A roaring return for our Pan Asia event – Singapore AsiaFIC May 2023

We could not have wished for a better return to our pan-Asian event. AsiaFIC 2023 taking place May 3 & 4 in Singapore was buoyed by a superb show of faith from our sponsors. Their support enabled us to create a two-day event which attracted nearly 300 registrations. Delegates attended in droves, including a standing-room-only start with the Engineering Stream and concluding with the second of two receptions with spectacular views over Singapore. The program dug deep into a diverse set of market data topics and enabled our APAC community to do some serious networking, including with some delegates who travelled from other regions to attend. Building on the success of AsiaFIC, FISD looks to provide many more member activities in APAC in the months and years to come.

Meet David Anderson in Bangalore

FISD/Atradia Program Director David Anderson will be in Bangalore and setting up meetings to discuss in-person FIA training on July 5 and 6. Please email him to set up a time to meet.

FISD Frankfurt

Coming Soon!!!! Our inaugural FISD Frankfurt event will be hosted at the centrally located Commerzbank tower building with sensational views over the city and beyond, on October 12.This is a limited capacity event, so it’s a first come, first serve registration basis. Our friends from the German IPUG assembly (the local consumer peer group) will be there to join us at our roundtable discussion event. If you want to hear what challenges and issues the German market are working on, then don’t miss this event!

Video Library

FISD’s spring program has come to a close but we have plenty of webinars, issue briefs and programming to tide you over the summer so make sure to visit our video library if you or any colleagues missed any of our programs! Catch up on our May 4 Toronto event, the May 31 NYC briefing, or tune into the Engineering Stream on June 1.

FISD Member Brief Hong Kong – Sept 5th

We are pleased to confirm the date and venue for our first APAC fall event and we are looking forward to convening our Hong Kong financial information community at the Fidelity International offices in Admiralty. Please reach out to Peter Tierney if you have ideas for topics.

WFIC Announcement Coming Soon

Planning is underway for the 2024 World Financial Information Conference! If you want to be the first to know where we are going (and when!) be sure to sign up for emails on all things WFIC!

Save the Date for WFIC 2024: Next stop, Austin, Texas!

Have you heard the news? The World Financial Information Conference will take place September 15-18, 2024 in Austin, Texas. We will have lots of exciting updates in the coming months about sponsorship, registration, the program, and more. Contact Tracey Shumpert with any questions.

FISD London

Think of Google and you think of hip & cool technology, whereas Market Data may be considered a tad traditional; it’s certainly a relationship of opposites attract!! Whilst we are currently shaping the program for September 19, there will be plenty of discussion around the tech savvy trends & developments that are already making a splash.

FISD New York

Do you feel the pain from data administration, reporting requirements that may not fit usage, standards or able to measure? Join us September 28th at Societe Generale in NYC! You will hear about one of the largest insider trading investigations in history, panels and presentations discussing some of the latest market data trends, a few introductions from some of our newest members, as well as some insight on what is in store for FISD to close out 2023.

FISD Welcomed Record # of New Members in 2022

During 2022, FISD membership grew from 208 to 259 companies with over 60 new members joining. The new members include a mix of banks, buyside firms, vendors and exchanges. Reasons for joining included the Alternative Data Council, the new Engineering Stream, professional certification and (of course) WFIC 2022. We would like to welcome all of our new members!

FISD Toastmasters Chapter

Participating regularly in a Toastmasters club can help you become a better public speaker, a stronger communicator, and a more effective leader. FISD is working to start a virtual chapter that could meet at ET lunchtime/GMT end of day to give members free access to the celebrated Toastmasters curriculum as well as an opportunity to get to know a small group more intimately. Participation will be limited to 30 people. Contact Hope Wilkes to learn more or get on the invitation list for a trial meeting led by Toastmasters staff.

FISD Netherlands

Come join us next Wednesday, Jan. 25 at Rabobank in Utrecht at our traditional annual Dutch meeting where we have a very fresh and exciting program waiting for you. From a Virtual Reality demo, a young & mixed group to discuss talent recruitment to procuring the ESG way! This, plus some important & topical updates, and as always, the network drinks to widen your intel circles.

FISD New York

Join your fellow FISD colleagues for the first event of the year in NYC on Feb. 9 at Deutsche Bank to discuss what is ahead for 2023. Topics include digital assets, the cloud meta-trend, recent acquisitions in the market data world and more, followed by a reception to network with old and new friends in the industry.

Can You Host Us in NYC? Two Opportunities:

• FISD Rising Stars – April 2023
  FISD plans to hold a Rising Stars Happy Hour in New York in April. FISD’s Rising Stars activities bring together market data professionals who are on the younger side, earlier in their careers, or generally striving to grow. If you can host a reception for ~50 people in your office, please contact Hope Wilkes.
  
• FISD FIA Training – June 2023
  There’s a British invasion afoot! The inimitable David Anderson is planning a trip to the Big Apple to coincide with the May 31 FISD New York event. While he’s here, David will be teaching a two-day course covering everything you need to know to pass your FISD FIA exam. The course will be open to the public. If you can host about a dozen people in a classroom-like setting, please get in touch with David Anderson. Registration and commercials are coming soon.

FISD Executive Committee

FISD members voted to elect 12 of the 27 existing FISD Executive Committee seats for a two-year term ending on December 31, 2024. FISD is very pleased to welcome new Executive Committee members Goldman Sachs, Northern Trust and S&P Global, as well as all returning members. The Executive Committee Leadership, with Trip Wadleigh as Chair, Steve Dickey as Vice Chair, and Marcy Pike as Secretary, will serve in these roles through 2024. The full list of FISD members is available on the FISD website.

FISD Year in Review

Take a look back at 2022 with FISD! Our “Year in Review” is out now and available online–enjoy perusing photos from our events (including WFIC) and updates from FISD Board Chair Marcy Pike, Managing Director Tom Davin and SIIA CEO Chris Mohr.

Return In-Person Events across APAC

With record attendance at our first in-person Singapore and Sydney events in the last few months of 2022, we are really excited to be registering attendees for in-person events in Hong Kong and Tokyo in March. Join us for information sharing and discussions on topics of interest in these major centers.

AsiaFIC

There is a rapid uptake of attendance for AsiaFIC on May 3 and 4 in Singapore since registration opened a few days ago. The return to a pan APAC FISD event is generating a buzz of excitement in the market data community. Contact David Anderson or Peter Tierney for more information – and watch out for lots of announcements in the coming weeks.