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Derivatives Service Bureau Names Members of Technology Advisory Committee

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The Association of National Numbering Agencies’ (ANNA) Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has named members of its newly formed Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC has been set up to provide guidance and recommendations to the DSB Board on technology implementation and investment to support the DSB role as a critical market infrastructure providing International Securities Identification Numbers (ISIN), Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) and Financial Instrument Short Name (FISN) codes for OTC derivatives initially under MiFID II.
Following a high level of industry interest in participating in the TAC, the DSB amended the TAC charter to increase the maximum number of participants from 20 to 40. The committee is comprised of representatives of banks that are systematic internalisers in the OTC derivatives markets, derivatives trading venues, related businesses, trade associations, independent experts and regulators.
Emma Kalliomaki, managing director at the DSB, says: “The DSB was set up in a period of significant change in the derivatives industry, particularly in the realm of regulation and reporting. The TAC will be crucial to our readiness to meet the evolving challenges of instrument identification.”
David Broadway of the Investment Association has been named chair of the TAC. He says: “The DSB executes a critical market function in numbering complex financial instruments under the ISO 6166 standard. Given the relative youth of the DSB, the diversity of the TAC membership will be beneficial to ensure its technology infrastructure meets the requirements of industry and regulators.”
The TAC includes the following representatives:
Systematic Internalisers
•       Citigroup: Souvik Deb, Vice President, Regulatory Reform
•       Credit Suisse: Prem Ananthakrishnan, IT
•       HSBC: Andrew Woolley, MiFID II Technical Architect
•       Lloyds Bank: Stephen Pond, FI E-trading & Rates Pricing Development Manager
•       Morgan Stanley, Shari Lines, Finstrument Reference Data Architect
•       Rabobank: Gouri Khatua, MiFID II Project Manager, Compliance, Europe
•       Standard Chartered Bank, Andrew Poulter, Sabre Development Manager
•       State Street Bank, Kimberly Cohen, MD Business Technology Solutions
•       UBS: Tony Chau, Investment Bank CTO for Regulatory Initiatives
Trading Venues
•       BGC Partners: Jimmy Chen, Development Manager
•       Bloomberg LP: Chris Pulsifer, Software Development Manager
•       NEX Group: Ziv Yankiwitz, Vice President, Research and Development
•       State Street FX Connect: Tony Flamand, Head of Regulatory Reform’
•       Thomson Reuters MTF: Alex Pett, Senior Technologist, Transactions Admin
Related Businesses
•       Asset Control: Martijn Groot, Vice President, Product Management
•       Simplitium: Aanya Madhani, Head of Product Development
•       SIX Service Group: Stephan Schaub, Senior Architect
•       SmartStream: Rocky Martinez, Chief Technology Officer
•       Thompson Reuters Data: Michael Doody, Global Partnership Director, Data
Trade Associations
•       BVI German Investment Funds Association: Felix Ertl, Vice President, Legal
•       EFAMA European Fund and Asset Management Association: Vincent Dressard, Senior Regulatory Policy Advisor
•       FIX Trading Community: Hubert Kreschmer, FIX Global Technical Committee
•       Investment Association: David Broadway, Investment Operations Lead
•       ISDA International Swaps and Derivatives Association: Karel Engelen, Senior Director
Independent Experts
•       Jim Northey, ex officio as ISO TC 68 Chair Elect
•       Bill Nichols
Regulatory Observers
•       ESMA European Securities and Markets Authority: Olga Petrenko, Senior Officer, Markets
•       FCA Financial Conduct Authority: Paul Everson, Senior Associate, Market Oversight
•       JSDA Japan Securities Dealers Association: Eiichiro Fukase, General Manager
The first meeting of the TAC is planned for June 27, 2018. Topics on the agenda are expected to be potential changes in user services and performance standards, resiliency resources and technology investments that currently under consideration in the current industry consultation on the 2019 DSB fee model.
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