Nick Merritt

FISD

Our Mission FISD is the global forum of choice for industry participants to discuss, understand, and facilitate the evolution of financial information for the key players in the value chain including consumer firms, third party groups, and data providers. It is a dynamic environment in which members identify the trends that will shape the industry, and create educational opportunities and industry initiatives to address them. Association Profile - Over 30 Years of service to the Financial Information Industry - Areas of operation include North America, Europe, Brazil, and the Asia Pacific - 25+ Events per year on five continents - 200+ Global Member Companies - FISD Constituent makeup - Data Vendors - 35 - Exchanges - 49 - Data Consumers (Banks and Buyside Firms Using Financial Information) - 68 - Technology and Service Providers – 68 - Website – FISD.NET - Twitter – @FISD_SIIA Agenda The FISD agenda encompasses a wide range of commercial, technical, and regulatory issues that face the financial information industry. The specific events, working groups, and activities that FISD offers will change over time in response to member needs and the changing business environment, but key subject areas include: - Commercial policies for market and reference data - Legal and contractual issues - Market data administration - data permissioning, usage reporting, billing, and auditing - Legislative and regulatory developments that affect the creation and usage of financial information - Real-time data processing and connectivity - Indexes - the creation, distribution and usage of index information - Communications, product management and service delivery practices - Data standards and best practices - Data management - Intellectual property issues and data piracy - Human resources, organizational, and professional development