News & Events

Upcoming News & Events

• June 19, 2012: FIF Market Structure Lifecycle Event sponsored by Equinix
   


• May 15, 2012: Arsalan Shahid will testify at the IRS Hearing on proposed FATCA regulations as part of FIF FATCA WG representation
   

Past News & Events

• • • May 3, 2012: The Financial Information Forum hosted an options-focused meeting at the 2012 Options Industry Conference in New Orleans
      
    
    
    • April 23, 2012: Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director of the Financial Information Forum spoke on Regulatory and Industry Hot Topics at the Thomson Reuters BETA Spring Regulatory Conference in St. Louis, MO
    • April 17, 2012: Arsalan Shahid, Program Director, Financial Information Forum moderated the panels “Do you have the Capacity to meet competitive demands?” and "Ensuring your cloud delivers value not vapor" at the North American Trading Architecture Summit 2012
    • April 2012: FIF welcomes Newedge Group as the newest FIF member

• March 16, 2012: FIF testified at the IRS public hearing on proposed Cost Basis regulations for Debt and Options as part of FIF Cost Basis WG representation


• February 28, 2012: Tue, Feb 28: FIF Large Trader Reporting Event in NY hosted by Thomson Reuters
• February 2012: FIF welcomes TMX Datalinx as the newest FIF member


• January 2012: FIF welcomes DTCC, US Bancorp Investments and Scotia Capital (USA) as the newest FIF members

• December 7, 2011: Wed, Dec 7: FIF 2011 Year End Event in NY hosted by Bloomberg
• December 2011: FIF Welcomes Macquarie Securities (USA), Ullink and Jane Street Holdings as the newest FIF members
• December 2011: Season's Greetings from all of us at the Financial Information Forum

• November 2, 2011: Understanding Your Large Trader Responsibilities, Web Seminar by FIF, STA and FTEN - Now Available for Download
• November 2011: FIF welcomes Intel as an FIF member

• October 20, 2011: Thu, Oct 20: FIF Quarterly Event in NY hosted by FTEN, A NASDAQ OMX Company
• October 10, 2011: Mon, Oct 10: FIF Derivatives Event in Chicago. Meeting & Lunch hosted by CME Group - Call recording and presentation available

• September 27, 2011: FIF and STA announce their partnership on the SEC Large Trader Rule
• September 19, 2011: FIF Featured in September 2011 Inside Market Data Chicago
• September 2011: FIF welcomes GETCO as an FIF member
• September 13, 2011: Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director, FIF moderated the panel "Co-location, co-location, co-location: where are we now with network routes and proximity hosting services?" at the Inside Market Data Chicago 2011

• August 2011: FIF welcomes Credit Agricole Securities (USA) as an FIF member
• June 15, 2011:Tom Jordan participated on the panel, "Information & High Frequency Trading" at Bloomberg's Technology Forum in New York
• June 14, 2011: FIF 2011 Quarterly Event: Virtuous Cycle or Vicious Circle? The Evolving U.S. & European Trading Landscape
• June 2011: FIF welcomes RGM Advisors as an FIF member
• June 2, 2011: FIF Options Market Share Methodology WG discussed in San Francisco Chronicle and Bloomberg and Wall Street Letter

• April 6, 2011: Tom Jordan participated in panel discussion on at the Capital Markets Consortium roundtable, "Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II): Description and Impact."
  
  
• March 22, 2011: FIF 2011 Quarterly Event: Navigating the Latency Roadmap
• February 16, 2011: Manisha Kimmel moderated panel discussion on implications of Market Access Rule in Chicago

• December 14, 2010: FIF 2010 Year End Event: Implementing Risk Controls
• December 2010: Season's greetings from all of us at the Financial Information Forum
• December 2010: FIF welcomes Corvil, Daiwa Capital Markets, FlexTrade Systems as FIF members

• November 3, 2010: FIF Derivatives Event in Chicago. Meeting sponsored by CBOE. Call Recording and Presentation available
• November 2010: FIF welcomes Liquidnet as an FIF member

• October 21, 2010: FIF Exhibited at Oct 21 FPL Americas Trading Conference in NY featuring business, strategy and technically focused streams
• October 18, 2010: FIF Event in New York, Tomorrow's Trading Systems: Ensuring Compliance, Achieving High Performance. Meeting & Trading Floor Networking Reception hosted by NYSE Technologies - Presentation available
• October 2010: FIF Co-Founders, Tom Jordan & Leo McBlain, honored by Inside Market Data; added to IMD "25 Years of Innovation" Hall of Fame
• October 2010: FIF welcomes Lightspeed Financial as an FIF member
• September 28, 2010: FINRA Responds to FIF concerns over new OATS Requirements
• September 2010:"FIF/FPL Regulatory Reporting Working Group: Gaining Traction" by Arsalan Shahid, FIX Global, Vol. 3 Issue 3
• August 2010: FIF welcomes ACTIV Financial and National Stock Exchange as FIF members. FIF now includes participation from all Exchanges trading NMS securities
• July 7, 2010:  FIF Event: Market Transparency Evolution Across NMS Securities, Pinks & Bullies . View Meeting Agenda and Presentation
• July 2010: FIF welcomes Mantara as an FIF member

• June 22-24, 2010: Jordan & Jordan and FIF exhibited at the SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo at the Hilton New York.
• June 2010: FIF welcomes Nomura as an FIF member
• May 26, 2010: Tom Jordan spoke at the Inside Market Data North American Financial Information Summit 2010 taking place at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
• May 2010: FIF welcomes Chicago Stock Exchange as an FIF member
• March 31, 2010: FIF 2010 Quarterly Event: Tackling Industry Initiatives - From OSI to Cost Basis in NY sponsored by Thomson Reuters. View Meeting Agenda and request FIF post mortem report
• March 2010: FIF welcomes Pink OTC Markets and RBC Capital Markets as FIF members
• February 17, 2010: Arsalan Shahid attended the IRS public hearing on proposed Cost Basis regulations as part of FIF Cost Basis WG representation
• February 2010: FIF welcomes Shadow Financial as an FIF member
• January 2010: FIF welcomes BNY Mellon as an FIF member
• December 10, 2009: FIF Year End Event in NY, Enabling Technologies: From Market Data to Market Structure, sponsored by BT Global Services. View Meeting Agenda and Presentation.Panelists included:
  • Howard Boville, Head of Global Banking, Payments, BT Global Services
  • Irene A. Halpin, Executive Director and Equities Regulatory Council, J.P. Morgan
  • Bill Karsh, Chief Operating Officer, Direct Edge
  • Daniel May, Co-founder & Director, SpryWare
  • Tom Jordan, President & CEO, Jordan & Jordan (Moderator)
• December 10, 2009: FIF Cost Basis Roundtable in NY sponsored by GainsKeeper, part of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. View Meeting Agenda
• November 5, 2009: Manisha Kimmel moderated FIF Member Panel "Capacity: How much do you need and when" at the 6th Annual FPL Americas Electronic Trading Conference at the NY Marriott Marquis, New York, NY.

• October 21, 2009: FIF Derivatives Event in Chicago sponsored by the CME Group View Agenda and Presentations
• October 2009: FIF welcomes SpryWare as an FIF member
• September 10, 2009: FIF Event: The Future of Retail Brokerage: Challenges and Opportunities sponsored by Scivantage at Tavern on the Green, New York. View Meeting Agenda. Panelists included:
  • Cameron Routh, Senior Vice President, Strategic Products, Scivantage
  • Martin Bentsen, Chief Operating Officer, Computer Research, Inc.
  • Rance Masheck, Director, Brokerage Integration, TD Ameritrade
  • Tom Jordan, President & CEO, Jordan & Jordan (Moderator)
• September 10, 2009: FIF Cost Basis Roundtable at Tavern on the Green, New York. View Meeting Agenda
• August 17, 2009: Manisha Kimmel quoted in the article "OPRA Increases Data Traffic Projections" published in Inside Market Data, August 17, 2009 Vol 24 No. 46
• July 2009: FIF welcomes Surge Trading as an FIF member
• June 29, 2009: FIF Event: Symbology Symposium III sponsored by Broadridge at 2 Journal Sq Plaza, Jersey City, NJ 07306. View Meeting Agenda
  Panelists included:
  • Norman Brower, Executive Director, Enterprise Data Group, Morgan Stanley
  • Karen Glad, Vice President, Requirements Engineering, The Options Clearing Corporation
  • Anand Rajagopalan, Content Manager, North American Derivatives/OPRA, Thomson Reuters
  • Jeff Sheftic, Vice President, Trading Operations, Charles Schwab
  • Tom Jordan, President & CEO, Jordan & Jordan (Moderator)
• June 24, 2009: FIF members to speak on the "Do or Die - 2009 Mission Critical Projects" Panel at the SIFMA Technology Management Conference in New York. Panelists include Tom Jordan, President & CEO, Jordan & Jordan, FIF Advisory Panel; Susan Crozier, Product Manager, SunGard Brokerage and Clearance Solutions, FIF Multi-Client Back Office Committee Co-Chair; Irene A. Halpin, Vice President, JP Morgan Chase, FIF Front Office Committee Member; Thomas Knorring, Vice President, Trading Operations, Chicago Board Options Exchange, FIF Advisory Panel
• June 2009: FIF welcomes Scivantage as an FIF member
• May 2009: FIF welcomes Wachovia (Wells Fargo) and Oppenheimer as FIF members

• April 2009: FIF welcomes CIBC, Direct Edge, GainsKeeper and Lime Brokerage as FIF members
• March 25, 2009: FIF Quarterly Event, "Doing More with Less", hosted by Thomson Reuters in New York City. View Meeting Agenda. Panelists included:
• • Brett Redfearn, Global Head of Liquidity & Algorithmic Trading, JP Morgan
  • Madalena Sheehan, Executive Director, Global Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley
  • Dan Weingarten, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Global Sales and Marketing, Penson Worldwide
  • Tom Jordan, President & CEO, Jordan & Jordan (Moderator)
  • Christopher Perry, President Americas, Thomson Reuters
• March 2009: FIF welcomes E*Trade Financial and Scottrade as FIF members
• January 2009: FIF welcomes Penson Worldwide and FTEN as FIF members
• December 9, 2008: FIF Year End Event in NY sponsored by Bloomberg
• December 9, 2008: FIF DTCC Strategic Initatives Presentation. View Meeting Agenda
• December 2, 2008: Tom Jordan moderated panel on Managing the Rapid Increase in Market Data and Ensuring Data Consistency at SIFMA's European Technology Management Conference & Exhibition
• November 19-20, 2008: Manisha Kimmel and Tom Jordan participated on panels at the 5th Annual FPL Americas Electronic Trading Conference at the NY Marriott Marquis, New York, NY.
• November 12, 2008: FIF Derivatives Event sponsored by the CME Group at their Chicago Headquarters. This year's meeting was held jointly with the FPL (FIX Protocol Ltd.) Americas Committee. View Meeting Agenda
• November 5, 2008: Tom Jordan, FIF Advisory Chair, moderated the "Overcoming Reference Data Pitfalls Caused by Regulatory & Compliance Pressures" panel at the FTF Reference Data Conference in New York.
• November 2008: FIF welcomes BATS Exchange as an FIF member.
• October 6, 2008: FIF Event: Going Global sponsored by IBM at the Kitano Penthouse, 66 Park Avenue, New York. View Meeting Agenda
• September 2008: FIF welcomes Solace Systems as an FIF member.
• August 4,2008: FIF Options Symbology (OSI) Survey distributed to FIF members. Survey report available.
• August 2008: FIF welcomes Equinix and Tervela as FIF members.
• July 2008: FIF welcomes IBM Software Group as an FIF member.
• June 20, 2008: FIF issues press release on Industry wide BCP test which took place on June 7th 2008
• June 12, 2008: FIF, Vendors Address Options Symbology Issues - Securities Industry News
• June 11, 2008: Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director, FIF moderated the Symbology Workshop: What You Need to Know panel at the annual SIFMA Technology Management Conference and Exhibit, at the New York Hilton. Tom Jordan, FIF Advisory Chair, presented at the Capacity Growth- Evidence, Warnings and Alternatives panel.
• June 2008: FIF welcomes London Stock Exchange as an FIF member.
• June 2008: Manisha Kimmel participated in IMD's Market Data Capacity Virtual Round Table. Full report available
• 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 Investment Technology Group and Chicago Trading Company as FIF members.
• May 2008: New FIF Sub-Committees to Discuss Internal Options Identifiers and Retail Investor Communication – Inside Reference Data
• April 2008: FIF welcomes Intel as an FIF member.

• March 6, 2008: FIF Event on Industry Consolidation and Implementation Impact hosted by Thomson in New York City. View meeting agenda and presentations.
• February 29, 2008: Tom Jordan moderated an FIF member panel at the Options Symbology Symposium sponsored by SIFMA at their midtown Manhattan facility
• February 21, 2008: Tom Jordan spoke on the Quantifying the Value of Algorithms panel at the Financial Research Associates' 2008 6th Annual Best Execution Symposium at the Harmonie Club of New York.
• 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 2008: FIF welcomes Pershing, Raymond James and Knight Capital Group 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
  • Nasdaq: Adam Nunes, Vice President
  • NYSE Arca: Eric Stockland, Director, Options
  • ICE: Mayur Kapani, Vice President, Architecture
  • FAST/FIX/FPL Update – Jim Northey, FPL Americas Co-Chair, Co-Founder, LaSalle Technologies
• 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.
• November 8, 2007: FIF responds to FINRA Regulatory Notice 07-46 recommending an executing broker trade reporting model.
• November 1, 2007: Tom Jordan and Leo McBlain participated on panels at the FPL Americas Electronic Trading Conference at New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, New York, NY
• November 2007: FIF welcomes Quantlab Financial as an FIF member.
• October 2007: FIF welcomes Blue Phoenix and TGS Management as FIF members.
• 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 discussed 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.
• June 20, 2007: Tom Jordan moderated the Regulation NMS Panel and Manisha Kimmel moderated the Market Data Capacity Panel at the SIFMA 2007 Technology Management Conference & Exhibit at the Hilton New York.
• 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
  • Debbie Mittelman, Senior Product Manager, Townsend Analytics
  • Ron Jordan, Senior Vice President, NYSE Euronext
• 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.
• March 13, 2007: Tom Jordan gave the opening speech at WSTA's Real–Time Trading & Information Distribution Seminar, at the Warwick New York Hotel.
• 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.