FISD Announces 2024 Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

by FISD NewsMember News

Recognizing major developments and accomplishments of the financial information industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2024 

Media contact:  Kirsten Ellis

Washington, DC:  FISD, the global forum of choice connecting the financial information industry is announcing this year’s Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. This prestigious award celebrates the people who have contributed to the major developments and accomplishments across the financial information industry for more than 25 years. The Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award winner was announced during the 16th biennial World Financial Information Conference (WFIC). WFIC is the only global event focusing on the sourcing, compliance and delivery of financial information and brings together more than 700 industry peers from 40 countries. This year’s conference in Austin, Texas is running from September 15-18, 2024.

“We are thrilled to announce Sallianne Taylor is this year’s FISD Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award winner,” said FISD managing director, Tom Davin, “Sallianne’s impressive achievements include working on reforms to the UK’s Capital Markets following the UK’s exit from Europe, as well as many years overseeing Bloomberg’s relationships with the exchanges and trading venues.  Sallianne has been a long-serving member of the FISD Executive Committee, she co-chaired the Data Vendor Constituent Group, and currently sits on the Board of SIIA, FISD’s parent company.”

“Our special thanks to the 2024 Nominating Committee made up of many past winners of the Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award including: Elliot Hann, Fenics Market Data, Adam Honore, Amazon, Tom Jordan, Jordan & Jordan (past winner), Jocelyn Killeen, FactSet, Brian McElligott, Joe Nardulli, Northern Trust Company, Barry Raskin, Jordan & Jordan (past winner), Mitvin Shah, Societe Generale, Garrick Stavrovich, Nasdaq and Debra Walton, LSEG (past winner).”

Upon receiving The Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award, Sallianne said, “I am delighted to receive FISD’s Life-time Achievement Award and it is especially gratifying as it is voted for by my peers. On top of this recognition, I am celebrating 35 years at Bloomberg this year so it is a pretty special time.”

“My career at Bloomberg has allowed me to follow many different paths and my interaction with FISD has been one of the most rewarding partnerships I have undertaken.  In light of WFIC’s focus on rising stars, I hope that this award can serve as an inspiration to all of those at the start of their careers, and particularly for women stepping up in the financial industry.”

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About FISD:

FISD is the global forum of choice for industry participants to discuss, understand and facilitate the evolution of financial information for the key players in the value chain including consumer firms, third party groups and data providers. It is a dynamic environment in which members identify the trends that will shape the industry and create education opportunities and industry initiatives to address them.

CJC Upgrades to ISO 27001:2022 Certification Ahead of DORA

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London, August 26, 2024 – Crown Jewels Consultant Ltd (CJC), the award-winning market data professional services and commercial management provider, is proud to announce it has upgraded its ISO 27001 certification to the latest 2022 standard. The upgraded ISO 27001:2022 certification demonstrates CJC’s consistent commitment to meet the latest information security and compliance with international standards.

ISO 27001:2022 is the latest, globally recognised standard outlining the requirements for an information security management system. The 2022 version required a rigorous external audit of CJC’s information security practices, policies, and procedures. Compared to the 2013 version, it provides an improved systematic approach to managing sensitive company information securely.

Are you and your vendors DORA ready?

Read More: https://cjcit.com/standards/ict-security-standards/

 

With the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) enforcement deadline creeping closer, CJC’s upgraded ISO 27001:2022 certification follows through with previously outlined InfoSec plans and the latest CJC cybersecurity initiative to support clients comply with new incoming regulations. Other initiatives include achieving Cyber Essentials Certification in March.

ISO 27001:2022 vs. 2013 improvements:

  • Improved Cybersecurity Practices and Threats.
  • Strengthened Data Privacy.
  • Enhanced Information Security.
  • Increased Cyber Attack Resilience.
  • Greater Consumer Confidence.
  • Robust Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability Protection.

Evgeny Smirnov, Head of Products and Standards, said, “Achieving the ISO 27001:2022 certification is a testament to CJC’s relentless focus on enhancing our Information Security Management System (ISMS). Over the past few years, we have invested significantly in our systems, governance frameworks, and compliance processes to ensure we meet and exceed the latest industry standards. This upgraded certification not only reinforces our commitment to information security but also ensures that we continue to provide our clients with the highest level of protection and trust in an increasingly complex digital environment. As we move forward, our current focus is on implementing the requirements of the DORA, further aligning our practices with emerging regulations.”

Gina Wee, Chief Information Officer at CJC, said “We are pleased to share that we’ve successfully transitioned to ISO 27001:2022, thanks to our team’s consistent effort and dedication. With the board’s support, colleagues from HR, Business Operations, Security & Governance, IT, and Information Security worked closely together across multiple workstreams to reach this milestone. This achievement reflects CJC’s ongoing commitment to safeguarding our data and adapting to the ever-changing digital landscape.”

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For more information, contact:

The Communications Team

Tel: +44 (0) 203 328 7600 | Email: marketing@cjcit.com

 

About Crown Jewel Consultants (CJC)

CJC is the leading market data technology consultancy and service provider for global financial markets. CJC provides multi-award-winning consultancy, managed services, cloud solutions, observability, and professional commercial management services for mission-critical market data systems. CJC is vendor-agnostic and ISO 27001 certified, enabling CJC’s partners the freedom to focus on their core business.

About ISO 27001

ISO 27001, formally known as ISO/IEC 27001:2022, is an information security standard created by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), which provides a framework and guidelines for establishing, implementing and managing an information security management system (ISMS).

About the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

The Digital Operational Resilience Act, or DORA, is a European Union (EU) regulation that creates a binding, comprehensive information and communication technology (ICT) risk management framework for the EU financial sector. DORA establishes technical standards that financial entities and their critical third-party technology service providers must implement in their ICT systems by January 17, 2025 (IBM).

The challenge of physical risks: how it forms an important aspect of ESG data

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By Jan-Douwe Ekhart; 
At BIQH, we regularly write about ESG data, management, and screening. This topic is crucial to us and our clients. Today we focus on physical risks such as natural disasters and climate change. These risks pose threats to assets, and can have a significant impact on financial institutions. It is important for financial institutions to understand the physical risks associated with the real objects they manage and invest in, both now and in the future. By 2030 or 2040, the world may look very different. How can you assess the risks of an issuer’s instruments that are listed on a stock exchange based on the physical risks of the real estate properties the associated company owns? How do you map all this data to ensure that you or your clients make the most informed decisions? In this article, we explore the complexity of physical risks within ESG data, the role of parameters in risk assessment, and the need to map these data with other market data.

Read the full article here: https://www.biqh.com/blog/the-challenge-of-physical-risks/

CJC and DLT-powered DRDM Raises Bar for Market Data Management

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Pioneering DLT Tech A First for Managing Market Data Contracts 

LONDON, JUNE 22, 2024 –  Crown Jewels Consultant Ltd (CJC), the award-winning market data professional services and commercial management provider, is pleased to announce its partnership with Digital Rights for Data Management (DRDM), a distributed ledger technology (DLT) powered solution that transforms market data management by turning static data contracts into dynamic and actively manageable assets in real-time.

DRDM’s DLT-powered technology raises the bar for compliant data management and marks a first in the industry, addressing the critical challenge of unrecovered fees in data publishing. The solution removes the ambiguity of paper market data contracts, reducing the deployment time of new offerings, and protects the data publisher’s rights and revenue while reducing the data subscriber’s required resources and regulatory burdens.

 

Find Out More at: https://cjcit.com/library/digital-rights-for-data-management-drdm/ 

 

The DRDM DLT solution is straightforward to deploy with a minimal technology footprint, no impact on data latency and requires no reengineering of existing systems. It allows live contract inspections. DRDM’s Digital Contract Network (DCN) is an immutable single source of truth that enables comprehensive traceability and ensures rigorous compliance across the entire market data community. The solution ensures that every piece of data can be accurately tracked, verified, and managed, which safeguards integrity and value in real time.

 

Alan Ross, Co-Founder at DRDM, with over 30 years of experience in the capital markets, said, “We have created a pioneering technology platform to revolutionise how data providers manage and track their contract utilisation. For the first time, contracts are dynamic, living assets that can be continuously monitored and audited in real time. This breakthrough ensures that every contract is not just a static document but an active, compliant asset in the data ecosystem.”

 

Paul Gow, Chief Executive Officer at CJC, said, “Data fines have been the bane of financial institutions’ lives for many years, DRDM makes these fines a thing of the past. CJC is now helping our clients become compliant by digitising their data contract, which in turn reduces administrative overheads”

 

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For more information, contact:

The Communications Team

Tel: +44 (0) 203 328 7600 | Email: marketing@cjcit.com

About CJC:

CJC is the leading market data technology consultancy and service provider for global financial markets. CJC provides multi-award-winning consultancy, managed services, cloud solutions, observability, and professional commercial management services for mission-critical market data systems. CJC is vendor-agnostic and ISO 27001 certified, enabling CJC’s partners the freedom to focus on their core business.

About DRDM:

Digital Rights for Data Management (DRDM) is a CJC-partnered Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) company and solution supported by industry experts. The DLT-powered technology marks a first in the industry, raising the bar for data management and compliance by removing the ambiguity of market data paper contracts. It also reduces the needed deployment time of new offerings. DRDM protects the data publisher’s rights and revenue while reducing the data subscriber’s required resources and regulatory burdens.