At this marcus evans conference, industry experts will come together for dispassionate presentation and discussion of the most pressing questions surrounding this debate. It will examine the most exciting use cases of standardised models to emerge thus far, the concerns and interests of sell-side and buy-side firms, the evolving role of reconciliation services, and effective targeted leverage of technological initiatives.

While trade data and reporting have long presented a challenge to both buy-side and sell-side firms, in the present regulatory environment failure to leverage emergent solutions is at best short-sighted and at worst dangerous. EMIR and MiFID II have both demanded unprecedented transparency and accountability, and alignment in reporting standards between firms is fast becoming a top priority. Concurrent with this development is the increased implementation of automation and even blockchain in trade data, both of which have the potential to drive standards in data quality and accuracy. Yet many remain sceptical and believe that interoperability between reporting languages is the only way to process complex bespoke financial instruments.