Tuesday May 8, 2012

“Defining financial data requirements in an increasingly uncertain world”

“Exploring best practices in financial information services”
At this conference, senior executives from the financial information services industry in the Nordic region will put the global financial developments of the last year and their expectations for the coming year in the context of today's requirements for market and reference data, as well as the systems, processes and policies needed to deliver them.

Opening remarks by Screen Consultants

“Benchmark Data Management – a Best Practice Framework and Survey of Current Market Practice”
Rimes Technologies Corp.

Summary:
Growth in the raw number of index data sources, the volume and complexity of new benchmarks and the frequency and detail of portfolio analysis is driving a reappraisal of buy-side firms’ benchmark data management capabilities
• What is best practice for data governance and data processing for benchmarks?
• How does the industry rate when benchmarked against best practice?
• What does the road to best practice look like?

Speaker:
Mr. Steve Cheng - SVP,Global Head of Data Management Solutions at Rimes Technologies Corp.

“Best Practices for Managing Counterparty Risk and Exposure in Today's Markets”
Bloomberg

Summary:
With the new LEI coming due in June and increased scrutiny from regulators, we'll explore the types of data firms need to be able to access and why they need to implement it.

Speaker:
Mr. Renato Lima - EMEA Head at Bloomberg Data Solutions Sales

Panel Discussion from a vendor perspective: "Data centralization: the answer to increasing risk management challenges or the best route to cost reduction?"

Summary:
• Where does the data quality assurance reside? With vendors or with the end user firms?
• How is Total Cost of Ownership of market data affected by central data repositories?
• Creating a Golden Copy? What data? For which purpose?

Panelists:
Mr. Kevin O’Mahony - Regional Director Investment Banking, Europe and Asia at FactSet
Mr. Robert Cumberbatch - European business lines director, Pricing and Reference Data at Interactive Data
Mr. Laurent Martinet - European Senior Clients and Regulators Relationship Manager at Bloomberg
Other panelists to be confirmed

Moderator:
Mr. Evert-Jan ten Brundel - Business Development Director & Senior Consultant at Screen Consultants

“Why is derivatives clearing so high on the agenda of both European politicians as well as exchange representatives?”
NASDAQ OMX

Summary:
Will be published shortly

Speaker:
Mr. Jens Henriksson - President of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and Head of Nordic Fixed Income and Funds

“Understanding your financial data requirements – what’s needed to keep up in an increasingly uncertain world”
FactSet

Summary:
Within many financial organisations there is a continuing demand for new data sets. In this session, we will look at trends in data needs and help make sense of what is actually needed.
• How have changes in regulation altered the industry’s data requirements
• What can this data really tell you about your risks
• How to deal with the increasing demands from investors

Speaker:
Ms. Anja de Jager - Director of Content & Technology Solutions International at FactSet

Panel Discussion from a user perspective: "Sourcing market and reference data: how to deal with the new economic and regulatory realities?"

Summary:
• Where does the data quality assurance reside? With vendors or with the end user firms?
• Is data centralization the answer to increasing risk management challenges or will it (only) help to reduce cost?
• Creating a Golden Copy? What data? For which purpose?
• How do you explore new strategic directions in the sourcing of your data requirements?

Panelists:
Mrs. Sara Hising - Head of Data Management; Wealth Operations at SEB
Ms. Jenny Lind - Head of Data Management at Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Ms. Birgitte Bøving - Head of IT Markets Master data at Nordea Bank Denmark

Moderator:
Mr. Daniel Tano - Senior Consultant at Screen Consultants

Closingremarks by Screen Consultants