May 2008: FIF welcomes Chicago Trading Company as an FIF member.
May 20, 2008: FIF Event: Symbology Symposium II sponsored by Blue Phoenix at the Ritz Carlton, Central Park, New York. View meeting agenda and presentations.
May 8, 2008: At the Accelerating Wall Street 2008 conference sponsored by Wall Street & Technology, Tom Jordan, FIF Advisory Chair, will participate in the Data Tsunami: Using Multi-Core Processing to Stay Ahead panel to be held at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.
May 2008: FIF welcomes Investement Technology Group as an FIF member.
February 13, 2008: Tom Jordan moderated The Derivatives Data Tsunami – Volumes, Throughput and Latencies panel at the Institutional Options Trading Conference at Bayard's in New York City.
February 1, 2008: FIF welcomes Pershing and Raymond James as FIF members.
January 2008: FIF welcomes Charles Schwab and Fidessa as FIF members.
December 10, 2007: FIF 2007 Year End Event & Tribute to Brian McNelis hosted by Reuters. In addition to a review of FIF Initiatives& 2008 Strategy and, panels on the following issues were presented:
Market Structure – Leo McBlain-FIF, Ron Jordan-NYSE Euronext, Bernice Rothstein-Deutsche Bank, Susan Crozier-Sungard
Capacity – Art Trager-SIFMA, Tom Knorring-CBOE, Ken Brady-Morgan Stanley, Brian McNelis-Reuters
Symbology – Tom Jordan-FIF, Antone Granada-Credit Suisse, Mark Grinbaum-ISE, Pat Scaglione-Broadridge
In recognition of his 33 years in the industry, Brian McNelis was presented with the FIF Lifetime Achievement Award.
November 28, 2007: Joint FIF Derivatives Event/FPL Americas Quarterly Meeting hosted by CME Group. Updates on derivatives technology were provided by the following firm representatives:
CBOE: Tom Knorring, Vice President, Trade Operations
CME: Matt Simpson, Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture
ISE: Greg Maynard, System & Product Strategy Officer
November 13, 2007: FIF Symbology Symposium hosted by Broadridge brought together over 100 representatives from leading broker-dealers, vendors and exchanges to discuss implementation of options & equity symbology initiatives.
September 24, 2007: FIF Chairman and Founder, Leo McBlain was presented with the FISD Market Data Lifetime Achievement Award which is awarded biennially at the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC).
September 3, 2007: FIF's recommendation for a shorter options symbol discussed in Inside Market Data article on OPRA Symbology changes.
September 2007: FIF welcomes Credit Suisse as an FIF member.
August 24, 2007: Manisha Kimmel discusses the capacity impact of automated equity trading in Wall Street &Technology.
August 2007: FIF welcomes BIDS Trading, Susquehanna International Group and BNP Paribas as FIF members.
July 30, 2007: Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director, FIF discusses the capacity impact of the Options Penny Pilot in Inside Market Data .
July 13, 2007: Manisha Kimmel quoted in Compliance Reporter regarding conflicts between Reg NMS & SRO rules.
July 16, 2007: At the 2nd Annual Hedge Fund Trading Conference, Tom Jordan, FIF Advisory Chair, participated on the Implications of Reg NMS on Best Execution for Broker/Dealers & Investment Advisors panel at The New York Helmsley Hotel, New York City.
May 18, 2007: Manisha Kimmel discusses the implementation challenges associated with Reg NMS trade modifiers with Wall Street Letter.
May 15, 2007: FIF Event: Insight into Market Integration hosted by Bloomberg at their NY headquarter brought together an expert panel to
discuss the impact of market integration from a financial technology perspective. Panelists included:
Bruce Garland, Chief Operating Officer, Bloomberg Tradebook
Todd Golub, Vice President , Transaction Services, Nasdaq
Bill Hebert, Vice President, Strategic Development & Trading Solutions, Fidelity Investments
Tom Jordan, President, Jordan & Jordan (Moderator)
Brian McNelis , Vice President, Market Analysis, Reuters
May 2, 2007: Financial Information Forum Advisory Chair, Tom Jordan moderated panel on "Successful outsourcing: Producing return on investment whilst reducing risk" at the North American Financial Information Summit at the Sheraton New York.
February 7, 2007: FIF comments on SR-NASD-2007-002 recommending the elimination of the self-help trade reporting modifier.
February 26, 2007: Tom Jordan spoke on the implications of Reg NMS on Best Ex at the 5th Annual Best Execution Symposium at the New York Helmsley Hotel.
January 8, 2007: Manisha Kimmel quoted regarding OPRA's adoption of the FAST protocol in Inside Market Data.
January 2007: FIF welcomes FactSet Research Systems and CBOT as FIF members.
November 28, 2006: Tom Jordan spoke at FIA Expo as part of the FIA Information Technology Division Panel: Tracking Market Data: Who Pays?
November 26, 2006: Options Symbology Committee responds to FIF Comment Letter regarding the OCC-led Options Symbology Initiative.
November 2006: FIF welcomes Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC
as an FIF member.
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