Oracle s Information Architecture for the Markets in Financial

Oracle’s Information Architecture for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mi. FID) Pal Ribarics EU Enlargement Countries Solution Team Pal. ribarics@oracle. com +36 309 712 028

Mi. FID Industry Drivers Introduces a consolidated regulatory framework for European markets in financial instruments Retail Investor Protection Investment Services ‘passport’ to market transparency • Part of the EU Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP), one of the Lisbon 2000 Strategy reforms to create a single market for wholesale financial services • Supercedes the EU Investment Services Directive and is often referred to as ISD 2

Mi. FID Scope • Businesses • Securities and Futures Firms (including Asset Managers, Investment Banks, Brokerages, Private Banking, Hedge Funds etc. ) • Retail Banks and Insurance Firms conducting securities business • Multi-lateral Trading Facilities (MTF’s) including ATS’s and ECN’s (alternative trading systems) • Regulated markets and investment exchanges • Asset Classes • Equities, bonds, energy, derivatives and money market instruments

Mi. FID Provisions Post-trade Transparency Passporting Rights • Whether on regulated markets, MTFs or OTC, trading in shares are subject to a post-trade transparency obligation • Improves operation of single passport for investment activity • Firms able to establish branches in other member states and offer crossborder services • Host country responsible for ensuring compliance with conduct of business requirements Pre-trade Transparency • Establishes minimum standards of pre-trade transparency for shares traded on regulated markets and MTFs • Obliges systematic internaliser to undertake public market-making obligation - must provide definite bid and offer quotes in liquid shares for orders below 'standard market size' Mi. FID Conduct of Business Best Execution • Firms must ensure best possible deal for clients taking into consideration price, cost, speed and likelihood of execution and settlement • Extensive and requires significant changes to the FSA's Handbook • Most sensitive is requirement for firms to conduct full suitability test on clients when providing investment advice or portfolio management

Mi. FID Business Impact / Benefits • Widely accepted that net effect will be profit margins competition diversification consolidation • Benefits for Investors are clear … • • More choice on where to trade securities Lower cost of entry and increased flexibility High level of protection and quality of execution Enhanced transparency across all venues • … but are there any benefits for firms? • Encourages Pan European securities trading • Coherent and risk-sensitive framework for order execution • Seek competitive advantage by reviewing business model and drive new value propositions • Revenue generation associated with new business opportunity • Cost saving - proactive approach to managing regulation

Mi. FID KPMG Survey, 2006

Mi. FID KPMG Survey, 2006

Our Approach Oracle’s approach to Mi. FID has been to identify and align relevant technologies as components of a compliance information architecture whilst in parallel, working with industry and partners to develop specific solutions as the regulation matures.

Data Management

Mi. FID Data Management Evidence “… there are implications for the data structures that firms will rely on to support the blizzard of data that will result from the directive”, Global Custodian, Sep ‘ 05 Do you have a unified storage strategy for storing best execution data? Mi. FID Readiness Survey What do you expect will happen to reference data management within six months of Mi. FID taking effect? ISITC Autumn Conference Global Custodian Sep ‘ 05 “Storing it away is one thing, reconstituting data for audit purposes is another”, Mi. FID Readiness Survey, Oct ‘ 05 “Mi. FID … may spark a bonanza for data management specialists”, Reference Data Review, Oct ‘ 05

Mi. FID Data Challenges • Standards • • Volume • • Revise customer agreements, client reclassification, suitability tests Orchestration • • Record keeping, reporting provisions, reconstitute best execution Quality • • Pricing engines, publication infrastructure, decision support, algorithmic trading Lifecycle • • Market data, trade reporting, transaction reporting, client order handling, record keeping Latency • • Data representation and messaging protocols Order execution policies, auditable conduct of business and best execution, automate front end to deal with volume Access • Operating with consistent view of business operations, management and client reporting e. g. trade cost measurement for best execution

Information Architecture

Mi. FID Compliance Information Architecture Challenge Information Access Voice Mail e. Mail Desktop PDAs Wireless Web Portal Business Processes Custom Legacy Systems Operational Databases Legacy 3 rd Data Hub Standard, Global Business Definitions Party Web Services Applications Data Warehouses Grid Infrastructure Apps Servers Databases Storage Recognise regulation as an opportunity • Improve business performance • Improve shareholder value Compliance Information Architecture Technology that delivers control, visibility and efficiency required to meet dynamic changes to new governance or compliance mandate • Minimise cost of compliance • Seize competitive advantage “Sustainable compliance for competitive advantage”

Mi. FID Compliance Information Architecture Information Access Voice Mail e. Mail Desktop PDAs Wireless Web Portal Business Processes Custom Legacy Systems Operational Databases Legacy 3 rd Party Data Hub Standard, Global Business Definitions Web Services Applications Data Warehouses Grid Infrastructure Apps Servers Databases Storage Grid Infrastructure Preserve investment in existing data management assets • Increase scalability & availability (Oracle Real Application Clusters) • Improve decision support with realtime data access (Oracle Times. Ten) • Manage & analyse more data, more efficiently (Oracle OLAP, Data Mining & Partitioning) • Manage the information lifecycle (Oracle Database 10 g)

Mi. FID Compliance Information Architecture Information Access Data Hubs Voice Mail e. Mail Desktop PDAs Wireless Web Portal Business Processes Custom Legacy Systems Operational Databases Legacy 3 rd Party Data Hub Standard, Global Business Definitions Web Services Applications Data Warehouses Grid Infrastructure Apps Servers Databases Storage Provide a real-time, consistent, single source of truth, for decision support, client and management reporting • Improve quality of client and market information across analytical and operational sides of the business (Oracle Data Hubs) • Synchronise data across multiple legacy transactional systems (Oracle Fusion Middleware - Integration) • Integrate unstructured data such as voicemail, email and documents (Oracle Collaboration Suite)

Mi. FID Compliance Information Architecture Business Processes Information Access Voice Mail e. Mail Desktop PDAs Wireless Web Portal Business Processes Custom Legacy Systems Operational Databases Legacy 3 rd Party Data Hub Standard, Global Business Definitions Web Services Applications Data Warehouses Grid Infrastructure Apps Servers Databases Storage Implement a service oriented process framework capable of supporting an increasingly dynamic regulatory environment • Provide full auditability of conduct of business and best execution processes (Oracle Fusion Middleware – BPEL & BAM) • Improve agility and business performance by automating volume and focusing on high value exceptions (Oracle Fusion Middleware – BPEL & Rules)

Mi. FID Compliance Information Architecture Information Access Voice Mail e. Mail Desktop PDAs Wireless Web Portal Business Processes Custom Legacy Systems Operational Databases Legacy 3 rd Party Data Hub Standard, Global Business Definitions Web Services Applications Data Warehouses Grid Infrastructure Apps Servers Databases Storage Provide employees and clients with comprehensive reporting, query, and analysis capabilities they need to plan, execute, and measure • Address management and client reporting requirements e. g. trade cost measurement (Oracle Business Intelligence) • Address best execution obligations by assessing factors such as cost, speed and likelihood of execution and settlement in real-time (Oracle Fusion Middleware – BAM) • Drive new business by redefining execution capabilities through innovative distribution channels (Oracle Fusion Middleware - Portal)

Mi. FID Information Architecture Mi. FID Overlay Delivers control, visibility and efficiency required to meet dynamic business change • Minimise cost of compliance • Seize competitive advantage Protect Existing IT Investments Achieve Sustainable Compliance Secure Competitive Advantage

Solutions

Oracle Mi. FID Partner Community Solution Propositions Consulting / Systems Integration Infrastructure Accenture*, Bearing. Point*, Capco*, Cap Gemini*, HCL* Huntswood Consulting*, Thales*, CSTIM, Atos Origin, Deloittes, Patni Hewlett Packard*, Intel*, Pillar Data Systems*, Sun Microsystems*, Dell, BT Radianz Best Execution Compliance / Risk Management Mantas*, Qumas*, Finsoft*, Capco, Reuters, BCS Group Mi. FID Conduct of Business • Client Onboarding / Suitability – well developed proposition with Mantas*, Edge IPK*, Identrust*, Simplex Consulting*, Omgeo • Content Services – independent preliminary propositions developed with Meta. Matrix*, Mobius*, Xenos* • Client Reporting – preliminary proposition with Kurtosys*, See. Why*, Vermillion * Active Mi. FID Engagement • Client Order Handling – vendor led propositions with Peter Evans*, Coexis*, Calypso, Fidessa, GLTrade, Pat. Systems, • Policy – preliminary propositions with Mantas*, i. Flex* • Trade Execution Analysis – preliminary propositions with Siebel*, Conchango* Pre-Trade Transparency Post-Trade Transparency • Transaction / Trade Reporting – well developed independent propositions with e. Flow*, Rule Financial*, Coexis*, Omgeo, GL Trade • Pricing – Preliminary independent propositions with e. Trading Solutions* • Publication – preliminary independent propositions with Archontech*, Gissing*, Caplin • Dissemination – preliminary independent propositions with KTS*, Thomson Financial*, SMARTS, Reuters

Partner solutions - EFLOW Database 10 g, Times. Ten and XML Publisher EFLOW LAUNCHES REAL-TIME TRANSACTION MONITORING AND AUDITING SOLUTION FOR Mi. FID COMPLIANCE Transaction Tzar™ is the only complete solution to provide end-to-end transaction monitoring and real-time reconciliation facilities through a single dashboard. Transaction Tzar™ monitors and reports on all asset class transactions for the capital markets, enabling a trade-centric view of the entire transaction lifecycle. 4 th May 2006 – London – eflow, the provider of trade transparency and transaction management systems to the financial markets, today announced the launch of its Transaction Tzar™ solution from a seminar on Mi. FID held in conjunction with Oracle.

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