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

      • 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


    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
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