of RMB 150,000,000 funded by Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). SSE InfoNet has sole and exclusive right to manage SSE's securities information. SSE InfoNet's vision is to provide best-of-breed information services to domestic and international securities markets. Its business includes: management of real-time market data and historical data, the operation & maintenance of SSE website, and the operation & management of Certificate Authority (CA) for the securities industry.It has a subsidiary "China Investment Information Services Ltd."(CIIS), which is registered and operated in Hong Kong. For more information about our services, visit www.sseinfo.com (Mainland China) or www.ciis.com.hk(International).
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Asset Control provides centralized data management solutions for financial institutions worldwide. From business-entity to firm-wide projects, Asset Control offers strategic reference and market data platforms that deliver the accuracy, consistency and relevancy firms need to reduce costs and risk, manage evolving compliance needs, and accelerate the delivery of new products and services. Asset Control has helped some of the world's most successful financial institutions optimize their data infrastructures, enhance decision making, and reduce data complexity. Asset Control's award-winning solutions help financial institutions meet their data management needs today with the flexibility to grow and evolve with their businesses.
As the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, bringing buyers and sellers together through the CME Globex® electronic trading platform and trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also offers clearing services for both exchange-traded and over-the-counter products.
GoldenSource makes it easy to manage critical reference and market data. We offer an integrated Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform for the securities and investment management industry. Our innovative products are designed to create, maintain and distribute a trusted golden copy. Our unique data model covers all financial instruments, customers and counterparties, and extends to transactions and positions. The ability to connect, organize and aggregate trusted information reduces risk, drives better decisions and helps our customers achieve their goals.
GoldenSource solutions are used by forward-looking banks, brokers, investment managers and service providers to achieve tactical departmental goals and strategic enterprise objectives. A proven supplier of on premises EDM solutions to the world’s largest financial institutions, GoldenSource also powers managed data services via the innovative Powered by GoldenSource program. For more information, visit www.thegoldensource.com
ICAP, the world’s premier interdealer broker, is the original source of global market information and commentary for professionals in the international financial markets. Derived from ICAP’s global transaction volumes (over USD 1.4 trillion daily average), 40% of which is electronic, ICAP’s unique market data is a key source of information across a wide range of asset classes, time zones and instruments. ICAP Information and Commentary offerings include real-time, end-of-day and historical market data, as well as research and commentary from some of the world’s leading economists and analysts.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. Intel's global focus and presence in capital markets and banking technologies centers on delivering world class CPUs, software, networking, storage, and graphics technologies all designed for high performance, maximum reliability, and open standards compatibility. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com, developer.intel.com and blogs.intel.com
MDSL leads the market in international Market Data Expense Management (MDM) solutions with offices in London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Macau and Hong Kong, and is one of few providers with ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Safe Harbor security certification.
Recently voted “Best Supporting Services Provider” in the 2011 IMD Awards, MDSL’s award-winning solutions assist enterprises world-wide to manage their market data expenses more effectively, and achieve significant cost savings on a global scale. With a range of solutions covering the full market data management life cycle, more than 150 customers in over 34 countries trust us to deliver measurable benefits to their bottom line.”
NYSE Technologies has a fast-growing presence in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo. The group seeks to develop meaningful strategic and technology relationships with local exchanges and trading firms by actively addressing the unique opportunities and challenges of electronic trading in APAC. NYSE Technologies has strong regional leadership with a deep understanding of local financial markets. Its regional offices work closely together on APAC initiatives, relationship management, and technology development, and they are committed to offering a full range of exchange and trading solutions for their clients. NYSE Technologies’ experienced development team focuses on APAC-specific product functionality, and actively collaborates with its global team to provide robust and integrated solutions for the APAC market. NYSE Technologies, a leading provider of scalable exchange platforms, works with a wide range of emerging and established high-volume markets. NYSE Technologies’ innovative, high speed market data and messaging platform includes tick capture software and entitlement products, as well as comprehensive feed handler (market data) and market access gateway (orders) coverage of APAC markets. NYSE Technologies’ solutions are available as fully deployed enterprise software or as managed services, and are served by a regional support desk during APAC hours (7am – 7pm Singapore/Hong Kong time).
Savvis, a CenturyLink company, is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including more than 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing. For more information, visit www.savvis.com or www.centurylink.com.
SmartStream is a global software and managed services provider that, in challenging markets conditions, has outpaced its rivals in the financial markets sector, to create an impressive base of more than 1,500 customers.
At the heart of this success is the ability to react to client, market and regulatory changes through innovate solutions. The combination of SmartStream’s post-trade processing solutions with its unique Reference Data Utility services creates a real-time and pre-emptive approach to reducing trade failures while also accelerating and automating trade processes.
S&P Capital IQ, a brand of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics to institutional investors, investment advisors and wealth managers around the world. We provide a broad suite of capabilities designed to help track performance, generate alpha, identify new trading and investment ideas, and perform risk analysis and mitigation strategies. Through leading desktop solutions such as Capital IQ, Global Credit Portal and MarketScope Advisor desktops; enterprise solutions such as S&P Securities Evaluations, Global Data Solutions, and Compustat; and research offerings, including Leveraged Commentary & Data, Global Market Intelligence, and company and fund research, S&P Capital IQ sharpens financial intelligence into the wisdom today’s investors need.
EXHIBITORS
Arcontech provides world class real-time market data and trading systems to the global financial community. Arcontech has thrived due to the timely delivery of innovative, dependable, cost-effective products and bespoke solutions to its blue chip user base.
CityVision, Arcontech’s open market data platform supports multi vendor contribution, global data distribution, real-time spreadsheet integration and on-line trading. It is used by government, central banking, data vendors, investment banks, inter dealer brokers and retail service providers. Its enterprise features, including dynamic configuration and superb fault-tolerance make it an excellent choice for high availability, reliability, flexibility and scalability.
Bloomberg is the world’s most trusted source of information for financial professionals and businesses. Combining innovative technology with unmatched analytics, data, news and tools, Bloomberg delivers critical information via the Bloomberg Professional® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions provides leaders in corporations, finance and government with a dynamic network that allows them to access, integrate, distribute and manage information and technology across organizations more efficiently and effectively.
The Cadis EDM platform puts quality, audited data at the centre of your organisation. Our solutions build gold copy masters across all data types, deliver tangible data governance, risk management and compliance frameworks & rationalise legacy architectures.
The Cadis EDM platform is the central hub for all transactions, securities, prices, rates, counterparty & issuer data. We empower those who understand the data to manage the data, no matter the complexity, volume or scope of the project. Cadis has a 100% successful implementation record that is measured in weeks not months, typically 7-10 times quicker than our competitors.
Our clients are global & include banks, regulators, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies and pension funds.
Dow Jones & Company is a global provider of news and business information and a developer of technology to deliver content to consumers and organizations across multiple platforms. Dow Jones produces newspapers, newswires, Web sites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences, radio and video. Its premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, SmartMoney and All Things D. Its information services combine technology with news and data to support business decision making. The company pioneered the first successful paid online news site and its industry leading innovation enables it to serve customers wherever they may be, via the Web, mobile devices and tablets. The Dow Jones Local Media Group publishes community newspapers, Web sites and other products in six U.S. states. Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com).
Fitch Solutions is committed to delivering value beyond the rating by providing a range of fixed-income products and professional development services to the global financial community. In addition to offering proprietary content, the firm also distributes the ratings, research, financial data and analytical tools of Fitch Ratings through a variety of platforms.
With innovation and experience behind every product and service we bring to market, our flexible offerings are designed to meet the diverse needs of the credit markets. Drawing upon a wealth of expertise, skills, and market insight, we provide financial professionals worldwide with the intelligence they need to make more informed risk management and investment decisions.
Morningstar Real-Time Data’s streaming feeds provide real-time pricing data directly from more than 160 sources around the world, covering all major equity, futures, and derivatives exchanges and indexes, as well as foreign exchange and treasury markets. Coverage also includes futures, options, commodities, and precious metals. Morningstar Quotes data feeds are simple to integrate with systems ranging from proprietary trading algorithms to risk management and portfolio management systems requiring as little as one day to set up, tailored to your needs with the markets, formats, and time intervals of your choice.
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies, and trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. Our Global Data Products division provides world-class transparency and superior speed to investors worldwide. Our diverse product portfolio includes NASDAQ TotalView and NASDAQ Basic. Learn more at http://www.nasdaqomxtrader.com/.
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) is one of the leading global exchanges and the largest securities market in the Asia-Pacific region. TSE is best known for its equities market, valued at US$3.8 trillion as of the end of January 2011. It also operates one of the largest Japanese securities derivatives market such as Japanese Government Bond (JGB) and Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) futures. As an exchange, it provides variety of market data services directly to information vendors and investors etc, and it also calculates and disseminates Japan’s most comprehensive family of indices including TOPIX. For more information, please visit http://www.tse.or.jp/english/.