FIMA Market Data

FIMA Market Data: Financial Market Data Conference

Global spend on market data has reached approx. $25billion – the highest in over a decade. This increase in spend reflects the changing market place as vendors continue to increase prices and transaction fees forcing a review of supplier management and call for more efficient licensing and sourcing. Regulatory changes, big data, cost pressures and a consolidated tape are priorities high up in the agenda of every market data professional and have made it to the board level of financial institutions.

As a result, the FIMA Market Data conference has been created to provide the community with a platform to discuss strategic, technical and operational perspectives on how implement an efficient market data strategy in the context of cost pressure and regulatory upheaval.

Why Should You Get Involved

1. Understand how regulatory changes will impact the market data community: Assess how MIFID II, EMIR, Dodd Frank, will impact you and your business and how best to prepare for them.
2. Hear the latest developments on the consolidated tape of pan-European data: What is the role of consolidated tape in addressing both pre and post-trade transparency? What does the framework to establish a pan-European consolidated tape look like? How can transparency on the tape be ensured?
3. Stay abreast of the latest technologies and make sure you are ahead of the curve: Discuss your specific needs with the industry innovators and make sure you are on top of the latest developments in ultra-low latency, data analytics, feed-handling technology, cloud solutions, smart permissioning and open source based solutions
4. Reduce costs, improve efficiency and optimise your strategy: Benchmark against your peers and share strategies and results on cost saving initiatives, data usage and vendor management.
5. Get the best quality, consistency and achieve transparency of data:benchmark against your peers about the methods they are using to ensure that you are getting the right quality of data from your suppliers