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Top Industry Players Convene for FISD's World Financial Information Conference Slated for Athens, October 4-7, 2009

    Global WFIC provides top professionals with critical information and
extensive networking opportunities

    Featured sponsors include Athens Exchange (Host Sponsor) and

    Market Data Analytics & Deutsche Borse Group (Platinum Sponsor)

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Financial
Information Services Division of the Software & Information Industry
Association (FISD) announced today that it will host its 9th biennial World
Financial Information Conference (WFIC), the only global conference focused
exclusively on issues associated with dissemination, management and use of
financial information.

    Slated for October 4-7, 2009 in Athens, Greece, the conference will
encompass more than 350 market data industry professionals for two and a
half days of educational sessions to include first-rate keynotes and
comprehensive panel discussions.

    According to Tom Davin, FISD Managing Director, "WFIC is a
one-of-a-kind conference that brings together industry professionals from
across the globe, with the goal of fostering optimal communication
surrounding issues and topics that are affecting the Financial Information
Services Industry."

    Continued Davin, "One of our chief goals in hosting this conference is
to ensure participants are able to be optimally positioned for the future
in this ever-volatile and increasingly competitive environment - by virtue
of the knowledge they garner and the relationships they foster."

    In summing up the enthusiasm surrounding the conference, Davin
concluded that, "WFIC 2009 will prove to be one of our most engaging and
effective meetings ever, based on all of the elements confirmed to date -
not the least of which includes our lead sponsors, Athens Exchange (Host
Sponsor) and Market Data Analytics & Deutsche Borse Group (Platinum
Sponsor).

    For more information about the World Financial Information Conference,
please visit:

    http://www.fisd.net/wfic/2009. Event registration commences in March
2009. To schedule an interview with Tom Davin during the conference, or to
request press pass credentialing, please contact Eileen Bramlet at
ebramlet@siia.net.

    About FISD

    The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and
Information Industry Association provides a neutral business forum for
exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms,
investment managers and banks to address and resolve business and technical
issues related to the distribution, management, administration and use of
market data. Participants use the forum to exchange ideas, build business
relationships and improve the business climate associated with the
worldwide flow of financial information. For more information, visit
http://www.fisd.net.

    About SIIA

    The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal
trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA
provides global services in government relations, business development,
corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 500
leading software and information companies. For further information, visit
http://www.siia.net.



SOURCE Software & Information Industry Association




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  • http://www.fisd.net
  • http://www.siia.net
    CONTACT:
    Tom Davin of FISD Business, +1 202-789-4465,
    tdavin@siia.net, or Eileen Bramlet of SIIA Communications, +1
    703-927-2022, ebramlet@siia.net