Issue Brief / Index Forum & Networking Reception

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High Frequency Trading - Are Markets and Investors Better Off Now?

Much has been written and said regarding High Frequency Trading -- both in favor and against the different trading strategies that comprise this practice.  This panel will provide an overview of the trading practices that make up HFT, commentary on HFT's effects on the real-time market data business and review of a number of suggestions that have been put forth for regulatory change.

Moderator:

Bernard Donefer, Distinguished Lecturer and Associate Director Subotnick Financial Services Cente, Baruch College

Panelists:

Colin Clark, Senior Vice President Strategic Analysis and Market Data, NYSE Euronext

Jason Gottlieb, Counsel, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Anshuman Jaswal, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, Celent

Data Service Convergence

The market data landscape has been undergoing dramatic changes over the last several years.  To meet today's trading requirements, firms are seeking a much more robust combination of real-time data, reference data, corporate actions and managed services that are delivered at levels of quality and integration well beyond what has been needed in the past.  This presentation will explore key considerations for firms when evaluating vendor and other third party solutions.

Presenter:

Michael Schwartz, Product Manager, Interactive Data

Commercial Aspects of Index Data - Recent Changes and Future Possibilities

Our panel will examine the commercial environment within the index industry.  We'll discuss new sources of index data including self-indexing and free index data offered via a non-profit entity along with the challenges of managing an ever increasing amount of index data.

Moderator:

Steven Bloom, Assistant Professor of Economics, USMA - West Point

Panelists:

Srikant Dash, Head of Index Business, Bloomberg

John Farris, Executive Vice President, RIMES Technologies

Michael Neff, Market Data Services, Deutsche Bank AG

John Simons, Director, Market Data Management, John Hancock

Consumer Group Update: Licensee Rights of Usage

Update from a CCG project group that is developing a tool for internal use to communicate contractual T&C to end users. 

Presenter:

Linda Rolufs, Vice President, SDM Office of Data Management, BNY Mellon

Networking Reception