July 11th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 23 of The MiFID Podcast, brought to you by Voices in Business. This week, Phil and Mike speak with PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of JWG-IT, the independent think-tank which helps financial institutions define workable solutions to the challenges posed by EU regulatory change.
PJ discusses some of the results and findings from the 150+ man-days of collaborative workshops JWG-IT has held with over 200 individuals from 50 financial institutions within 10 jurisdictions, and shares some of his thoughts on what is really going on behind the scenes in the run-up to November 1st.
The results of JWG-IT’s research (including their highly informative Roadmap to MiFID Implementation) can be found at their website: http://www.jwg-it.eu
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June 20th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 22 of The MiFID Podcast, brought to you by Voices in Business. This week, Phil and Mike speak with Ken Price, CEO of Avox, about Client Classification under MiFID.
Ken discusses some of the challenges the banks are likely to face under the new MiFID classification rules.
Avox, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group, validates, corrects, enriches and maintains business entity reference data. More details about Avox can be found at www.avox.info.
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May 30th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 21 of The MiFID Podcast, brought to you by Voices in Business.
This week, Phil and Mike speak with Chris Collins, Senior Manager at Deloitte, about the “regulatory speed bump” that is November 1st, 2007. Chris discusses some of the practicalities of implementing MiFID by November 1st, then goes on to discuss how MiFID can be a catalyst for driving strategic change to aid organisations not only to meet regulation, but also to have a better, more effective competitive stance within the market.
Visit Deloitte’s MiFID link here. If you have a question for Mike or Phil, please direct it to mike@mifidpodcast.com, or leave a comment here on the website.
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May 17th, 2007
Welcome to Episode 20 of The MiFID Podcast, brought to you by Voices in Business.
No guest this week, just Phil and Mike discussing the recently announced Open MiFID Alliance, a new pan-European alliance of some of the industry’s leading technology providers, formed to tackle the aggressive timescales of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
Phil explains the background of the OMA and talks through the key areas of MiFID each member of the alliance will address.
For more details of the Open MiFID Alliance, e-mail oma@sun.com, read the press release or view the presentation . If you have a question for Mike or Phil, please direct it to mike@mifidpodcast.com, or leave a comment here on the website.
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April 11th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 19 of The MiFID Podcast, produced by Voices in Business and sponsored by Sun Microsystems. This week, Phil and Mike speak with Laurent Useldinger, Chief Executive Officer of Ullink, a software and services provider specializing in trading solutions and associated connectivity infrastructure.
Laurent gives his perspective on how Paris-based firms are preparing for MiFID, the issue of liquidity fragmentation, smart order routing, technology and infrastructure considerations around Best Execution and the whole “build versus buy” debate.
More details of Ullink’s solutions can be found at their website at http://www.ullink.com, or by contacting sales@ullink.com.
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March 28th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 18 of The MiFID Podcast, produced by Voices in Business and sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
This week, Phil and Mike speak with Marcus Hooper, an independent Financial Industry Consultant who has recently written a very well received White Paper on the subject of Best Execution.
Marcus shares his thoughts not just on Best Execution, but also on Client Classification, Buy-Side versus Sell-Side issues, and the impact of MiFID on non-cash equities, amongst other things.
Marcus’s White Paper, which was sponsored by Equiduct, can be downloaded from Equiduct’s website.
Please direct all comments and feedback on this episode to mike@mifidpodcast.com, or leave a comment here on the website.
MP018 - Marcus Hooper [28:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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March 14th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 17 of The MiFID Podcast, produced by Voices In Business and sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
This week, Phil and Mike speak with Martin Gibbon, Head of Risk Practice, SAS Institute, about some of the key areas requiring attention from an information technology standpoint, as the MiFID deadline approaches.
Martin talks about the innovative solutions SAS is putting in place around some of these areas, including Client Classification, Best Execution and the wider area of Business Intelligence.
More details of what SAS Institute is doing around MiFID can be found at http://www.sas.com/industry/fsi/mifid/index.html
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February 28th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 16 of The MiFID Podcast, produced by Voices In Business and sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
This week, Phil and Mike speak with Dan Frost, Operational Risk Officer at Morgan Stanley in London, about how the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is likely to affect Institutional Buy-Side firms.
Dan, who focuses on discretionary fund management technology issues within the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Group, gives his perspective on various MiFID Buy-Side issues, including Best Execution, Transaction Reporting, Record Keeping, Client Classificaton and Order Handling.
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February 13th, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 15 of The MiFID Podcast, sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
This week, Phil and Mike speak with Andrew Allwright, MiFID Programme Manager at Reuters about the value chain of market data under MiFID, data fragmentation versus data consolidation, best execution challenges, and some of the potential issues around asset classes other than equities.
Reuters has a range of information about MiFID at www.reuters.com/mifid.
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January 31st, 2007
 Welcome to Episode 14 of The MiFID Podcast, sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
This week, Phil and Mike speak with Dr Anthony Kirby, Head of Risk, Regulation and Research (Capital Markets) at Accenture, and Chair of the MiFID JWG Best Execution Subject Group.
Tony explores the whole area of Best Execution and discusses the results of some recent surveys on the subject (which can be found at www.mifid.com).
He also looks at how MiFID will impact buy-side firms and discusses the technology issues surrounding the new directive.
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