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March 11-14, 2008 • Metropolitan Pavilion • New York, NY • www.fima2008.com

Maintaining Consistent & Clean Enterprise Wide Data

To Minimize Risk & Create A Competitive Edge

FIMA 2008 is the yearly networking event that data managementexecutives simply cannot miss!

You’ll gain both strategic & tactical take-aways…

Key Speakers Include:

You’ll examine the steps to measuring the cost of bad data, how to improveyour data quality, and how to create a data metrics program.

You’ll take away lessons learned to support your implementations – Each andevery speaker at FIMA 2008 is required to site the “3 Pivotal Moments” during theirproject where their assumptions did not meet their expectations, and how theyovercame these obstacles.

Project areas include:• Reference Data Integration • Risk & Regulatory Compliance

• Entity Data Management • Strategy & Standards• And many more!

And finally you’ll explore how to source, process and maintain accurate andconsistent corporate actions data in the wake of increased volume andcomplexity.

To Register

Sponsors:

Call 888.482.6012 or 973.812.5153 Fax 973.256.0205

Email [email protected] Web www.fima2008.com

Tuesday, March 11th

Data Quality & Metrics Day

How big of a problem is data quality for you? Do you understand theimplications of data quality from a business perspective and a riskperspective? Have you established a framework for measuring thequality of your data? Key industry experts include:

Citi: Paula E. Mehta, Strategy & Planning, CMB Office of Data Management

Wachovia Securities: Stuart Roth, Director

Friday, March 14th:

Sourcing & Processing Clean &Accurate Corporate Actions Data

It has become increasingly complex to manage your corporate actionsdata events coming from multiple providers. Attend this day and

implement effective strategies to tackle increased corporate actionsvolume and complexity. Winning strategies from:

UBS: Geoff Dix, Director, Data IT

JP Morgan: Brian Goldman, Senior Vice President – Securities Processing

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JP Morgan:Peter SerenitaChief Data Officer

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8:00 Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:45 Chairman’s Opening Address

9:00 The Ten Habits Of Those With The Best DataDr. Thomas C. Redman, Ph. D., “The Data Doc”

9:35 Panel Discussion: Utilizing Metrics To Promote Justification Of

Spend Outside Of Regulatory RequirementsStuart Roth, Director, Wachovia SecuritiesSpencer Gallagher, Director, Reference Data, Interactive DataBruno Giordano, Principal, State StreetAndrew Lawson, Vice President, Reference Data, Morgan Stanley

10:20 Refreshment & Networking Break

10:40 Kickoff of Interactive Roundtables (First 4 Tables)

12:15 Establishing An Automated Data Quality ReportingFrameworkJohn Carroll, VP, Product Data Services, Merrill Lynch

12:50 Lunch For All Attendees

Conference-At-A-Glance

2:10 Continuation of Interactive Roundtables (Final 4 Tables)


4:05 Enhancing Business Operations Through Data MetricsPaula E. Mehta, Strategy & Planning, CMB Office of Data ManagemCiti

4:40 How Can Six Sigma Help With Your Data Quality Issues When “Outsource” To A BPOStuart Roth, Director, Wachovia Securities

5:15 Evaluating The Right Securities Master SolutionTracey Plantier, Managing Director, Babson Capital

5:50 End of Data Quality & Metrics Day

6:00 Wine & Cheese Reception (in the Solutions Zone)

Data Quality & Metrics Day Roundtable Moderators:(Each table discussion will last 20 minutes)Table 1: Spencer Gallagher, Director, Reference Data, Interactive DaTable 2: Sudhakar Kondisetty, SVP, Financial Services, Ness Technolo*There are 8 total tables.

Data Quality & Metrics Day: Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Main Conference Day 1: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

8:00 Continental Breakfast, Conference Registration & OpportunityTo View The Solutions Zone

8:40 Welcoming RemarksJarrett Spagnoli, Executive Director, FIMA 2008

8:45 Chairman’s Opening AddressBarry S. Raskin, Managing Director/Americas, Telekurs Financial

9:00 Live-Chat: One-On-One Interview With A Chief Data OfficerMike Atkin, Managing Director, EDM Council interviews JohnBottega, Chief Data Officer, Citi

9:35 Enhanced Analytics For A Global Distributed Enterprise - CDI AKey EnablerRamesh Nair, Managing Director, Financial Services, BearingPoint

10:10 Refreshment Break & Opportunity To View The Solutions Zone

10:50 Advisory Board Panel: Focusing On Data Integration As A Key Towards Enterprise Data ManagementMike Atkin, Managing Director, EDM Council (moderator)Peter Serenita, Chief Data Officer, JP MorganJohn White, Principal, Investment Management Data Services, StateStreet Global AdvisorsJohn Carroll, VP, Product Data Services, Merrill Lynch

11:25 How Does A Professional Survive A Very High ProfileAcquisition/Merger In Today’s Complex Business Environment?Amy G. Harkins, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Global HeOf Corporate Actions, Proxy And Class Actions, The Bank of New YMellon


Track A: Data Quality & Integration

1:15 Chairman’s Afternoon AddressProfessor Dr. Martin Janssen, CEO, ECOFIN Group

1:25 Data Quality Lifecycle ManagementPhilip Wu, GCIB Data Management, Bank Of America Securities

2:05 A Corporate Journey to BI: Improving Data QualityChristopher Eberly, Head of Enterprise Information Management, CITS,ING US

2:45 Panel Discussion: Overcoming The Key Challenges Of Cleaning &Integrating Legacy DataDominique Benz, Vice President, Goldman SachsAndrew Lawson, Vice President, Reference Data, Morgan StanleyMohammad Jafar, Head Of Data Management, MetlifeCraig Bliss, Senior Principal, Financial Services Information ManagementPractice, Hewlett-Packard


4:00 Reference Data Quality As A Business Enabler: Linking GreaterQuality With Revenue EnhancementIan Webster, Global Head Of Market Data, Barclays Global Investors

4:40 Co-Presentation: Aggregating Data To Increase Efficiency AndImprove The Customer ExperienceJanet Crowley, President, SunGard’s Data Management Solutions,Fame & referencePointRalph Barone, Partner, SunGard Consulting Services

5:20 Centralizing Security Reference Data And Integrating It Into TheFirm’s Key Investment Applications: Lessons Learned AndMidcourse CorrectionsDonna O’connor, Vice President, Data Administration, Alliancebernstein

6:00 FIMA 2008 Gala Cocktail Party

Track B: Risk, Regulatory Compliance & Master Data Managem

Chairman’s Afternoon Address

Co-Presentation: Beyond Basel – Exceeding The RegulatoryAgendaDavid Miller, Director, Credit Systems, Bank Of ScotlandRoss Gourlay, Senior Consultant, Bank Of Scotland

The 3 C’s: Compliance, Cross-Selling And Customer RetentionMarty Moseley, CTO, Initiate Systems

Panel Discussion: Understanding Your Risk And ComplianceApplication RequirementsBeth Fruchtman, Securities Integration Group, Morgan StanleyPeter Giordano, Executive Director, Head Of Equities BusinessManagement, CIBC World Markets CorpRick Woodland, VP Basel Ii Technology, State Street

Assessing The Cost/Benefit Of Off-Shoring Data OperationsDavid Goldberg, U.S. Head of Data Management, UBS

Teradata Master Data Management: Improving Data Quality, DIntegration And Data Governance Within Your WarehousingEnvironmentMark Shainman, Global Program Manager, Teradata MDM

Panel Discussion: Managing The Risk Associated With OutsourcAny Component Of Your Data Management OperationsPhilip Wu, GCIB Data Management, Bank Of America SecuritiesStuart Roth, Director, Wachovia Securities

Register Today! Call: 888.482.6012 or 973.812.5153 Fax 973.256.0205 Email: [email protected] Web: www.fima2008.com2



“Great speakers from high profile companies giving short, succinct presentations” - Rebecca Barnes, Information Systems, M&G Ltd

“FIMA will play a crusial role in raising the profile of reference dataand help to further critical industry proposals”

- Rob Knight, Global Head of Operational Compliance, Baring Asset Management

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Main Conference Day 2: Thursday, March 13, 2008

8:15 Continental Breakfast & Opportunity To View The SolutionsZone

8:45 Chairman’s Opening AddressScott J. Preiss, Vice President – Securities Classifications, Standard &Poor’s

9:00 Co-Presentation: Data Integration – Golden Copy VersusTransformed TruthPeter Serenita, Chief Data Officer, JP MorganEileen Baines, Vice President, Technology Director, JP Morgan

9:35 Anatomy Of An Effective Data Management StrategyNorman Brower, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

10:10 The Top Mistakes You Are Making With Your Data QualityPrograms And What To Do About ItJeffrey McMillan, Senior Director, Global Securities Research &Economics Group, Merrill Lynch


11:25 Advisory Board Panel: Managing The Overall Data InitiativeJohn Bottega, Chief Data Officer, CitiIan Webster, Global Head of Market Data, Barclays Global InvestoDavid Goldberg, U.S. Head Of Data Management, UBSDavid Miller, Director, Credit Systems, Bank Of Scotland

12:00 Update On The SEC’s Plans On Interactive Data & The ImplicatiFor Financial Institutions & RegulatorsCorey Booth, CIO, Securities & Exchange Commission

12:35 Panel Discussion: Improving The Automation Of Reference DatManagement To More Accurately Manage Risk While Cutting C

And Improving The Customer ExperienceJulia Sutton, Global Head of Accounts Information, CitiBeth Fruchtman, Securities Integration Group, Morgan StanleySteve Goldstein, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Alacra


Track A: IT & Entity Data Management

2:20 Chairman’s Afternoon AddressSteve French, COO, Avox

2:30 Counterparty Data – The Dance From Data To DecisionsLevert James, Director, Counterparty Risk, Fannie Mae

3:10 Panel Discussion: Evaluating The Critical Issues Associated With

Client And Counterparty Reference Data IntegrationDominique Benz, Vice President, Goldman SachsMike Destein, Director, Industry Solutions, SiperianSteven Steinerman, Manager Of Counterparty Data, AIGJulia Sutton, Global Head Of Accounts Information, Citi


4:25 Make The Transition From The Concept Of Governance To TheReality Of GovernanceTom Llaneza, Manager of Data Warehouse Management, GE AssetManagement

5:05 Extending An ETL Repository Into An Enterprise MetadataRepositoryRobert Schork, Team Leader, AVP Citigroup Architecture & TechnologyEngineering, Citi

5:40 End Of Day Two

Track B: Reference Data Strategy & Standards

Chairman’s Afternoon Address

Optimize Data Management Through Strategic Alignment OfBusiness, IT And OperationsSteve Macchia, VP of Data Management, Oppenheimer Funds

Panel Discussion: Identifying The Key Factors Undermining

Identifying Securities In Your Reference Data Applications AndDownstream ConsumersDonna O’Connor, Vice President, Data Administration,AllianceBernsteinCarin Avogardo, Masterfiles & Billing, Depository Trust & ClearingCorporationKen Zockoll, Director Of Content Development, FactSet

Agreeing And Implementing Data Standards - A PractitionerApproachAlan Greenall, Global Head of Reference Data IT, HSBC InvestmentBank

DTCC: Efforts To Become The Central Point For Domestic New IsDataCarin Avogardo, Masterfiles & Billing, Depository Trust & ClearingCorporation

Sourcing & Processing Corporate Actions Data: Friday, March 14, 2008

8:15 Continental Breakfast


9:00 Implementing Effective Strategies To Tackle IncreasedCorporate Actions Volume And ComplexityAnthony Rizzi, Vice President, Data Administration,AllianceBernstein

9:40 Considerations In Centralizing Corporate Actions Data: AnIndustry Perspective On Pros And ConsMaryann Houglet, Vice President, Strategic Consulting, A-Team Group

10:20 Panel Discussion: Gaining A Competitive Advantage ThroughConsistent, Dependable And High-Quality Corporate ActionsInformationAmy G. Harkins, Senior Vice President, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing,

The Bank Of New York MellonMaryann Houglet, Vice President, Strategic Consulting, A-Team GroAnthony Rizzi, Vice President, Data Administration, AllianceBernste


11:30 Assessing The Quality Of Third Party Corporate ActionsInformation And The Risks It Poses To Your BusinessBrian Goldman, Senior Vice President – Securities Processing, JP Mor

12:10 Sourcing Accurate And Consistent Corporate Actions Data ForOperational EfficiencyPhillip Silitschanu, Senior Analyst, Aite Group

12:50 Corporate Actions & The Impact They Have On Reference DataGeoff Dix, Director, Data IT, UBS

1:30 End of FIMA 2008




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Table Of Contents

*The FIMA Advisory Board is a unit of industry experts who will assist and advise the FIMA management team from WBR in thedevelopment and execution of the program. The objective of the council is to enhance the FIMA 2008 conference for all attendees,speakers and exhibitors, advancing the quality of the educational learning FIMA provides to the reference data management industry.

Citi:

John BottegaChief Data Officer

JP Morgan:Peter SerenitaChief Data Officer

State Street Global Advisors:John WhitePrincipal, InvestmentManagement Data Services

Bank of Scotland:

David MillerDirector, Credit Systems

Barclays Global Investors:Ian WebsterGlobal Head of Market Data

UBS:David GoldbergU.S. Head of DataManagement

EDM Council:

Mike AtkinManaging Director

Merrill LynchJohn CarrollVice President, ProductData Services

Dear Colleague,

Four y ears ago data management executiv es w ere talking about operational ef f iciency as their main driv er f or

clean and accurate data. T oday , data managers recognize that maintaining consistent cross-enterprise, cleandata can prov ide a competitiv e adv antage, and combined w ith emerging EDM solutions y ou can achiev emuch loftier goals across y our business – in managing risk, meeting regulatory compliance andincreasing w orkf low ef f iciencies.

W hether y our institution’s challenges are related to compliance, eff iciency or grow th, y our success dependson the quality and av ailability of y our data. FIMA 2008 prov ides y ou the opportunity to hear success stories and great ideas f rom y our peers, suppliersand partners. W alk-aw ay w ith usable strategies to better manage critical f unctions such as:• Risk management• Regulatory compliance and reporting• Establishing data quality metrics• Ref erence data integration

Opportunities abound at FIMA 2008; brainstorm w ith y our peers during the interactiv e– driv en roundtables(during the Data Quality & Metrics day ), topic-specific panel discussions and case-study sessions, f rom Citi,

W achov ia Securities, Barclay s, Goldman Sachs, State Street, Bank of America Securities & many more!Y ou w ill hear f rom 41+ industry speakers including:

• State Street: Rick W oodland, V P Basel II T echnology • Bank of America Securities: Philip W u, GCIB Data Management• Goldman Sachs: Dominique Benz, V ice President• Morgan Stanley : Andrew Law son, V ice President, Ref erence Data• W achov ia Securities: Stuart Roth, Director • Fannie Mae: Lev ert James, Director, Counterparty Risk • Securities & Exchange Commission: Corey Booth, CIO• Oppenheimer Funds: Stev e Macchia, V P of Data Management• Merrill Ly nch: Jef f rey McMillan, Senior Director, Global Securities Research & Economics Group• And many more!

If y ou are a data management professional, then FIMA 2008 is the one ev ent y ou can’t miss. Join us andspend the most productiv e 4 day s aw ay f rom w ork, netw orking and sharing best practices w ith key strategists f rom the w orld’s leading companies. Looking f orw ard to seeing y ou in New Y ork!Best Regards,

T he FIMA 2008 Adv isory Board

• Emerging market, outsourcing and of f -shoringopportunities

• Entity data management• Data standardization



Achieving data quality is not just about creating a golden copy, it is about developing alevel of operational capability, agility and efficiency that will improve your data andallow you to gain a competitive edge.

How big of a problem is data quality for you? Do you understand the implicationsof data quality from a business perspective and a risk perspective? Have youestablished a framework for measuring the quality of your data? In terms of metrics,what are you collecting? How difficult is it? What is the value of it? And then how doyou standardize the process across your own global infrastructure?

With a full day consisting of roundtables, a panel and 5 case-studies, you are guaranteedwalk away with actionable insights into improving your own data quality program.

The roundtables are designed to be a continuation of the day’s content – providing ywith an informal opportunity to brainstorm about what you’ve learned and what yoneed to know. Each 20 minute session will be focused on a specific theme within daquality and metrics.

With Table Moderators from:

8:00 Continental Breakfast & Registration


9:00 The Ten Habits Of Those With The Best DataDr. Thomas C. Redman, Ph. D.“The Data Doc”

Bad data bedevils financial services, increasing costs, making risk management moredifficult, and slowing revenue growth. So companies employ elaborate technologies,processes, and entire groups to find and fix the errors. But results are far fromsatisfactory.

While most bemoan bad data, an intrepid few recognize that cleaning up dataerrors is futile—there is simply too much data and too many errors to even hope tokeep up. So they take a different tack:• Addressing data quality at the source• Uncovering to the root causes of error• Eliminating whole categories all at once

Results, one to two orders of magnitude improvement, are stunning! In this

presentation, the Data Doc, who’s worked with these leaders, describes how theydo it. How they think about data quality and the ten habits they follow to improve.

9:35 Panel Discussion: Utilizing Metrics To Promote JustificationOf Spend Outside Of Regulatory RequirementsStuart RothDirectorWachovia Securities

Spencer GallagherDirector, Reference DataInteractive Data

Bruno GiordanoPrincipalState Street

Andrew LawsonVice President, Reference DataMorgan Stanley

• Identifying root causes of bad quality data• Steps for measuring the cost of bad data• Steps for measuring your improvements in data quality• Uncovering the benefits of high data quality• Establish and sharing KPI’s with other business units• Leveraging data as a business enabler and the need for greater investment

Spencer is a Director of Reference Data services for FT Interactive Data. He has beeninvolved in the development and marketing of reference data databases andproducts for over the last sixteen years at both Muller Data and FT Interactive Data.Currently Spencer manages a suite of products that specialize in descriptive data.

10:20 Refreshment Break & Networking Opportunity

10:40 Kickoff of Interactive Roundtables (First 4 Tables)Roundtable Moderators For The Data Quality & Metrics Day(Each 20 minute session will be focused on a specific theme within data quality andmetrics)Table 1: Spencer Gallagher, Director, Reference Data, Interactive DataTable 2: Sudhakar Kondisetty, SVP, Financial Services, Ness Technologies

For more information on hosting a roundtable, call Alice Ann Gentry Zaslavskyat 646.235.5528 or email at [email protected].*Check www.fima2008.com for updates on Moderators and table themes.

12:15 Establishing An Automated Data Quality Reporting FrameworkJohn CarrollVP, Product Data ServicesMerrill Lynch

In his session, John will focus on data quality metrics: What you should measurecount and what it will tell you about your data.• Achieving the infrastructure needed to create a centralized data quality report

framework• The importance of defining the metrics before beginning the measurement• How to decide the frequency of reporting: quality vs. timeliness?• Overcoming the complexity of report processing• Governance and ownership: who owns and repairs your bad data?


2:10 Continuation of Interactive Roundtables (Final 4 Tab


4:05 Enhancing Business Operations Through Data MetricsPaula E. MehtaStrategy & Planning, CMB Office of Data ManagementCiti

Creating a data metrics program can be extremely challenging. Those who atten

Paula’s session will come away with a greater understanding of the challenges acreating meaningful data metrics and some ideas on how those challenges can overcome. Specific examples of metrics and their role in the development of buscases for data improvement projects will be presented.• Examining the relationship between your implemented vendors and your gold

copy• Data metrics versus operational metrics - A new way of thinking• Opportunities and constraints in defining a data metrics program• Criteria of a "good" metric• Using metrics to build business cases and track benefits of data initiatives

4:40 How Can Six Sigma Help With Your Data Quality Issues WYou “Outsource” To A BPOStuart RothDirectorWachovia Securities

Wachovia leverages its overall Strategic Security Master as a strategic resource thprojects that significantly increase the use of the central SSM while at the same

increasing the overall quality of the data by eliminating data redundancy. Stuart’presentation focuses on the goals and how they managed to accomplish them three specific areas of data:• Availability: Single place, “terms and conditions data”• Access: High data volume and data reconciliation across disparate data marts

Multiple downstream quality projects in system of record conversions• Quality: Inconsistent data strategies and inconsistent quality across data marts

5:15 Evaluating The Right Securities Master SolutionTracey PlantierManaging DirectorBabson Capital

How do you evaluate a securities master solution? What are the criteria you haveand what requirements should you be looking for? Is the idea of building this in-completely dissipating. Tracey thinks it depends how much flexibility that you washe’ll take you through the process of how Babson Capital evaluated this decisio• Building in-house vs. buying• Comparing established securities master vendors with more generic MDM ve•

Outlining criteria that are right for your business model• How much flexibility do you want?• Will you be using the same platform for your security master and your custom

master?

5:50 End of Data Quality & Metrics Day

6:00 Wine & Cheese Reception (in the Solutions Zone)

Special Focus Day: Data Quality & Metrics Tuesday, March 11, 200

• Integrating And Standardizing Data Across MultipleSystems And Business Units

• Getting The Evaluation Criteria Right For SuccessfulMetrics Selection

• Identifying Root Causes Of Bad Quality Data

• Achieving The Infrastructure Needed To Create A Centralized Data Reporting Framework

• Contract Negotiation And The Need For SLA’s And Metrics Stipulat

*visit www.fima2008.com for the updated list of table themes

Supply Chain Management: Working With Your VendorsTo Manage And/Or Guide Their Performance To MeetYour Requirements/Expectations

Creating Metrics That Are Tangible And Easy To Manage

Sample roundtable themes include (but are not limited to):

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8:00 Continental Breakfast, Conference Registration &Opportunity To View The Solutions Zone

8:40 FIMA 2008 Welcoming RemarksJarrett SpagnoliExecutive DirectorFIMA 2008

Book Today!FIMA SOLD OUT last year!


Barry S. RaskinManaging Director/AmericasTelekurs Financial

Barry is President of Telekurs (USA) Inc., the American subsidiary ofZurich-based Telekurs Financial, a premier supplier of pricing,descriptive and corporate actions information on securities tradedaround the world. Barry helped establish TKUSA in 1987, serving asCFO and Secretary prior to his promotion to President in 1995. Underhis stewardship, TKUSA has focused on customers’ needs and improveddata accessibility, resulting in significantly increased revenue andprofitability, as well as enhanced reputation for quality, reliability, andcomprehensive global coverage.

9:00 Live-Chat: One-On-One Interview With A Chief DataOfficer

Mike AtkinManaging DirectorEDM Council

InterviewsJohn BottegaChief Data OfficerCiti

The financial industry has recognized the value of data. In 2006, JohnBottega was named Chief Data Officer at Citi, a move that was aheadof its time in the industry. This one-on-one interview will touch on theexperience John has had in his first year as CDO. It will also touch onthe major challenges that he’s been hit with, how the industry and his

position will be evolving, and how he anticipates accomplishing futuresuccesses.

9:35 Enhanced Analytics For A Global DistributedEnterprise - CDI A Key Enabler

Ramesh NairManaging Director, Financial ServicesBearingPoint

Customer level insights that are derived from sophisticated statisticaland mathematical analyses of customer information are critical todriving business performance. They require that advanced analyticalcapabilities be combined with sophisticated and distributed customerinformation environments. Ramesh will present perspectives on howadvanced analytical capabilities can be built on top of a rich customerinformation base across multiple business, functional and geographic

entities to drive enterprise performance improvements.

Ramesh Nair is a Managing Director at BearingPoint Financial Servicesleading the IT Strategy, Analytics and Data Warehousing Practice. Servicingthe needs of top financial services companies in the industry, the group’sactivities are focused on enterprise-scale transformation programsdelivering a full range of services from strategy through implementation.This practice brings leading-edge capabilities in the areas of reference datamanagement and specifically customer data integration, datawarehousing, information security and advanced analytics.

10:10 Refreshment Break & Opportunity To View TheSolutions Zone

10:50 Advisory Board Panel: Focusing On Data IntegratioAs A Key Step Towards Enterprise Data Managem

Mike AtkinManaging DirectorEDM Council (moderator)

Peter SerenitaChief Data Officer

JP MorganJohn WhitePrincipal, Investment Management Data ServicesState Street Global Advisors

John CarrollVP, Product Data ServicesMerrill Lynch

• Examining where to start on your integration project• Distinguishing between consolidation and integration• What level of work must go into the project?• What budget will you need to work with?• Managing your legacy architecture with an appropriate migration p• Utilizing enterprise services• Leveraging message translation technology• Feeding your downstream systems• Getting to a level where you can utilize your EDM system and

leverage data throughout your operation

11:25 How Does A Professional Survive A Very HighProfile Acquisition/Merger In Today’s ComplexBusiness Environment?

Amy HarkinsSenior Vice President, Managing Director, Global Head ofCorporate Actions, Proxy and Class ActionsThe Bank Of New York Mellon

Once a corporate acquisition or merger is announced, how does ondetermine their professional interaction with their counter party?Where do you start and what do you do?

By attending this session, Amy will share with you her first hand knowledand insight into The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation

acquisition. In addition, Amy will compare and contrast her experiences wthe public acquisition of Reuters International by Thomson Financial.

Some of specific topics that Amy will address are:• How does one position and align themselves professionally? (Do y

want to survive or not?)• Is communication a key to success? OR will your past successes la

you accordingly?• Examining the corporate landscapes and determining your allianc

and individual plan.• Do you need a strategy?


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1:15 Chairman’s Afternoon Address

Professor Dr. Martin JanssenCEOECOFIN Group

Martin is a leading expert in the field of reference data and data modand is founder, CEO and Chairman of ECOFIN Group. For more than years, the ECOFIN Group has provided data management solutions.


Conference Day One: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Track A: Data Quality & Integration



1:25 Data Quality Lifecycle Management

Philip WuGCIB Data ManagementBank of America Securities

Philip’s session will entail introducing a cultural change within anorganization and looking at Data Quality through the lifecycle of a datarecord. From sourcing to processing to storage and maintenance todistribution, all components of this lifecycle introduce different challengesin maintaining data quality.

2:05 A Corporate Journey to BI: Improving Data Quality

Christopher Eberly

Head of Enterprise Information Management, CITSING US

Technology has enabled a window into a world of information generallyeasily accessible outside corporate walls but not within. ING US FinancialServices has embarked on the journey to optimize BI to more effectivelymanage its business. The journey includes achieving system/dataintegration, optimizing daily integration operations, rationalizing datausage, developing and implementing a data quality program,establishing metadata management, implementing Master DataManagement, implementing KPI’s and dashboards, and finally BI Utopia.

Participants will learn the ING USFS journey through the defined multi-year information management strategy which incorporates many USindustry best practices around information integration, daily integrationoperations, data quality practices, metadata managementimplementation and BI practices.

Chris Eberly is Head of Enterprise Information Management for USFinancial Services at ING. Enterprise Information Management (EIM)provides standardized and cleansed data to the organization in supportof critical decision-making. EIM also implements solutions forintegrating, moving, storing, measuring quality, accessing, reportingon, and analyzing data. EIM provides both the services and theplatforms for all data management and business intelligence functions.

2:45 Panel Discussion: Overcoming The Key ChallengesOf Cleaning & Integrating Legacy Data

Dominique BenzVice PresidentGoldman Sachs

Andrew LawsonVice President, Reference DataMorgan Stanley

Mohammad JafarHead of Data ManagementMetlife

Craig BlissSenior Principal, Financial Services Information Management PracticeHewlett-Packard

• Identifying the best ways to measure the quality of your historical data• Should inaccurate legacy data be cleaned and corrected?• Strategies to ensure access to historical data is integrated and centralized• Using legacy data as a benchmark for measuring the success of

current data quality• Regulatory reporting: fulfilling the need for greater management of

historical data for customized client reporting


4:00 Reference Data Quality As A Business Enabler:Linking Greater Quality With RevenueEnhancement

Ian WebsterGlobal Head of Market DataBarclays Global Investors

• Allocating profit and loss to data quality• Policy vs. Execution: Measuring data in line with business objectives• Using data quality and metrics as a tool to identify where further

investment is needed as well as where success has been achieved• Using quality to reinforce value add of data departments to the business

Track B: Risk, Regulatory Compliance& Master Data Management

ponsors:

4:40 Co-Presentation: Aggregating Data To IncreaseEfficiency And Improve The Customer Experienc

Janet CrowleyPresidentSunGard’s Data Management Solutions,FAME & referencePoint

Ralph BaronePartnerSunGard Consulting Services

Over the years, firms have acquired diverse legacy environmentsconsisting of individual point solutions, multiple database and repmodules, and a technology infrastructure targeted at specific asseclasses, business segments, or markets. These fragmented environ

have become obstacles in meeting today’s challenges. Those challinclude:• Providing firm-wide critical decision support essentials• Monitoring and reacting to market conditions across asset class• Maintaining order in a chaotic technical infrastructure• Providing customers with consolidated views of their overall investm

In this session, hear how SunGard’s single source solution is helpinfirms aggregate data from multiple sources in order to achieve gprocessing efficiencies, access enterprise-scale decision supportinformation, bridge legacy technology gaps, and provide sales repend-customers information to make financial decisions based on acomplete view of their portfolios.

Janet Crowley has more than 18 years of operational, technical andata management experience in the financial services industry. Pri

joining SunGard through an acquisition in February 2002, she helnumerous positions including chief operating officer at Tradeline.cand senior vice president of product operations and director of daservices at IDD Enterprises, L.P.

Ralph Barone is currently focused on working with SunGard’s broand clearance business to develop, sell, and deliver solutions for dmanagement and middle and back office operations. He joinedSunGard with over twenty years of accounting and finance experfrom several leading global financial institutions. Mr. Barone hasexpertise across a broad range of topics including programmanagement, compliance, operational risk management, businesprocess reengineering, business intelligence, and systemimplementations.

5:20 Centralizing Security Reference Data AndIntegrating It Into The Firm’s Key InvestmentApplications: Lessons Learned And MidcourseCorrections

Donna O’ConnorVice President, Data AdministrationAllianceBernstein

• Identifying a reference data management “owner”• Determining the approach to governance for the centralized

application as well as how downstream consumers should proce• Identifying an operating model that works within your existing

resources and SLAs• Single or multi-sourcing: what works and what doesn’t and where to• Working with technology for the best architecture to meet busi

and operational needs• Obtaining executive and line management buy-in• Why reference data centralization is dependent on integration

requirements• How to handle integration with new and legacy applications• How do you measure success?


1:25 Co-Presentation: Beyond Basel – Exceeding TheRegulatory Agenda

David MillerDirector, Credit SystemsBank Of Scotland




Ross GourlaySenior ConsultantBank Of Scotland

Is it possible to develop an environment capable of meeting currentand future regulatory requirements?• The importance of a customer centric approach• Why we need an enterprise data model• When to automate process and when not to• Can you continue without data governance policies• Increasing levels of regulation

i. Basel, SOX, MifiD, KYC/AMLii. Understanding how regulations affect data and applicationsiii. The increasing pressures of regulation

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How can we get to a place where meeting new regulations becomesbusiness as usual?i. Creating an efficient, effective and adaptable data infrastructureii. Evolution to a governed data management environmentiii. Data ownership and stewardshipiv. Impact analysis of proposed changev. Producing a solid data foundation on which to build our

regulatory and operation processesvi. Balancing long-term and short-term, tactical and strategic

requirements

2:05 The 3 C’s: Compliance, Cross-Selling And CustomerRetention

Marty MoseleyCTOInitiate Systems

Financial institutions are faced with complying with regulations such asthe USA Patriot Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and others.Without a complete, accurate view of their customers, this is a greatchallenge. Competition in this industry is fierce. Companies strive notonly to acquire new customers, but to retain their existing customers.Discover how CDI is used to ensure regulatory compliance, increasecross-sell opportunities and improve customer retention and satisfaction.

Marty Moseley plays an integral role in Initiate Systems’ strategictechnology direction, development and future product evolution, and isa key evangelist on customer data integration and master datastrategies. Mr. Moseley is a 23 year IT industry veteran with extensivesystems architecture experience. Prior to joining Initiate, Marty waschief architect at Intuit where he implemented Initiate Identity Hub™software. During his career, he was co-founder and CTO at severalstart-up companies where he was responsible for defining technologydesign, vision and direction. He has designed and built more than 20different data warehousing systems.

2:45 Panel Discussion: Understanding Your Risk AndCompliance Application Requirements

Beth FruchtmanSecurities Integration GroupMorgan Stanley

Peter GiordanoExecutive Director, Head of Equities Business ManagementCIBC World Markets Corp

Rick WoodlandVP Basel II TechnologyState Street

• Gaining an understanding of the importance of the data thatsupports risk and compliance- Why is this data important and why do you need to get it right?

- How is the data being used?- What is wrong with the data they are currently getting?• Exploring the benefits of having clean, organized and accessible data

for risk and compliance- Meeting your KYC/AML requirements- Running your risk models

• Reinforcing the business case in terms of why institutions should beinvesting time and money into cleaning their counterparty information


4:00 Assessing The Cost/Benefit Of Off-Shoring DataOperations

David GoldbergU.S. Head of Data ManagementUBS

• Overcoming the legal, regulatory and data security challengesassociated with outsourcing and/or off shoring of data operation

• Evaluating the issues and challenges in regard to remotemanagement and governance

• Assessing the true cost of off-shoring: cost savings vs. capacityenhancement?

4:40 Teradata Master Data Management: ImprovingData Quality, Data Integration And DataGovernance Within Your WarehousingEnvironmentMark ShainmanGlobal Program ManagerTeradata MDM

In many companies, growth and acquisitions have produced arraysystems with overlapping data. They’ve also resulted in inconsistenmeans of identification and classification (reference or master datawhich makes achieving a single view of the business difficult. Mapresentation will look at:

• What master data management is.• How problems in master data management and data governanc

are adversely impacting business.• The connection between master data management and the data

warehouse.• And the value of MDM within a data consolidation, data

improvement initiative.Finally, Mark will look into what Teradata's specific MDM solution is anhow companies have used the solution to improve their overall dataenvironment.

Mark Shainman is the global program manager of Teradata MDM,He also manages the Oracle to Teradata migration program as welas competitive positioning, strategies, market analysis. Prior to joinTeradata, he was a senior research analyst for META Groupspecializing in database management systems for both onlinetransaction processing and decision-support architectures. Mark haadvised clients on a wide spectrum of database issues, includingtotal-cost-of-ownership analysis, data mart consolidation, disasterrecovery, replication, and security, while assisting with core databaproduct comparison and selection.

5:20 Panel Discussion: Managing The Risk Associated

With Outsourcing Any Component Of Your DataManagement OperationsPhilip WuGCIB Data ManagementBank Of America Securities

Stuart RothDirectorWachovia Securities• Outlining acceptable risk when outsourcing• Examining the implications for information security and regulato

compliance• Restricting access: How are you ensuring that only approved

personnel are accessing critical data?- Creating internal and external controls

• Establishing partnerships with multiple data providers• Implementing policies that assure your outsourced model is not

conflict with enterprise-risk management objectives and strategidirectives

6:00 FIMA 2008 Networking Cocktail Party

Enjoy The Informal Evening Function At FIMAAfter a day filled with constructive discussion, casestudies and critical information for your datamanagement operations, RELAX, UNWIND andmake new friends and contacts at the NetworkingCocktail Party! Take advantage of this opportunityto network with the industry’s brightest and mostforward thinking leaders in a relaxed and informalatmosphere. Bring plenty of business cards and expandyour reference data network!



8:15 Continental Breakfast & Opportunity To View TheSolutions Zone

8:45 Chairman’s Opening AddressScott J. PreissVice President – Securities ClassificationsStandard & Poor’s

Scott J. Preiss is vice president, Securities Classifications for Standard &Poor’s, which administers the CUSIP numbering system and the CUSIPInternational Numbering System (CINS) for the United States, Canada,

and various global territories under contract to the American BankersAssociation. Under Scott’s direction, Securities Classifications isresponsible for the development and operation of the ANNAService Bureau, launched in July 2001 as a central hub for theconsolidation and distribution of ISIN data from >60 global markets,and jointly operated with Telekurs Financial, Zurich. Standard & Poor’sSecurities Classifications also provides a variety of global corporateaction and cross-referencing solutions to market participants, includingcollaboration with D&B to link entity hierarchies with securitiesidentifiers for risk management and compliance needs.

9:00 Co-Presentation: Data Integration – Golden CopyVersus Transformed Truth

Peter SerenitaChief Data OfficerJP Morgan

Eileen BainesVice President, Technology DirectorJP Morgan

• How do you effectively integrate your data to downstream subscribers?• Is a centralized or decentralized model effective for data transformations?• Who is responsible for the data quality once it leaves its gold copy form?

9:35 Anatomy Of An Effective Data ManagementStrategyNorman BrowerExecutive DirectorMorgan Stanley

A discussion on the required dimensions of an effective datamanagement strategy.

• Sponsorship•

Governance• Organization Model• Strategic Partners (vendors)• Data Quality

10:10 The Top Mistakes You Are Making With Your DataQuality Programs And What To Do About It

Jeffrey McMillanSenior Director, Global Securities Research & Economics GroupMerrill Lynch

• Getting business sponsorship• Defining and articulating a business strategy• Examining governance models• Implementing metrics• Thinking outside your group, organization and company


11:25 Advisory Board Panel: Managing The Overall DataInitiative

John BottegaChief Data OfficerCITI

Ian WebsterGlobal Head Of Market DataBarclays Global Investors

David GoldbergU.S. Head of Data ManagementUBS

David MillerDirector, Credit SystemsBank Of Scotland

• Exploring a senior management view of data content- What are they looking for?

• Creating an enterprise-wide data strategy• Moving away from your high-level wish list and into the real

implementation issues• Creating a data governance model that will generate consistent,

accurate and timely data across the organization•

Identifying strategies behind managing the overall initiative, not jthe individual product master file centralization• Setting the right architecture into place• Choosing and working with an integration partner

12:00 Update On The SEC’s Plans On Interactive Data & TImplications For Financial Institutions & Regulators

Corey BoothCIOSecurities & Exchange Commission

There is a strong relationship between regulatory objectives and EDthis session, Corey will describe the plans of the Commission oninteractive data, the rationale behind them, and the implications fofinancial institutions and regulators.

• Examining global regulations and the components that are data rel• Utilizing enterprise-wide data management to demonstrate provid

over data and data processesi. Comparing and matching data from multiple repositories

• Pushing for standard definitions and formats of data that will alloregulators to provide quality oversight

• Assessing the potential for electronic regulatory reporting to becoglobal mandate

Corey oversees the agency-wide information technology program aSecurities and Exchange Commission. He has been at the SEC sinceJanuary 2004, and since then has undertaken a large-scale effort tofurther the agency’s mission through technology and help the ITorganization deliver more effectively. As the capital markets continurapidly expand in size and complexity, the SEC is continually pressedkeep pace – to conduct its reviews, examinations, and investigationmore efficiently and effectively, and to assist both internal staff andprivate sector investors in their securities market activities. Within thfunction, Corey’s strategic priorities include leveraging interactive da

improve information flow regarding registered companies, improvinagency’s ability to conduct legal discovery and examinations; autominternal business processes; and improving IT management processesuch as information security and project management.

12:35 Panel Discussion: Improving The Automation OfReference Data Management To More AccuratelyManage Risk While Cutting Costs And ImprovingCustomer Experience

Beth FruchtmanSecurities Integration GroupMorgan Stanley

Julia SuttonGlobal Head of Accounts InformationCiti

Steve Goldstein

Co-Founder, Chairman & CEOAlacra

• Utilizing reference data management to address competitive pressuarising from globalization, risk, regulatory demands and lower ma

• Uncovering the impediments to creating a single view of the custo- Managing multiple counterparty data feeds- Cross indexing the external feeds with internal account and

transaction data- Reconciling conflicts to form the golden copy- Assessing how to distribute the information across the organiza

• Evaluating master data hubs to connect reference data with accoand transactions to improve profitability by offering a unified viewthe customer

• Assessing the criticality of counterparty data accuracy to manage risk, client profitability and overall operational efficiency

Conference Day Two: Thursday, March 13, 2008

ponsors:




Before becoming Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofAlacra, Inc. Steve Goldstein was Vice President of Strategic Planning forKnight-Ridder’s Business Information Services division. In that role he wasresponsible for Knight-Ridder’s acquisition of Technimetrics and its pre-IPOinvestment in Netscape Communications. He previously held a range of salesand marketing positions at Knight-Ridder’s Business Information properties.

1:10 Lunch For All Delegates

2:20 Chairman’s Afternoon AddressSteve FrenchCOO

AvoxSteve French started his financial career as a bond trader with DeutscheBank Capital Markets, and went on to data roles at Bloomberg andReuters. He has run data-warehousing initiatives at CSFB and managedClient Services globally for the risk management software vendorAlgorithmics. In all he has nearly twenty years of experience in data-warehousing and reference data management. As COO at Avox, Stevefrequently liaises with clients and prospects to discuss their requirementsand vision of the optimal business entity data environment.

2:30 Counterparty Data – The Dance From Data ToDecisionsLevert JamesDirector, Counterparty RiskFannie Mae

Levert James overseas the implementation of the enterprise-widecounterparty information management system used for aggregating,collecting, and managing counterparty credit risk decisions. He haspractical hands-on experience and can share with you some of thelessons learned from the "School of Hard Knocks", he and his teamexperienced in development of the system from the ground up. Attendthis session to learn some of the critical steps to take as you began thedance from data to decision.

• Examine the critical activities when moving from data to businessdecisions

• Examine the critical first steps towards successful data transition• Examine why it’s so important to understanding your partner• Moving to the beat of your own drum• Understanding what it takes to build a successful TEAM• Who should lead – who should follow – and how to stay in synch

3:10 Panel Discussion: Evaluating The Critical Issues

Associated With Client And Counterparty ReferenceData Integration

Dominique BenzVice PresidentGoldman Sachs

Mike DesteinDirector, Industry SolutionsSiperian

Steven SteinermanManager Of Counterparty DataAIG

Julia SuttonGlobal Head Of Accounts InformationCiti

• Determining the optimal strategy for integrating and maintaining

usable client and counterparty reference data• Is your data usable and able to be cross-referenced from a reporting

and process standpoint?- If not, what does it need?

• Creating processes to effectively integrate vendor products into yourdata operation

• Figuring out how to interoperate with your vendors as they ship datato and from the institution

• Finding ways to verify that the data streams you are getting are validand cleansed upon entry to your system

• Determining if the quality of your data is restricting automation• Identifying and overcoming the problems associated with integrating

data with your legacy systems


4:25 Make The Transition From The Concept OfGovernance To The Reality Of GovernanceTom LlanezaManager of Data Warehouse ManagementGE Asset Management

• Characteristics of a complex system• The evolution of data governance at GEAM from 2001 - 2007• Why did we need to change?• How did we react?• What are the expectations?• How do we maintain the effort to continue to evolve?• How are we doing?

5:05 Extending An ETL Repository Into An EnterpriseMetadata RepositoryRobert SchorkTeam Leader, AVP Citigroup Architecture & Technology EngineeringCiti

Several ETL vendors are selling ETL specific repositories as an enteroffering. Most of these tools fail and are of little use due to thevendors lack of true metadata integration knowledge outside of thETL. This presentation will tell how Citi's Center of Technical Excegroup within the Citi Architecture and Technical Engineering (CATorganization, used an extended ETL Metadata Repository to createEnterprise-wide Metadata Repository. These extensions includedintegrating various forms of metadata like:

• Business metadata that is grouped by Business Sectors• Data Models and Database integration• Governance (Business Ownership and Data Stewardship) workflo

approval process• Business terms both on the Business Sector and Enterprise-wide • Setting up Business Sector repository administrators as part of th

Governance process


2:30 Optimize Data Management Through StrategicAlignment Of Business, IT And OperationsSteve MacchiaVP of Data ManagementOppenheimer Funds• Identifying where data efficiency breaks down• Examining the data supply chain: where can inefficiencies be

identified across business lines?• Overcoming challenges of working with IT when forming data p• Effective strategies for developing data policy with operations• Harmonized approaches and the move towards an enterprise wi

data budget

3:10 Panel Discussion: Identifying The Key FactorsUndermining Identifying Securities In Your RefereData Applications And Downstream Consumers

Carin AvogardoMasterfiles & BillingDepository Trust & Clearing Corporation

Donna O’connorVice President, Data AdministrationAllianceBernstein

Ken ZockollDirector Of Content DevelopmentFactSet

• Exploring how costly identification codes impact your need for acentralized repository of data

• Overcoming obstacles to managing unique identifiers on a global sca- Coordinating efforts across buy-side, sell-side and back & front of- Collaborating with existing commercial standards and solutio

providers- Addressing the challenges of integrating an investment firm’s

various application security ids and vendor security ids togethwith the various securities industry identifiers (Cusip, Sedol, IS

• Stressing the need for an industry solution to product identifierstandardization- Uncovering impediments to industry wide standardization

Ken has been involved in the financial content business for over 2years. After positions at Technimetrics and Thomson Financial, Ken

Track A: IT & Entity Data Management

Track B: Reference Data Strategy & Standards



Corporate Actions data is diverse and time sensitive in nature. It is a challenge for many to create greater visibility and control of corporate actions processing, where there issignificant volume growth. Attend this day and gain valuable insights into corporate actions announcement capture, data scrubbing, validation and publishing, and realizing thstandardization and control benefits of automation.

8:15 Continental Breakfast


9:00 Implementing Effective Strategies To Tackle IncreasedCorporate Actions Volume And Complexity

Anthony RizziVice President, Data AdministrationAllianceBernstein

• Managing your corporate actions data events coming from multipleproviders

• Achieving 'At Source' standardization to ensure the integrity of corporateaction announcements (Issuers to Vendor/Depositories)

• Providing the data to the internal units you support and coordinating all ofthe data elements amongst systems

9:40 Considerations In Centralizing Corporate ActionsData: An Industry Perspective On Pros And ConsMaryann HougletVice President, Strategic ConsultingA-Team Group

What is the status of corporate actions in enterprise reference datainitiatives? What are the concerns? Intelligence from a broadspectrum of industry sources offers a glimpse at motivations forleveraging corporate actions as reference data initiatives moveforward.

• Are there shifts in attitudes in an industry striving for operationalefficiency?

• Insight suggests integration and acceptance of activities, like trademonitoring during transaction processing, are putting new demandson corporate actions. Is the role of corporate actions evolving in

business management? Why or Why not?• Is technology to help ‘manage’ corporate actions there yet? What is

the word on standards? ISO 15022?

10:20 Panel Discussion: Gaining A Competitive AdvantageThrough Consistent, Dependable And High-QualityCorporate Actions Information

Maryann HougletVice President, Strategic ConsultingA-Team Group

Anthony RizziVice President, Data AdministrationAllianceBernstein

Amy G. Harkins, Senior Vice PresidentManaging Director, Global Head of Corporate Actions,Proxy and Class ActionsThe Bank Of New York Mellon

• Creating a customized and flexible platform for managing your corporatactions data

• Cleansing and consolidating commercial data sources of corporate actioninto a single, composite source

• Efficiently reviewing and processing corporate actions data that can be uan input to make informed investment decisions


11:30 Assessing The Quality Of Third Party Corporate ActionInformation And The Risks It Poses To Your Business

Brian Goldman

Senior Vice President – Securities ProcessingJP Morgan

• Evaluating the trends in alternative scrubbing: the case for less software more business process re-engineering

• Identifying the increased emphasis on managing entire transaction life cyand moving away from a back office corporate actions mentality

• Implementing effective strategies to tackle increased corporate actions voand complexity

• Assessing the impact on corporate actions processing due to increasedportfolio exposure of derivatives and structured products

12:10 Sourcing Accurate And Consistent Corporate Actions DFor Operational Efficiency

Phillip SilitschanuSenior AnalystAite Group

• Assessing why the sourcing of corporate actions data continues to be achallenge

• Determining the impact of corporate actions integration on product secumasters and the issuers of securities- What are the true implications of poorly sourced corporate actions da

• Taking steps to align the strategies of the vendor community and custodsource better corporate actions data and increase efficiency

12:50 Corporate Actions & The Impact They Have OnReference DataGeoff DixDirector, Data ITUBS

1:30 End Of FIMA 2008

Special Focus Day: Sourcing And Processing Clean & AccurateCorporate Actions Data Friday, March 14, 2008

a founder of the Lionshares database of global equity ownershipcontent. Since Lionshares' sale to FactSet Research Systems Inc. in2001, Ken has been involved in the development and deployment ofFactSet's entity driven content model which links all entity and issuedriven content sets available via the FactSet platform.


4:25 Agreeing And Implementing Data Standards - APractitioner Approach

Alan GreenallGlobal Head of Reference Data ITHSBC Investment Bank

The need to agree standards for the content and format of dataattributes are widely recognized as key elements in quality datamanagement, successful STP initiatives and the aggregation of data forrisk and regulatory issues. The challenges which exist to drive thesethrough affect businesses both large and small and are usually so

significant that few institutions have coped with them successfully. Areviews the issues and discusses practical ways of agreeing the standasorting out some of the technology issues, cleaning the data andensuring its use by the various front, middle and back office systems.

5:05 DTCC: Efforts To Become The Central Point ForDomestic New Issue Data

Carin AvogardoMasterfiles & BillingDepository Trust & Clearing Corporation

DTCC has been undertaking a number of initiatives that will centrathe capture and dissemination of new issue in the US domesticmarketplace. These include:• UW Source – a new web based application to support the

Underwriting process• New Issue Information Dissemination Service (NIIDS)• Formation of the NIIDS Data Definition Working Group

5:40 End of Day Two

ponsors:




The Alacra Concordance Solution seamlessly ties together multiple forms ofreference data ranging from company and security to industry identifiers.With access to all global public companies, 350,000 private companies,subsidiaries and divisions, all rated entities including corporations,

municipals and special-purpose vehicles as well. Alacra Concordance is a rich tool servicing globalcustomers who need a means to de-dupe clients lists, obtain external content identifiers, create asingle view of a customer or prospect or build a central authority file.

Avox Limited utilizes an entirely new approach to validating,correcting and enriching business entity data. The firm hasestablished a shared pool of business entity data regularly

contributed to by a growing number of clients including Citigroup, Clearstream, Bank of Scotland,Barclays Capital, Dresdner Kleinwort, Standard Bank and Deutsche Börse. This industry data iscombined with up-to-date content from other authoritative sources including regulators, businessregistries and company filings. Customized reporting and content are then provided on a pre-scheduled basis to each client. Changes made by any of Avox’s clients to a data record areimmediately revalidated by an Avox analyst and, if proven correct, they are broadcast, completewith a full audit trail, to all other clients holding the same record. Quantitative data qualitybenchmarking comparing data from a specific client to that of the industry is also generated. Thedata in Avox includes corporate hierarchies, address information, industry sector codes, companyidentifiers, regulatory content and links to issued securities. Avox has offices in London, New York,Paris, Toronto, Johannesburg and Wrexham (Wales). Avox is a majority owned subsidiary of theDeutsche Börse Group, one of the world’s largest financial exchange organizations. For furtherinformation please see: www.avox.info.

Helping our clients get sustainable, measurable results BearingPoint is aleading management and technology consulting company serving theForbes Global 2000 and many of the world’s largest public servicesorganizations. Our more than 17,000 passionate, experienced consultants

help organizations around the world solve their most pressing challenges, day in and day out.Through our collaborative and flexible approach, we help our clients get practical, sustainable,

measurable results, make the right strategic decisions and implement the right solutions. We areBearingPoint, management and technology consultants. To learn more, contact us at 1 866BRNGPNT (+1 508 216 2523 from outside the United States and Canada), or visit our web site atwww.bearingpoint.com.

Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting,Technology and Outsourcing services, enabling clients to transformand perform through technologies. We employ over 75,000 people

worldwide, reported 2006 global revenues of 7.7 billion Euros and serve more than 900 clients.Our global network of over 15,000 professionals worldwide serve the financial services industrywith deep domain experience, enhanced service offerings and a reputation for unparalleled, nextgeneration global delivery.We offer extensive experience in enterprise data management and a deep understanding ofcapital markets. Our collaborative approach to project implementation helps ensure the success ofyour reference data management initiative.Our solutions for Enterprise Data Management include•Market, entity and reference data management• Capital markets trading and risk• Data integration and management• Business process management and workflow

For more information visit our websitehttp://www.capgemini.com/industries/financial/solutions/capitalmarkets/ or contact AashishSharma ([email protected]).

CounterpartyLink Ltd. provides global legal entity data,collected and maintained with processes designed to beconsistent with the stringent standards driven by today's riskmanagement and regulatory compliance requirements. Detailed

information on legal entities including corporations, governments and funds is collected in centersaround the world, using primary sources and registration documents, with all data supported byan audit trail back to the source. CounterpartyLink employs rigorous, documented procedures tocollect and verify all data and continually updates the information for corporate actions and otherevents. In addition to their standard data sets, CounterpartyLink also offers data audit, customizeddata collection (e.g. around MiFID) and training services to help clients make the best use of theirexisting data resources.

Founded in 1986 by Professor Dr. Martin Janssen, the ECOFIN Groupprovides sophisticated tools for banking and finance as well as investmentconsulting services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals.

Data ModelsECOFIN recognized the importance of properly structured data more than 20 years ago and

began developing conceptual data models for the financial industry. ECOFIN now offers twoconceptual data models:- FIDM (covering all types of financial instruments, including reference data, counter-parties, cashflow structures, corporate actions and market data) and- MODM (describing positions and transactions in these instruments).Leading financial institutions around the world currently use both of these models.

Exeros, the leading data relationship discovery company, helps organizationsaccelerate time to market for their master data management, data governanceand integration initiatives. Exeros’ customers include some of the world’s largest

financial institutions, from investment banks and credit card issuers, to insurance and financialmanagement firms. The company’s innovative data relationship discovery engine and analystworkbench, Exeros Discovery™, offers the most advanced and complete solution for discoveringbusiness rules, data lineage, hidden sensitive data and unknown data inconsistencies buried incorporate data sources. For more information--including extensive educational resources onmaster data management--visit www.exeros.com.

FactSet Research Systems Inc. is a leading provider of global financiaand economic information on tens of thousands of companies.Combining hundreds of databases into its own dedicated online servic

FactSet provides the tools to download, combine, and manipulate data for investment analysis.In addition to being a software provider, FactSet employs a master entity model that allowsintegration for a variety of content sets, enabling a single entity-level identifier to returninformation from any of integrated dataset. The entity table maps parent and child relationshipand ties fixed income and equities together, rolling all security types up to their parent issuer. Aa data aggregator, FactSet integrates both proprietary and third-party datasets that can beleveraged in this comprehensive model. Not just a concept or marketing piece, FactSet's entitydriven content model is an actual product that delivers information via ftp in the form of XMLor delimited text files.

HP’s Information Management Practice, formerly Knightsbridge, offers BusinesIntelligence services aimed at making smarter business decisions and deliveringbetter business outcomes.HP’s BI experts help Financial Services organizations with their most pressing

information management challenges to drive growth, reduce costs and mitigate risks. With vastknowledge and deep skills in a wide array of BI and data warehousing technologies and tools, Hoffers fully customized solutions. HP’s BI services include:• Strategy and Planning• Information Integration• Information Quality• Information Delivery

Informatica Corporation delivers data integration and dataquality software and services that help organizations gain optimuvalue from their information assets. Informatica’s open, platform-neutral software accesses data of virtually all types and makes it

accessible, meaningful, and usable to the people and processes that need it. With products thatencourage collaboration across the enterprise, Informatica reduces costs, speeds time to results,

and scales to handle data integration projects of any size or complexity. That is why Informaticaknown as the data integration company.

Initiate Systems, Inc. enables organizations to strategically leverageand share critical data assets. Its Master Data Management (MDM)software and experience as an information exchange leader provide

organizations with complete, accurate and real-time views of data spread across multiple systemor databases, even outside the firewall. This allows companies to unlock the value of their dataassets for competitive advantages or operational improvements. Initiate Systems operates globathrough its subsidiaries, with corporate headquarters in Chicago and offices across the U.S., andToronto, London and Sydney. For more information, visit www.initiatesystems.com.

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE:IDC) is a leading globalprovider of financial market data, analytics and related servicesto financial institutions, active traders and individual investors.Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference

Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, and eSignal,the Company has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America,Europe, Asia and Australia. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data provides global securitiepricing, evaluations and reference data designed to support financial institutions' and investmen

funds' pricing activities, securities operations, research and portfolio management. InteractiveData Pricing and Reference Data collects, edits, maintains and delivers data on more than 3.5million securities, including daily evaluations for approximately 2.5 million fixed income andinternational equity issues. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data specializes in ‘hard-to-geinformation from emerging markets and evaluates many ‘hard-to value’ instruments. Evaluatedpricing is provided in the U.S. through Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. andinternationally through Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. and Interactive Data (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Ness Technologies is a leading global provider of Business Services & Solutions,specializing in the design and deployment of leading-edge solutions serving morethan 500 customers worldwide, including Fortune 1000 and Global 2000companies. Our portfolio of offerings includes solutions for Financial Services firms,

Outsourcing, Business/Knowledge Process Services, System Integration and ApplicationDevelopment.Ness provides reference data products and services to global financial institutions including BankInvestment Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Wealth Management & Trust, Custodians.Ness’s flagship solution, Financial Data Enterprise (FDE), a cost effective, flexible solution, allowsfinancial institutions to take complete control of their enterprise data by automating end-to-endacquisition, management and distribution of reference data. The newest version, FDE 4.5,enhances the efficiency of addressing the reference data and corporate actions needs of globalfinancial institutions.

Ness clients include Franklin Templeton, JP Morgan, ING Investments, Deutsche Bank, Suisse Re,Standard & Poor’s and Credit Suisse.

Siperian, Inc. offers a flexible software platform for master datamanagement to create real-time unified views of clients, counterpartiesproducts and employees from disparate data sources. Siperian MDMHub™ offers the next generation of architectural flexibility for managin

all types of master data with an integrated, model-driven software platform that adapts to yourbusiness requirements, and delivers rapid return on investment on critical projects today whileevolving to a complete enterprise master data management platform. Whether to managecustomer relationships, improve credit risk management, comply with Basel II, MiFID and RegNMSregulations or improve trade automation, Siperian provides the key master reference datamanagement capabilities to be successful. Our approach enables rapid implementation and hasearned the company its reputation for leadership and proven success by meeting the complexrequirements of market-leading companies such as Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation,Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, State Street, Pfizer, Forest Laboratories and Allergan.

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The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) provides a neutralforum for exchanges, third-party providers, market data vendors, brokeragefirms, asset managers, and banks to address and resolve issues related to

the dissemination, management, administration and use of financial information. Membersparticipate to exchange ideas, establish new levels of mutual understanding, and improvethe business climate associated with the worldwide flow of financial information.www.fisd.net

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“Setting the News Agenda for the Securities Industry.”Securities Industry News is an indispensable tool for keydecision-makers in the securities industry and financial

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Bank Systems & Technology’s mission is to provide retail andwholesale banking executives with responsibilities that includetechnology investment/management with the targeted informationand analysis they need to help their organizations to reduce risk

while improving customer retention, competitiveness and financial performance. For morethan 40 years, tracking countless changes in the banking and technology industries, BS&Thas delivered consistently on this promise – helping financial institutions of all sizes makeinformed decisions about the solutions that drive growth and profitability.BS&T doesn’t report on technology “for its own sake” – rather, in keeping with the needs

and requirements of our audience, the focus is on the business value of technology: howparticular technologies or strategies can help financial institutions achieve business goals;as well as the metrics that will track performance and success. To do so, regardless of thechannel – print (with 24,500 qualified subscribers), online (at www.banktech.com, or viaBS&T's weekly email newsletter, Webcasts, podcasts, Web postings, etc.), or in the contextof a live event – we consistently deliver this kind of critical information.

Wall Street & Technology is a monthly publication that reachesover 21,000 business and IT executives in the securities andinvestment markets. For over 20 years Industry professionals havebeen relying on WS&T to understand how the strategic use of

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Published quarterly and guided by an expert Editorial Board, each 100-page issue containspractical, intellectually rigorous articles and case studies analysing the latest thinking andbest practice in strategic planning for operations and custody for collective investmentfunds, equities, fixed income, derivatives and other securities.It provides practical 'how-to' guidance for securities processors and custodians withactionable advice and 'lessons learned' from fellow practitioners, demonstrating howinvestment managers, broker-dealers, fund administrators, custodians, depositories andexchanges have successfully leveraged their operation and custody processes to improveefficiency, competitive advantage, client service, risk management and cost control.Further details of the Journal's aims & scope, Editorial Board and forthcoming content canbe found at http://www.henrystewart.com/jsoc/index.html

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Technology, Data and Compliance.Investor Services Journal is the leading publication covering all aspects of integratedsecurities services. ISJ is published eight times p.a.

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with straight through processing (STP), clearance and settlement, compliance and riskmanagement, security master file maintenance, data management, mutual fund and clientstatement evaluations. Services include global securities identification and cross-referencing,comprehensive reference data matching, securities pricing, and compliance/risk managementtools to support securities operations and investment managers worldwide. Standard & Poor’shas also operated the CUSIP Service Bureau for the American Bankers Association since 1968.Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is the world'sforemost provider of financial market intelligence, including independent credit ratings, indices,risk evaluation, investment research and data. For more information, visitwww.standardandpoors.com.

SunGard is a leading provider of solutions for the globalprocessing of securities and derivatives. These solutions support

trade processing, clearing, and accounting, helping brokerage andclearing firms streamline operations and control risk and cost. SunGard solutions providecentralized transactional databases, support cross-asset business functions, and offerconsolidated views of accounts and risk management. The solutions help firms gain front-to-back operational efficiencies and realize advantages of scale, supporting business growth. Withannual revenue exceeding $4 billion, SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in morethan 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies. For moreinformation, visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

Telekurs Financial is your one source for global reference &descriptive data, securities pricing and cross-reference services. Sinceits founding more than 75 years ago, Telekurs has been dedicated to

just one thing – delivering the best quality, farthest-reaching, global market and reference dataavailable in the industry. That focus and commitment have never wavered, and today we offer theworld’s financial markets the flexible data solutions needed to respond with speed and confidence tchanges brought on by external forces or internal strategy shifts. With an on-the-ground presence in20 global financial centers, Telekurs directly sources from nearly 850 global exchanges and third-party contributors. Our streaming market data feeds are real-time or delayed, broadcast orinteractive to meet virtually every industry need. And using Telekurs’ flexible portfolio pricing engine,you can choose intraday and/or closing prices for the securities you watch. And, our one-of-a-kindsecurities master service actively links nearly 1,500 individual data elements across more than 3.6million financial instruments seamlessly for a clear view of your investment positions. From valuationpricing and real-time market data feeds to streamlined reference and corporate actions/eventsservices, Telekurs is your one source for quality global data.

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innovation and analytical solution development. Every day we raise ourcustomers’ intelligence to higher levels, making them more focused and

competitive by gathering enterprise information and extracting actionable insight. Teradata elevateenterprise intelligence by giving every decision maker the insight required for smarter, fasterdecisions. We add value and reveal opportunity across more dimensions than any competingsolution. In every industry and geography, our technologies and expertise make the difference.Simply put, Teradata solutions make companies smarter and give them the competitive advantageto win. To learn more, go to teradata.com.



The Brand New Roundtables During The Data Quality& Metrics Day:Achieving data quality is not just about creating a golden copy, it is aboutdeveloping a level of operational capability, agility and efficiency that will

improve your data and allow you to gain a competitive edge. During thisfocused day – you’ll hear case studies and you’ll have the opportunity tosit in on roundtable discussions focused on very specific data qualityissues! Attendance is limited to financial institutions only!

Your most critical questions answered by industryexperts.Imagine sitting in a room with the VP Product Data Services, Merrill Lynch,the Chief Data Officer, Citi, the Global Head of Market Data, Barclay’sGlobal Investors, or even the Chief Data Officer, JP Morgan. Now thinkabout the questions you would ask and consider the kinds of insights thatthey would offer if you met them one-on-one. These leaders, amongstothers, are waiting to meet with you and answer your questions at FIMA2008.

This is the ONLY conference dedicated entirely to ReferenceData Management.This is your one-stop-shop for mission-critical information and tools thatminimize risk, ensure accurate regulatory reporting and maximizeoperational efficiency. You take with you exclusive tactics and solutionsthat you cannot hear or read about anywhere else.

Networking, Networking, Networking!You will network, exchange ideas and benchmark with more than 350 VPsand Directors responsible for the success of their firm’s data managementstrategy. This is your opportunity to ask speakers and delegates face-to-face, how they are creating proactive strategies that reduce risk andincrease operational efficiency. Apply their ideas and create new concepts

of your own.

Hear more than 41 industry leaders deliver their real-life experiences in achieving enterprise-wide datamanagement strategies:Learn from the hard-won experience of 41 carefully recruited speakers –you will pick up critical tools that you can implement in your dataoperations. Each session shows you how to radically enhance yourcapabilities, reduce risk and leverage your overall competitive advantage.Plus, brand new to FIMA, Each and every speaker at FIMA 2008 is requiredto site the “3 Pivotal Moments” during their project where theirassumptions did not meet their expectations, and how they overcamethese obstacles.

Update yourself on the hottest issues impacting thereference data arena.Each session tackles issues that are critical to your ability to develop aglobal reference data management strategy. Every session you attendoffers tools to be implemented, and experience to learn from withunbeatable advice for the enhancement of your data infrastructure.

Special Focus Day On Sourcing And Processing Clean& Accurate Corporate Actions Data: Friday, March 14thIt has become increasingly complex to manage your corporate actions dataevents coming from multiple providers. Attend this day and implementeffective strategies to tackle increased corporate actions volume andcomplexity.

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WHO WILL YOU MEETAT FIMA 2008?

Already in attendance as speakers at FIMA 2008are more than 41 leading reference datamanagement professionals, all covering topicsthat are of fundamental importance to yourenterprise-wide data management initiatives. Thispoint alone ensures that the difficult question toanswer at this event is ‘who’s not here?’ ratherthan who is.

If you are a Vice President, Director orManager of:• Product & Pricing Data• Reference Data Management• Client Data• Counterparty Data• Market Data• Operations• Compliance & Reporting• Data Architecture

You do not want to miss this advantageousnetworking opportunity!

The FIMA 2008 Solutions Zone

Optimize your time at the FIMA 2008 conference byvisiting The Solutions Zone. The Solutions Zone features

companies that provide technologies and services to

help you manage reference data. For your convenience,the networking activities at FIMA 2008, including

breakfasts, roundtables, coffee breaks and receptionsare now centrally located in The Solutions Zone.

The Solutions Zone supplies you with complete

solutions for acquiring, validating, cleansing and

integrating all of your client and product reference dataAll of the participants in The Solutions Zone offer the

latest advances in reference data solutions,

management and implementation. Key solution areasinclude: legal entity data, corporate actions, compliance

& reporting, risk management, data quality,

outsourcing, centralization and much more!

There is a vast array of solution providers available out

there…the key is finding the right one for you. Today,

more than ever before, it is critical for you to make smartinvestment decisions that will produce immediate results.

We’ve taken some of the guesswork out of the process.

Only companies leading the way in reference datamanagement will be allowed into The Solutions Zone.

Do you have a product, solution or service that helpsoptimize data operations? Would you like to network

with over 300 Heads of Reference Data from the

world’s largest financial institutions?Call Alice Ann Gentry Zaslavsky at 646.253.5528 oremail [email protected] formarketing opportunities at FIMA 2008.



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Discounts are taken from the standard rate, no two discounts or offers can be combined

Payment is due in full at the time of registration. Your registration will not be confirmed until payment isreceived and may be subject to cancellation

Bring your team to make the most of the event…

With multiple sessions, high-level networking and so much information to be gained, the moremembers of your team that can attend, the more your organization will benefit. To accommodate thisFIMA 2008 offers you the following team discounts:

Please contact Bill Penney for more information regarding Team Discounts at 416.597.4777

Please note that these discounts do not apply to sponsoring or exhibiting companies.No two discounts can be combined. Applicable to financial institutions only.

*Others includes all service providers and consultants to financial institutions.WBR reserves the right to enforce pricing tiers. Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, cocktailreceptions and conference documentation.

Please note that Connecticut residents must add 6% sales tax to their registration fee.

To register:Call direct: 1-888-482-6012 or 1-973-812-5153Fax the registration form: 1-973-256-0205Email us: [email protected] • Register online: www.fima2008.com

Team Discounts

Financial Institution Pricing $200 Discount $100 Discount StandardValid Through Valid Through Rate

Jan. 11th Feb. 15th

Platinum Pass: 2 Day ConferencePlus Pre and Post Days - Mar. 11-14 $3399 $3499 $3599

Gold Pass I: 2 Day ConferencePlus Pre-day - Mar. 11-13 $2998 $3198 $3298

Gold Pass II: 2 Day ConferencePlus Post-Day - Mar. 12-14 $2598 $2698 $2798

Silver Pass:2 Day Conference Only - Mar. 12-13 $2098 $2198 $2298

Bronze Pass I:Pre-Day Only - Mar. 11 N/A N/A $999

Bronze Pass II:Post-Day Only - Mar. 14 N/A N/A $599

Others* Pricing $200 Discount $100 Discount StandardValid Through Valid Through Rate

Jan. 11th Feb. 15th

Gold Pass I: 2 Day ConferencePlus Post-Day - Mar. 12-14 $2998 $3098 $3198

Silver Pass: 2 DayConference Only - Mar. 12-13 $2298 $2398 $2498

Bronze Pass:Post-Day Only - Mar. 14 N/A N/A $799

Number Discountof Attendees: Offered:

(Must be booked and

paid for at same time)

2 or more 15%

4 Delegates 20% off all passes

5 Or More Delegates 25% off all passes

Registration Information

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