Well, it’s a wrap on our 6th Annual OTC Derivatives Operations & Processing conference, which was held last week in New York City. But in case you weren’t able to make it this year, here are a few highlights from the event. So to start, we kicked the day off with a look into 2012
Conference and Event Planning
Beyond the FTF You Know
One of the many aspects of my job here at FTF that I really enjoy involves executing private events for our clients. This could be anything from a breakfast briefing to a cocktail reception to a three-day client appreciation event. It pretty much runs the gamut of events we could pull off for you, which
Corporate Actions
The Latest & Greatest in Corporate Actions
Last week, we held our 5th Annual Corporate Actions Processing Conference in New York City. I always love this event because it brings together a niche sector of the financial services industry that is completely immersed in corporate actions on a day-to-day basis and an audience that is delightfully interactive and extremely interested in the
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
A Tribute to Our Friend and Colleague, Ron Olmstead
We would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Ron Olmstead. Ron, President and Founder of Boston-based Olmstead Associates, passed away on September 22, 2011, after fighting a hard battle against cancer. For those who never had the privilege of meeting Ron, he was a
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
Reconciliations: Important and Necessary
Last week we held our 6th Annual Reconciliations & Exception Management conference in New York City. Upon arriving at the event, our chairperson, Dayle Scher of StateStreet, took a quick walk down memory lane and told me how she remembered participating in the 1st Annual Recs Conference back in September of 2006. And now here
Conference and Event Planning
Boston Here We Come
Financial Technologies Forum not only offers quality conferences each year, but we also offer a variety of instructional training courses for securities industry professionals. Originally, these courses only took place at our home base in the Wall Street district of New York City. Since then, however, we have expanded to the cities of Chicago, San
Back-Office
FTF’s Latest Special Report: Mobile Technology
If you are attending SIBOS this week, or at least reading some of the news coming out of SIBOS, then you’ve probably seen that the topic of mobile technology is a hot issue this year. In anticipation of this being a big conversation piece at the conference we decided to prepare and get two different viewpoints
Back-Office
Fall Classes in Session
Well, folks, it appears summer is officially over. With that comes the start of a new training season. We here at FTF will miss the warm summer days but are looking forward to once again bringing knowledge and insight to Wall Street and beyond. So whether you want to travel to New York City, Boston,
Cloud
Cloud Computing – What’s New?
Financial Technologies Forum is currently planning for our 3rd Cloud Computing on Wall Street Breakfast Briefing, which will take place in NYC this coming February. As with each of our events, the planning process begins with research by scouring industry articles to see who is talking about what. This way, we can ensure that our
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
Just Another Food Truck Friday!!
All you blog readers know FTF loves a good food truck trip; our latest endeavor was to the GO Burger Truck! Not only does Go Burger have a truck in NYC, but they have restaurant locations in New York and Los Angeles! We had to check it out. Upon arriving at the truck we were
