New Activities in Private Markets and their Broad Ramifications

An increasing number of market participants are showing interest in unlisted securities to take advantage of their pre-IPO growth. More importantly, this increased interest is impacting several aspects of our industry including enhanced availability of data, standardizing compliance processes, and improvements in technology. Our panelists will share their thoughts on the impact of these changes. — 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. For more information about membership, please contact Tracey Shumpert at tshumpert@siia.net

Everything You Need to Know About LIBOR Replacement Rates

LIBOR fell out of favor some time ago, but now that the FCA has set a firm deadline for the end of the benchmark, there’s a timeline to act. Come to this session with your questions about handling the LIBOR transition. Panelists will discuss everything you want to know about what’s happening with RFRs leading up to the December 31 sunset date and beyond. This session will discuss: What are term reference rates and why does the market need them? How the replacement RFRs came to be, why having a branded benchmark matters Alternative benchmarks such as SOFR, SONIA, and AMERIBOR How can your organization successfully transition away from LIBOR? Is the USD market ready for a similar benchmark? — 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. For more information about membership, please contact Tracey Shumpert at tshumpert@siia.net

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World Financial Information Conference (WFIC)

Join more than 500 industry peers from 40 countries at the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), the only global event that focuses on the sourcing, compliance and delivery of financial information.Join more than 500 industry peers from 40 countries at the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), the only global event that focuses on the sourcing, compliance and delivery of financial information.

Attend WFIC to:
– Explore the issues shaping the financial information industry
– Understand forces changing the competitive environment
– Learn best practices, standards and new technologies affecting your business
– Discuss the impact of globalization and consolidation

WFIC offers multiple opportunities for structured networking. Our goal is to help you make new contacts . During this 4-day conference, you will have the opportunity to meet, dine and opine on the issues impacting the financial information sector.

This powerful environment allows you to debate and deliberate toward a better understanding of the demands impacting the market data world.

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Real time Cloud Data from your Favourite Exchange and or Data Vendor No Programming Required 2

When market data first came to the cloud we talked about cloud feeds and APIs to get data. That requires cloud programming skills; we’re past that. Data vendors and exchanges have done some of the “heavy-lifting” to interface their data to visualised cloud tools: With Docusign and a Github script you can sign-up and receive NASDAQ data – within an hour. Bloomberg and BBVA have collaborated to deliver the Bpipe feed to their equity desks using Kubernetes. FactSet data can be accessed through Snowflake increasing physical and analytic reach. What are some use-cases? How is this helping to identify new investment ideas, reach new subscribers and improve workload for existing customers? — 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. For more information about membership, please contact Tracey Shumpert at tshumpert@siia.net

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Alternative Data Council: Web Data Collection and Interacting with Robots.TXT

The Robots Exclusion Protocol, often called “robots.txt,” is used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots, or “bots”. It can signal to the web robot which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned. This presentation given by seasoned legal technology professionals Stacey Brandenburg and Jeff Landis of ZwillGen will help practitioners understand what they need to consider when they encounter Robots.txt in the wild, and possible implications of various decisions. — 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. For more information about membership, please contact Tracey Shumpert at tshumpert@siia.net