9 - 11 November, 2010
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DAY 1 – 10th November 2009


08.00 Registration and Morning Coffee
Registration and Morning Coffee
08.55 Chairman's Opening Address
John M. White, Global Head, Market & Vended Data Services, State Street Global Advisors,
Chairman's Opening Address

John M. White
Global Head, Market & Vended Data Services, State Street Global Advisors,

09.00 Driving Business Benefit From Data Management - Where Data Fits In The Financial Value Chain
Ian Webster, Global Head of Data Management, UBS Global Asset Management
  • Defining the business value
  • In a cost constraint environment how do you demonstrate business value?
  • Where to focus the effort
  • Moving up the value chain
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Ian Webster
Global Head of Data Management, UBS Global Asset Management

Ian was Global Head of Market Data at BGI from early 2005 to 2008. He was responsible for both the daily operations and the market data spend. In November 2008 Ian joined UBS Global Asset Management as global head of data management.
09.30 Consolidating Market Data Management
John M. White, Global Head, Market & Vended Data Services, State Street Global Advisors,
No session description available.

John M. White
Global Head, Market & Vended Data Services, State Street Global Advisors,

10.00 Reference Data Objectives For 2010: Meeting Organisation-Wide Short Term ROI Objectives In Line With Long-Term Departmental Goals
Mark Davies, Head of Reference Data, RBS
With increasing pressure on data managers to prove a good and fast return on investment in their data projects, you need to make sure you can deliver. Join Mark as he discusses how he's working to deliver short-term ROI while making sire ‘quick wins' don't compromise RBS' long-term data goals
  • An overview of current expectations: when will long-term results be acceptable again?
  • Developing short-term strategies to show clear results and safeguard departmental priorities
  • Putting in place solid procedures to align near term objectives with overall strategic aims
  • Establishing clear project milestones and managing deliverables along the way
  • Tracking industry-wide trends in current budget implementation to measure success

Mark Davies
Head of Reference Data, RBS

10.30 Building Effective Governance Models Throughout Your Organisation To Streamline Data Use And Minimise Waste
  • Building a map of inefficient data use in your organisation and identifying where cuts can be made
  • Agreeing data governance responsibilities across departments and identifying who controls processes for monitoring use
  • Simplifying the process of retrieving information through the data management team to encourage proper use of procedures
  • Generating greater clarity over data usage to identify which data contracts can be changed or cancelled
11.00 MID-MORNING COFFEE IN THE SOLUTIONS ZONE
MID-MORNING COFFEE IN THE SOLUTIONS ZONE
11.30 Data 2.0
Ken Price, CEO and Co-Founder, Avox
  • Pushing collaboration beyond purely commercial interests
  • The risks of rogue contributors and how to address them
  • The power and value of vendor collaboration
  • How every stakeholder benefits
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Ken Price
CEO and Co-Founder, Avox

Ken co-founded what is now Avox in April 2002. In conjunction with strong support from initial clients including Citi, Barclays Capital and Standard Bank, Avox has grown into a global data management service firm. Its success is attributed to the unique collaborative approach which empowers clients and the general public via www.wiki-data.com to participate in the process of keeping entity data up [read more]
12.10 The Role Of Data Governance Within A DWH Project: Drivers And Issues
Alberto Ricciotti, Head of Group Pricing, Group Credit Treasury, Planning, Finance & Administration, Unicredit
  • CFO DWH project in UniCredit
  • Data Governance: a priority or a burden?
  • Largeness and complexity: in this case problems enable the solution
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Alberto Ricciotti
Head of Group Pricing, Group Credit Treasury, Planning, Finance & Administration, Unicredit

Working for UniCredit Group since 2006, Alberto Ricciotti is head of a team in charge the financial modelling for CFO area with a special focus on Pricing Discipline, Credit Treasury and IAS purposes. Within this role he has to face crucial issues like modelling capabilities, performances, perimeter enlargement, data modeling and management.
12.40 End User Panel: Satisfying Your Stakeholders - Aligning Your Goals With Those Of Your Data Users And Ensuring Ongoing And Open Communication
Andre Kelekis, Head of Global Market Data, BNP Paribas
David Berry, Market Data Global Sourcing, UBS AG
Nick Skinner, Head of Data Management Strategy, Northern Trust
Sally Hinds, Global Head of EDM, HSBC
  • What strategic benefits do data users see in receiving in-house data?
  • Opening the lines of communication: working across organisational silos to create best practice data solutions within your organisation
  • Sharing responsibility for data management with data users to build data quality at all points of distribution
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Andre Kelekis
Head of Global Market Data, BNP Paribas

Andre Kelekis is currently Head of Strategy for Market Data at BNP Paribas. His role is to analyse the market data landscape including all factors such as regulations, mergers, IT innovations, etc, that can impact it. He works on the offer side (vendors, new ventures to widen the offer) as well as the demand side (BNP Paribas business lines).

David Berry
Market Data Global Sourcing, UBS AG

In December 2008, David Berry joined UBS in the Market Data Global Sourcing department He was Head of Procurement and Cost Control Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets Europe from May to Nov 2008. From 2006 to 2008 he was Global Head of Market Data at Barclays Capital, the Investment Banking arm of Barclays Bank PLC. He is Vice-President of COSSIOM in charge of relations with IPUG, Member of the E [read more]

Nick Skinner
Head of Data Management Strategy, Northern Trust

Nick leads the Strategy function for Global Data Management within Northern Trust. He is responsible for working with all Northern Trust’s businesses and operations practices in defining the business vision for data management and for initiating and delivering strategic programmes. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Nick was Global Head of Market and Common Reference Data for ABN AMRO.
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Sally Hinds
Global Head of EDM, HSBC

Sally Hinds has worked in the financial services industry for over 25 Years. She has headed market data and IT teams at Morgan Grenfell, CSFB and UBS. She joined HSBC in late 05 as Global Hd of Market Data IT, after working as a consultant at Capco. In mid 2006 she also took on Instrument Reference Data IT then in Jan 07 moved to the business and was appointed Global Head of Enterprise Data Manage [read more]
13.15 LUNCH
LUNCH
14.15 Roundtable Discussions
Alberto Ricciotti, Head of Group Pricing, Group Credit Treasury, Planning, Finance & Administration, Unicredit
Alec Joubert, Head of Strategic Data Management, Standard Bank
Francis Gross, Head of External Statistics, European Central Bank
Loretta Etheridge, Global Head of Data Operations, HSBC
Mark Davies, Head of Reference Data, RBS
Nick Skinner, Head of Data Management Strategy, Northern Trust
Richard Snookes, Director, Global Reference Data Operations, Barclays Capital
This year we asked over 63 industry experts how we can make FIMA 2009 even better. The answer was simple: more interactivity. As well as new panel discussions throughout the conference, we're introducing Discussion Roundtables to ensure you get open, honest feedback from your peers.So how does it work?These closed discussion forums are your chance to share opinions, ask questions and debate issues away from the public forum of the conference room. Each table is led by an expert who will get the discussion started (see topics and leaders below) and brings together up to 15 attendees with a shared interest. With no set agenda, it's a great way for you to address your own priorities and find out how your peers are tackling the challenges you face.Roundtable topics and leaders:
  • Outsourcing: Key criteria for success with Loretta Etheridge
  • Reference Data For Recent Adopters with Alec Joubert
  • Data Standards: Working together to build quality data with Francis Gross
  • Pricing: Overcoming discrepancies and meeting client demands with Matt Cox
  • Customer Data: Reviewing the need for standard identifiers with Richard Snookes
  • Data Governance: Controlling data use across your organisation with Alberto Ricciotti
  • Managed Services: Working with service providers to build a cost-effective solution with Nick Skinner
  • ROI: Setting key metrics to determine accurate ROI with Mark Davies
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Alberto Ricciotti
Head of Group Pricing, Group Credit Treasury, Planning, Finance & Administration, Unicredit

Working for UniCredit Group since 2006, Alberto Ricciotti is head of a team in charge the financial modelling for CFO area with a special focus on Pricing Discipline, Credit Treasury and IAS purposes. Within this role he has to face crucial issues like modelling capabilities, performances, perimeter enlargement, data modeling and management.

Alec Joubert
Head of Strategic Data Management, Standard Bank

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Francis Gross
Head of External Statistics, European Central Bank

Francis’ division is responsible for external statistics (BoP, FDI, etc) of the Euro area and for coordinating their harmonisation across the EU. He is also responsible for the Centralised Securities Database (CSDB), which contains data on individual securities relevant to Euro area statistics. Francis joined the ECB in 2001 as Head of Organisational Planning and moved to his current position in 2 [read more]
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Loretta Etheridge
Global Head of Data Operations, HSBC

Loretta Etheridge started at HSBC in 2005 as a project manager in the Data Control Centre and then became responsible for the Client Change Management team. In April 2007 she joined the newly-formed EDM Team and is currently responsible for the Data Operations and Change Management functions.

Mark Davies
Head of Reference Data, RBS

Nick Skinner
Head of Data Management Strategy, Northern Trust

Nick leads the Strategy function for Global Data Management within Northern Trust. He is responsible for working with all Northern Trust’s businesses and operations practices in defining the business vision for data management and for initiating and delivering strategic programmes. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Nick was Global Head of Market and Common Reference Data for ABN AMRO.
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Richard Snookes
Director, Global Reference Data Operations, Barclays Capital

The Client On Boarding group at BarCap is responsible for performing all aspects of KYC/AML and sanction screening in addition to enterprise data management across a host of downstream front and back end systems. The group operates on a global basis and manages new business requests across all asset classes. Previous to his role at BarCap, Richard has held a variety of regulatory roles including b [read more]
16.00 AFTERNOON COFFEE IN THE SOLUTIONS ZONE
AFTERNOON COFFEE IN THE SOLUTIONS ZONE
18.00 Closing Panel: An Overview Of Key Take-Aways From The Day
Chris Johnson, Head of Market Data Services, Global Product Management, Europe, HSBC Securities Services, HSBC
Ian Webster, Global Head of Data Management, UBS Global Asset Management
Ken Price, CEO and Co-Founder, Avox
Mike Atkin, Managing Director, EDM Council
Join the FIMA Advisory Board as they review the key topics addressed throughout the day, discuss questions raised and give their expert opinions on how the solutions covered can be applied to your operations.
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Chris Johnson
Head of Market Data Services, Global Product Management, Europe, HSBC Securities Services, HSBC

Chris joined HSBC Securities Services, in August 2006, as is the Head of Market Data Services, Global Product Management. Chris was previously at Threadneedle Investments, for three years, where he was Head of Investment Information Services. Prior to joining Threadneedle he was a Director at UBS. Chris is a member of the Securities and Investment Institute.
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Ian Webster
Global Head of Data Management, UBS Global Asset Management

Ian was Global Head of Market Data at BGI from early 2005 to 2008. He was responsible for both the daily operations and the market data spend. In November 2008 Ian joined UBS Global Asset Management as global head of data management.
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Ken Price
CEO and Co-Founder, Avox

Ken co-founded what is now Avox in April 2002. In conjunction with strong support from initial clients including Citi, Barclays Capital and Standard Bank, Avox has grown into a global data management service firm. Its success is attributed to the unique collaborative approach which empowers clients and the general public via www.wiki-data.com to participate in the process of keeping entity data up [read more]
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Mike Atkin
Managing Director, EDM Council

Mike is well known in the industry as someone who is trying to drive through change to reference data management and push for data standardisation across the financial regulators as well as vendors. The EDM Council which is a business forum for financial institutions and has been designed to enable senior officers responsible for content management to share information on the business strategies a [read more]
18.30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
COCKTAIL RECEPTION