Issue Brief & Reception - September 2009
September 16
Hosted by Bloomberg
731 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022
REGISTER ONLINE | REGISTERED ATTENDEES
SCHEDULE / PROGRAM
4:00PM-4:30PM Registration/Networking
4:30PM-6:00PM
Panel Discussion: Evaluated Pricing – From Niche to Necessity? This panel will provide an overview of the current market from the perspective(s) of the major service providers, and discuss some of the more pragmatic issues related to timing and implementation.
Moderator:
Zbigniew Ostrowski, Manager, Enterprise Security Master, Citi
Panelists:
David Askin Co-founder, BVAL, Bloomberg
Gregory Carlin, Vice President, Securities Evaluation Products, Standard & Poor's
Shant Harootunian, Managing Director Evaluations, Interactive Data Corporation
Karl Mackelberg, Global Head, Derivatives Evaluation, Thomson Reuters
Panel Discussion: The ECB Issuance Utility Initiative
This panel will review the European Central Bank's Utility proposal and similar proposals for a National Institute of Finance in the US. The panel will also examine governance, and possible ways utilties can fit into the supply chain.
Moderator:
Ed Flynn, Director, Market Data Services, Fidelity Investments
Panelists:
Marc Alvarez, Senior Director, Reference Data Infrastructure, Interactive Data Corporation
Sara Banerjee, Senior VP, Data Procurement and Strategic Initiatives, SIX Telekurs
Steve Lachaga, Director, Credit Suisse
Allan I. Mendelowitz, Founding Member, Committee to Establish the National Institute of Finance
John White, Principal, Data Management, State Street Bank & Trust
6:00PM-7:30PM Networking Reception
FISD members attend at no charge, however, pre-registration is required.
We are grateful to our Global Sponsors for supporting the FISD 2009 Event Schedule:
Dow Jones Indexes: is a leading provider of market indexes, which it licenses for use as the basis of investment products. Best-known for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones Indexes offers more than 130,000 equity indexes and provides a number of innovative measures for alternative asset classes, including hedge funds, commodities and energy. Dow Jones Indexes is a unit of Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com), a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com).
Interactive Data: (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, and eSignal, the Company has approximately 2,300 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.
For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com
SIX Telekurs:Since 1930, SIX Telekurs has been the world's best source of global securities information. Today, we deliver uniquely structured and encoded reference data, corporate actions/events, real-time market data and flexible portfolio-based pricing. Our database is distinguished for coverage, with nearly 4 million global securities as well as for depth, with approximately 850 sources. Our analysts and programmers in 23 countries provide local market expertise, control direct data inputs, ensure uniform global quality and deliver world-class service.