Title: Singapore
1Singapore
2FISD Local MeetingSingapore
- Nick Merritt
- Director, Programs
- Financial Information Services Division
- Software Information Industry Association
- 29 October 2007
3Thank you to our hostSingapore Exchange
4FISD Local Meetings in Asia/PacRim
- FISD Executive Committee stresses increased
involvement in region - Several events and meetings since 2004
- Role of Local Meetings
- Semi-annual series of events in major Asia/Pac
financial centers - Open to FISD members and non-members for 2007
- Provide opportunity for Asian members to
- Engage more actively in FISD agenda
- Address issues that are unique to the region
- Brief local colleagues on developments within
their organizations
5Todays Agenda
- Outlook for Asian Markets in the Aftermath of the
Sub-Prime Turmoil - ---Rosalind Mathieson Billy Mallard, Dow Jones
- FISD Briefing
- ---Liz Cummings, FISD
- Sourcing Data in a Global Environment
- ---Tee Williams, Tee Williams Associates
- FISD Briefing
- ---Nick Merritt, FISD
- Billing and Invoicing Briefing
- ---David Toomey-Wilson, MDSL
- Networking Reception
6Notice to Members of the Media Please be
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potentially different policies, and to give
presenters the freedom to speak candidly, we
assure them that presentations and comments are
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granted by an individual to use information from
a presentation or a quote from this conference.
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8Outlook for Asia Markets in the Aftermath of
the Subprime TurmoilRosalind Mathieson and
Billy MallardDow Jones Newswires
9Dow Jones Newswires Mission
- The worlds premier independent provider of
real-time, market-moving financial news for
financial professionals and their clients.
10Dow Jones Newswires Overview
- Delivers equities, fixed income, foreign
exchange, commodities and energy news analysis. - 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- 438,000 subscribers, excluding Website users
- Available through distributors (Reuters, etc.) as
well as email delivery and DJ Websites. - License content sets to financial firm intranets
and customer extranets.
11Real-Time News And Analysis
- Thoughtful coverage of markets and economies
around the globe - Instant analysis of breaking news and events.
Going beyond the what is happening to the why
it is happening, and the what happens next.
Using the popular Market Talk format and regular
market-based columns - Giving readers the material they need to make
quick investment decisions - Utilizing a team of experienced reporters,
editors and columnists. In-house analysis of
currencies, derivatives, equities and commodities
provided via CommentaryPlus - Tapping market experts for their views
12DJN Editorial Resources
- 1,800 editors and reporters
- 850 DJ Newswires - 90 bureaus (200 staff members
in Asia-Pacific with 19 bureaus in 15 countries
in the region). - 740 Wall Street Journal, including its overseas
editions. - 210 other DJ publications (MarketWatch, Barrons,
SmartMoney).
13Dow Jones Newswires Services
- Flash Headlines Single lines of information
containing potentially market-moving news that
subscribers must see immediately. - Spot News Breaking news that is written about as
it happens. - Market Talk Brief, real time commentary about
events affecting the markets. Updated constantly
throughout the day and one of the most popular
features of DJN. - Market Comments Midday or end-of-day summaries
on what specific markets are doing. Wraps up
coverage included in Market Talk throughout the
day. Broader market wraps on days when markets
are particularly volatile - Enterprise Stories or Columns These stories
provide in-depth, forward looking analysis and
perspective on spot developments, trends and
major news. Includes columns filed on a regular
basis, like Money Talks, Taking Stock and FX
Asia.
14August Market Crisis
- U.S. subprime mortgage-related worries had been
around for a while, but snowballed in August,
sending credit and stock markets around the globe
into disarray, hurting risk appetite and leading
to the Federal Reserves 50 basis point interest
rate cut in September - It was a busy, challenging and exciting time to
be writing about financial markets. Each day the
story changed - sometimes several times within
the one day. Markets were extremely volatile.
15How we covered markets in August
- Provided 24 hour, global coverage and analysis of
a constantly evolving story. - Delivered scoops as the credit crisis unfolded
in the U.S. and in places like the UK and the
Australia (e.g. Basis Capital). Far ahead on
Aussie FX intervention. - Focused on how funds and banks were coping.
Looked for points of tension in credit markets. - Detailed analysis of the effects on stocks,
currencies, bonds, derivatives, energy and
commodities. Frequent pan-Asian market update
stories - Flows where is the money coming from? And where
is it going? - Market columns from experienced writers
16Market Columns
- Volatility Mark II To Be Courtesy Of China? 30
August 2007 With all eyes on the U.S. economy and
the fallout from housing sector weakness, some
are starting to wonder when the next shoe may
drop - and where. - Widespread Selling A Stock Picking Opportunity 29
August 2007 For all the lip service paid to
decoupling, stock traders in Asia certainly don't
seem to be willing to put their money behind the
concept. - A Fresh Headwind But Not The Beginning Of The End
28 August 2007 Asia's stock markets and
currencies have a big headwind Wednesday in the
form of a slump on Wall Street, but this latest
wobble doesn't mean we are yet living in
extraordinary times. - Hey Mate, What's The Hurry With The Carry Trade?
23 August 2007 Risk aversion is slowly receding,
pulling the yen back down with it, and the gap
between interest rates in Japan and overseas is
still tantalizingly large. - Check The Money Supply Speedometer Too 15 August
2007 Any boy racer will tell you that it's not
just the size that matters, it's also the speed.
And so it is with high octane money supply in
Asia where economies are also in top gear. - Investors May Find Value Among CDO Wreckage 5
August 2007 As a lot of dust continues to be
kicked up around the U.S. subprime and structured
credit markets, and specifically the
collateralized debt obligation market, it's
understandable that investors are fleeing without
much discretion.
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19Outlook For Asian Markets
- Global economy still in good shape, U.S. housing
slowdown sectoral in nature. - Debate on whether Asia is decoupling
- Feds Sept 50bp cut both insurance policy,
preemptive measure. Is likely to cut again Oct.
31, given weakness in the housing sector and
despite solid payrolls. In part because markets
expect action. Some chatter about 50 basis points
but this could be an over-reaction. - May be more easing in the pipe after that.
Question remains the health of the U.S. consumer.
Stagflation appears highly unlikely.
20Outlook For Asian Markets
- Our general view less sophisticated financial
markets a positive, Asia to outperform on
fundamentals - User-friendly risky assets such as equities to
benefit most from fund outflows from CDOs, ABS,
etc. Fund flows to Asia set to continue. - Relative-value strategies, rather than
directional exposure, preferred for most asset
classes, especially fixed income
21Outlook For Asian Markets
- Foreign Exchange Market
- - Further USD weakening after G7 meeting but
dollar may reassert strength in 2H08. - USD fall likely more pronounced vs Asian units,
on stronger local fundamentals, currency
appreciation hopes intervention risks remain
though central banks may tolerate some currency
gains. - G7 singling out China on the yuan. Periodic
rumors of one-off revaluation but this seems
unlikely. Given strong economic data, though,
China may let the yuan rise faster.
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24Outlook For Asian Markets
- Fixed Income Market
- Generally bearish in Asia over local-currency
bonds, high-grade credits. Cautiously bullish
over high-yielders. - Directional bets extremely risky given policy
uncertainty. Curve trades, swap spread plays
preferred. - Dow Jones CommentaryPlus recommends short-term
2/10 UST curve flattener. Sees opportunities in
curve steepener in HK, Korea, Taiwan. Swap spread
tightener in Malaysia, widener in Taiwan, basis
tightener in Korea.
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26Outlook For Asian Markets
- Stock Markets
- Fund inflows have led to repeated record highs in
Korea, HK, India, Australia and Singapore - Considerable amount of demand from real money
coming from structured debt markets - Valuation concerns growing, especially in China.
What happens if the China bubble bursts?
Beijings policy response is key, here - Room for further Asian rallies though investment
may become more selective near term - Techs cutting capex which may help that sector
27Outlook For Asian Markets
- China
- Economy still in robust shape, inflation in
uptrend but may slow 2H08 at least 1-2 hikes in
interest rates, RRR before end of 1Q08 - No major breakthrough for CNY regime 5 annual
appreciation rate remains consensus - Shanghai stocks expected to set new highs, 8,000
within reach liquidity, liquidity, liquidity - More financial sector reforms. Derivatives to
play bigger role - Focus on sovereign wealth fund, corporate
expansion overseas
28Outlook For Asian Markets
29Dow Jones CommentaryPlus Trading Ideas
- Long EUR 2-to-10-Year Butterfly On Hawkish ECB
Comments - Consider long EUR IRS 2-5-10-year butterfly given
normalization of euro money market, recent
hawkish ECB rhetoric. Belly of curve may rise
faster vs wings as markets increasingly expect
ECB to continue rate hikes into 2008. - Butterfly spread now minus 12 bps (left wing
parity, right wing 12 bps), could rise to revisit
June/July year peak at parity, possibly in 2-3
months. Daily MACD positive since Sept should
help trade. Stop-loss minus 16 bps. - Rationale curve's 2-to-5-year section likely to
normalize further, steepen more than
5-to-10-year. Butterfly better riskreward than
playing volatile 5-year tenor vs short or long
end alone. - Fundamentals agree. ECB members Axel Weber,
Nicholas Garganas voiced concerns last week over
increased inflationary risks in euro-zone
economy. Weber warned Friday central bank's
policy stance could even become restrictive, said
"there is a danger that...there will be a need
for additional action (on rates), especially
since the price rises are taking place on a broad
front and are no longer only attributable to
energy and food prices." -- Alfred Yeo,
alfred.yeo_at_dowjones.com
30Dow Jones CommentaryPlus Trading Ideas
- Put On TWD 5-Year Basis-Swap Tightener
- Consider TWD 5-year currency basis-swap
tightener, taking advantage of excessive widening
trend in past few months to position for
medium-term correction. - IRS now 52 bps above CCS. Basis has potential to
narrow back toward 37-42 bps in 2-3 months.
Stop-loss 60 bps. Entry attractive current
level slightly below late Jan's year high of 62
bps, well above late May's year low of parity. - Basis has been widening sharply since early Jun,
initially driven by sharp receiving spree in CCS
early Aug but exacerbated by rise in IRS,
residual CCS receiving in past week or so. - Market seems to be forming consensus current
basis level too wide, should correct in coming
months as CCS needs to catch up with paying trend
in IRS Taiwan fixed income fundamentals fast
deteriorating on higher-than-expected domestic
inflation, resilient local economy, persistent
central bank hawkishness. - That said, trade not meant for faint-hearted as
Taiwan's CCS market notoriously illiquid,
volatile due to influence of isolated flows.
However, reward could be equally huge. -- Shen
Hong, hong.shen_at_dowjones.com
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32About FISD
- Financial Information Services Division of the
Software and Information Industry Association - Non-profit trade organization that provides a
global, neutral forum for the financial
information industry - Broad areas of focus
- Business issues policies, commercial terms,
contracts - Government affairs e.g., MiFID (EU), Reg NMS
(U.S.) - Securities processing automation standards,
technology - Executive Committee
- - Annual Elections
- - All members eligible to serve
33About FISD
- Membership development
- 140 member companies
- Data Consumers - Banks, Brokerage, Buy-side
- Exchanges and Markets
- Data Vendors Reuters, Bloomberg, Thomson,
IDC,Telekurs - Service Providers software, consulting, network
providers - Events
- -networking
- -education
- Role of Constituent Groups Opportunity for
members to meet with their colleagues in similar
organizations - Exchanges
- Consumers Banks, Brokerages, and Investment
Managers - Vendor all other members
- Data Vendor Sub-group
34FISD Events
- Free to FISD Members
- General Membership Meetings
- London 4 December (Holiday party)
- Thanks to our host Reuters
- Europe 2008 March
- NYC 12 June - in conjunction with SIFMA
conference Thanks to our host Reuters - FISD Issue Briefs
- New York 13 December (Holiday party)Thanks to
our host Credit Suisse - New York February 2008
- London May 2008
- Master Calendar www.fisd.net/schedules
35Asia Pacific Events
- Local meetings
- Spring 2008
- Asia Pacific Financial Information Summit
- Hong Kong
- Joint event with Incisive Media
- Fall 2008
36Committees and Working Groups
- Participation open to all members
- Meetings held quarterly or as needed
- May attend in person or via teleconference
- Agendas and notes emailed to committee
participants - Updates provided to members monthly
37Committees and Working Groups
- FISD Executive Committee
- Securities Processing Automation
- Business Issues
- Operations/Governance
- Standards
- Steering Committee
- WG1 (ISIN) shadow Group
- Entity Identification (IBEI)
- MiFID
- Real-time Market Data
- Contract/Commercial
- MiFID Joint Working Group
- Consumer Reference Data
- Business Issues
- Policy Practice
- Billing Invoice
- Service Level/Communication
- Anti-Piracy
- Constituent Groups
- Consumers
- Vendors
- Data Vendors
- Exchanges
- Training/Certification Study Group
38Training and Certification
- Recent member focus on training and certification
of industry staff members - Industry needs more variety and access to quality
training courses on financial information topics - Industry would benefit from the creation of one
or more market data credentials - Criteria for hiring and promotion
- Staff development goals and opportunities
39Training and CertificationPotential FISD Roles
- Leverage FISDs role as a neutral player in
industry - Facilitate delivery of training courses
- Leverage FISD communication, logistic, and
registration competencies - Course content and trainers are independent of
FISD - Seek companies and individuals with interest and
aptitude - Develop and administer qualification tests
- Manage industry database of individuals
credentials
40Communication
- Monthly Newsletter
- Bi-Monthly Upgrade Magazine
- Weekly Event Announcements
- Year in Review
- Website
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42FISD Working Groups
- Business Issues Agenda
- Business Issues Policy and Practice Standards
(BIPPS) - Service Level and Communications
- Anti-Piracy
- Billing and Invoice
43BIPPS Working Group
- Unit of Count
- Metric used by exchanges for measurement of
fee liability for consumers display of data
44Unit-of-CountAlternative approaches
- Per device/unique user ID
- Basic policy used by many major exchanges
globally - Multiple charges for a users access through
multiple data vendors - Per user (i.e., per person) across all delivery
channels (data vendors, internal distributions
systems, etc.) - Desired by consumers
- Flexibility in usage and reduces administrative
burdens - Requires direct relationship between exchange and
consumer for reporting, billing, and possibly
contracting - Different fee level than per device/unique user
ID
45Unit-of-CountExchange Concerns Approaches
- Exchange concerns about Per User approach
- Revenue loss in situations where a single user
accesses through multiple instances/sessions/IDs - Administrative complexity
- Burden of maintaining direct exchange-consumer
relationship - Exchange developments
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange enterprise license
policy - DeutscheBoerse
- NASDAQ
46Market Data Audits
- Consumers acknowledge that exchanges need to
verify revenue streams - Consumers concern increasing burden of market
data audits - More exchanges are auditing
- More frequent audits
- Varying levels of skill/knowledge among exchange
auditors - Financial concerns
- Auditor incentives based on amount of back fees
identified and collected Consumers believe that
this distorts the objectivity of the audit - Limits on back fee liability for under-reporting
situations
47Potential Solutions
- Must maintain exchange confidence in accuracy of
reporting and fee collection - Consolidation of exchanges audit activities
- Outside auditor does single review on behalf of
multiple exchanges - Use of a single technical review of entitlement
system (by an outside auditor) that satisfied
multiple exchanges - Joint audits by exchange personnel
- More coordination of schedules among exchanges
- More uniform practices across exchanges
- Better training of audit personnel
48Non-display Usage of Data
- Ongoing discussions in BIPPS working group and
Exchange and Consumer Constituent Groups - www.fisd.net/mdadmin/BIPPS_20Derived20Data_Non-
Display_20Definitions_White20Paper.pdf - Exchange concern As use of algorithmic trading
(black boxes etc.) increases, more use of
exchange data does not involve display of data to
users - Data value continues, or increases, but data
revenues decline because fewer people are looking
at it
49Non-Display Usage
- Vendor and consumers concerns that exchanges
approaches may - Inhibit flexibility in usage
- Increase administrative burden unnecessarily
- Inadvertent exposure to back fees from honest
misunderstanding of policies - Consumers are seeking
- Simple fee structures
- Low administrative burden on them (and exchanges
too)
50Service Level and Communications
- Group originally created in 2004 and published
best practices document - http//www.fisd.net/Mdadmin/BPR_033105.pdf
- Five areas of focus
- Scheduled Interruptions and Change Management
- Unplanned Interruptions
- Notification Periods for General Activities
- Systems Considerations and Data Recovery
- Administrative and Policy Changes
- Document is being reviewed and revised
51Anti-Piracy Working Group
- Members concerns regarding misuse of members
content - Exchanges
- Market operators and data consolidators
- News services
- Rating agencies
- Three types of pirates
- Inadvertent
- Rationalizer
- Malicious
52Anti-Piracy Working Group
- Focus on Two Functions
- Education
- Communication
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54Billing and Invoice Working GroupBriefing on
Best Practice Recommendations
55Billing and Invoice Working Group
- Open member forum to discuss billing and invoice
issues - Participants
- Consumers
- Vendors
- Exchanges
- Inventory Management System providers
- Consultants
- Formed in December 2005
- Group meets monthly (approximately)
- New members welcome
56Best Practice Recommendations
- Billing/Invoice Recommendations - support
electronic invoicing - Standard Data Elements
- Billing best practices
- Sample Invoice
- Draft Recommendations recently distributed to
major Consumer member firms seeking - Understanding
- Feedback
- Endorsement
- Final version
- Will incorporate Consumer comments and
endorsements - Will be provided to exchanges, content providers,
and vendors (Invoice Providers) - Adoption of full recommendations by Invoice
Providers is a long-term proposition
recommendations prioritized
57Contributions from a variety of member firms
- Alliance Bernstein Goldman Sachs Putnam
Investments - Amex HSBC RBC
- ASX ixPartners Reuters
- Bank of America Jordan Jordan TCB Data Systems
- Bloomberg Lehman Brothers TD Ameritrade
- Caxton MDSL The Capital Group
- Charles Schwab Merrill Lynch TRG
- Credit Suisse Morgan Stanley TSX
- Fidelity NASDAQ UBS
- FISD NYBOT
58The Six Recommendations
- Billing Options
- Invoice Information
- Payment
- Customer Service
- Billing Cycles
- Reporting
- High Priority Items are in bold, italics
59Billing Options
- Invoice in an electronic format - not .pdf!
- Offer the option of Self-invoicing
- Customer controls its users access to a
Providers services (e.g., data feeds) and
reports those users to the Provider. - Customer creates its own invoice for a Providers
service, based on the its control of its users
access to the service - Customer submits the invoice and associated
payment - Offer options
- Multiple copies to multiple contacts
- Hardcopy and/or electronic
- Electronic access to invoice copies
- Providers should initiate the billing process
- an invoice
- a notice that an invoice has been created and is
ready to be accessed
60Invoice Information
- Customers can review the usage reporting that
vendors provide to exchanges - Electronic files should be synchronized with the
paper invoice that it supports - Invoiced amount matches inventory data on the
invoice. - Offer different levels of detail
- a notice that a new invoice is available
- a summary with high-level break-outs
- a complete detail report current inventory and
current period changes
61Invoice Information(continued)
- Product descriptions on invoices should match
product descriptions in Providers contracts. - Invoices should indicate whether the population
was taken from current reporting, or a prior
month. - Flag (current vs. prior month)
- Date of receipt of the report used to create the
invoice. - Invoices should include the Customers
Provider-assigned account numbers
62Payment
- Invoices in the currency that best allows the
Customer to process and pay the invoice - Automated electronic payment should be
facilitated. - Provider should provide all necessary electronic
payment information - ABA number and routing instructions
- Wire transfer numbers
- ACH numbers
63Customer Service
- Each customer should have a dedicated
representative - or at least each question/issue owned by a
representative until resolution - Telephone and e-mail access to billing
departments for questions, complaints,
corrections etc. - Mechanism that allows Customers to track the
resolution of issues - Web access for Customers to view their
populations, recent invoices, and payments
64Billing Cycles
- Uniform monthly cut-off date for reporting across
Providers - All Providers include all reporting received
prior to the standard cut-off date (e.g., the
15th of each month). - Bill in full-month increments
- No billing based on pro-rated monthly usage.
- Pro-rated billing adds complexity without
economic benefit. - Bill in advance for amounts that are
contractually or otherwise committed and
therefore unlikely to be subsequently adjusted. - Billing in arrears for charges and populations
that can fluctuate on a monthly basis. - Monthly billing periods are preferred over
quarterly billing periods for charges and
populations that can fluctuate on a monthly
basis.
65Reporting
- Zero populations should be reported using the
numeral 0 i.e., not a blank, space, etc. - Each reporting organization should take its
snapshot consistently at the same time of the
month, each month. - Providers should not require that all vendors and
customers take their population snapshots on the
same specific day of the month.
66Market Data Billing Schema
- Standard data elements used to generate invoices
and report product inventory - Defined and organized in the Market Data
Invoicing Schema (MDI Schema). - Model invoice included that demonstrates how the
various data elements could be presented.
67Market Data Billing Schema
- Four groups of data elements
- Invoice description information
- Information about the invoice producer
- Information about the invoice recipient
- Invoice detail that lists each location, the
product inventory, and charges - Required data elements
- Invoice and account numbers
- Effective dates
- Population usage counts
- Optional data elements - Customers option
- Customer PO s
- Customer identifiers locations etc.
68Time to take Action
- Please join in the effort to benefit all of us
- Review the recommendations and give your support
- Copies of the Best Practices Document are
available here with sample invoices
69Customer Involvement
- Best Practice Recommendations
- Review
- Comment
- Endorse
- Participate in Billing Invoice Working Group
- Join monthly calls/meetings
- Join mailing list to receive agendas and meeting
reports - Let Tom Davin (tdavin_at_siia.net) know
- Link to Best Practice Recommendations
- http//www.fisd.net/mdadmin/biwg_project06.asp
70Thank you
- Contact details
- David Toomey-Wilson
- President, MDSL
- 381 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor
- New York, NY 10016
- Telephone 1(212) 201-6199
- Mobile 1 (203) 434-5186
- Email david.toomey-wilson_at_mdsl.com
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72FISD Working Group Activities
- Securities Processing and Standards
73MDDL
- Market Data Definition Language
- Open, XML-based standard for interchange of
financial information - Pricing
- Securities set-up
- Corporate actions
- MDDL 3.0 has been completed
- Completes initial scope for standard
- Includes full documentation
- See www.MDDL.org
74ISO Standards Activities
- WG1 ISO 6166 (ISIN)
- Re-certification WG1 Task
- FISD Shadow Group has been influential
- Significant variances in ISO participants
agendas around licensing terms
- WG8 ISO 16372 (IBEI)
- 10 year attempt to create a standard just failed
for the second time. - Increasing pressure KYC and AML
- Member Group forming
- WG11 ISO 19312 (Securities Data Model)
- Subset of MDDL model
- May be incorporated into 20022 Repository
- Final revision occurring now
- Member Group in discussion
- WG4 ISO 20022 (UNIFI)
- Modeling Methodology and Repository for all
Financial Services - FISD Staff active on WG4
- www.iso20022.org
75FISD Technology Track
- Technology companies comprise a growing portion
of FISD membership - FISD seeking to create an agenda track to serve
them - Variety of potential media working groups,
seminars, speaker series, white papers, blogs - Potential subject areas
- Security/threat tracking - track and quantify
risk exposure - Mobile Applications
- Compliance
- Tool Tracking
- Others?
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