Securities Operations Forum (SOFORUM), the leading educational center for operations professionals in the financial services industry, and Mash Networks, an Internet Television Network developer, today announced the launch of SOFORUM TV™, an Internet Television Network for more than 100,000 SOFORUM participants and other global securities operations and financial markets professionals. All content can be accessed anytime at www.soforumtv.com. Subscriptions are free.
SOFORUM TV content is research-based and includes best practices, frameworks, approaches, survey results and case studies from companies such as Deloitte & Touche LLP, Morgan Stanley, Omgeo, Clearstream and Standard & Poor’s. Current SOFORUM TV content includes research on effective operations controls groups; corporate action processing; managing sub-custodians; straight through processing (STP); data management strategy; and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
SOFORUM TV is operated by Mash Networks on a turnkey basis for Securities Operations Forum. Mash Networks provides the technology platform; conducts research and interviews; produces and markets content; and manages the SOFORUM TV web site and database.
“Mash Networks is unparalleled in its ability to produce and market comprehensive and compelling video-on-demand content from interviews with top financial services executives,” said Hal McIntyre, CEO of the Securities Operations Forum. “The principals at Mash Networks have proven themselves to be excellent technology, content and marketing partners and are playing a key role in helping SOFORUM extend its thought leadership to global securities operations and financial markets audiences.”
About SOFORUM
Securities Operations Forum is an educational center for operations professionals in the financial services industry. It provides training courses, workshops, conferences, books, news and research to banks, broker/dealers, insurance companies, vendors, regulatory agencies and industry associations. For more information, please visit www.soforum.com.
About Mash Networks
Mash Networks develops and operates turnkey Internet Television Networks for organizations that want to extend their thought leadership and marketing capabilities. It develops technology platforms; performs market research; solicits and conducts video interviews with thought leaders around the world; markets and distributes content; and provides content metrics. Internet Television Networks in the Mash Networks operating portfolio include SOX Television, Risk Television and SOFORUM TV. For more information, please visit www.mashnetworks.com.