Category: MDI-Industry EventsOn 01 Jul 2004 in MDI-Industry Events, Market Data Insight 
The Securities Industry Assoc-iation’s Technology Management conference and exhibition at Midtown New York’s Hilton Hotel last month signaled that the long-awaited recovery in the front-office data and trading systems marketplace has some teeth. Through a marathon of on-booth and in-suite meetings – often every hour, on the hour! – A-Team Insight found the mood simultaneously upbeat and down-to-business.
On 01 Nov 2003 in MDI-Industry Events, MDI-Market Data Services, Market Data Insight
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) held its biennial World Financial Information Conference (WFIC) in Washington D.C. last month. There were 300 participants from around the world including representatives from vendors, users, exchanges, regulators and market data providers.
On 01 Oct 2003 in MDI-Industry Events, MDI-News in Brief, Market Data Insight
More than 30 market data managers in two locations benefited from the deep experience of market leaders in information service management at A-Team Consulting’s Adventures in Market Data Optimization events in London and New York last month. Representatives from a broad array of financial institutions, including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wellington Management and UBS, heard six presenters from the leading data management tools and consulting services firms talk about how to gain control of the market data sourcing process and realize true gains in terms of return on investment and cost control. Sponsored by Harco Technology, the event featured presentations from Stuart Harvey (Harco), Ben Mendoza and David Toomey-Wilson (Market Data Services Ltd.), Robert Leitner (The Roberts Group), Liz Gurney (the Buttonwood Tree Group) and Don Madura (Madura Associates Inc.). Adventures was organized to provide a forum for debating issues currently facing market data managers. Among issues raised by the groups were management of index data, research and ratings, as well as where within an institution management of data resources should reside.
On 01 Oct 2002 in MDI-Industry Events, MDI-Industry Initiatives, Market Data Insight
The massive event that is SIBOS was hosted earlier this month by Swift in Geneva. For those not familiar with the event, it’s the annual opportunity for Swift to extol the virtues of its financial standards initiatives and network services to a captive audience of over 6,000 bankers, investment managers, broker/dealers, custodians, and operations professionals.
On 01 Sep 2002 in MDI-Industry Events, MDI-Industry Initiatives, Market Data Insight
To some, Brussels is dour European capital, known only for being home to the EU and Nato. Others, however, know Brussels’ little secrets: the Grand’Place, Ixelles and the glorious Foire du Midi, an annual summer funfair that’s just ended for this year.
