Program Highlights
Economic Trends and Challenges facing Latin American Markets
- Overview of the financial sector growth and impact on the financial Information Industry
- Globalization of the local market and the impact on the evolving competitive landscape
- Balancing domestic versus foreign investment to foster ongoing growth
The Local and Global Trading Environment
- Growth of the Latin American derivatives markets
- Trends, issues and perspectives of a multiple trading venue environment
- Technological advances and challenges
Regulators View Issues Facing LatAm Markets
- Perspectives on alternative pools of liquidity
- Impact on centralized clearing and settlement
- Regulatory challenges of multi-venue trading
- The current status and environment of regulatory actions impacting financial information in local and regional markets
Technology and Trends Impacting Latin America
- Cloud computing: What will be Managed Where?
- What are the risks and challenges of cloud computing, privacy, proprietary data and control
- The current technological landscape in the Latin American markets, what are crucial projects underway and what are the final phases for implementation
Market Data Consumers: Perspectives and Challenges
- Consumer firms speak up: What do they need from vendors and exchange partners
- The top data sourcing and technology challenges facing consumer firms today
- Where are consumer firms placing their focus for 2012 and beyond…what are the budgetary constraints and opportunities to support consuming firms today
Market Data Staffing and Management Trends
- Which tools and resources are firms employing to manage market data?
- How are companies staffing up to meet customer demand and regulatory oversight and requirements?
- What is being managed in-house versus being outsourced and what are the trends and optimal processes to manage information going forward?
Data Quality: Reference Data and the Evolution of Securities Identifiers
- The global challenges, risks and obstacles in managing Reference Data
- The issue of uniform securities identifiers and standards
- Perspectives on the LEI and a common global language for reference data
Fixed Income Markets: Initiatives & Developments in Latin America
- Recent developments to the local fixed income marketplace
- Growth of fixed income markets and importance to overseas investors
- The pricing and data challenges of fixed income instruments
Machine-Readable News as a Source of Alpha
- Options in Brazil
- Trading Examples
- Connectivity Options
Trading and the current state of low latency trading and technology
- Low latency platforms and new data solutions
- Current dynamics of low latency trading in LatAm
- The technology supporting the growth and operations of low latency capabilities
High Frequency Trading and Algorithmic Trading in Latin America
- Algo trading, the desktop and the future of data
- Current state of HFT in Latin America and where it is trending
- The technological challenges involved with HFT and Algo trading and the race to the fastest – at what cost and at what advantage