Wavelength Podcast Ep. 201: Refinitiv Labs on Unstructured Data
Sanjna Parasrampuria, head of Refinitiv Labs in Asia discusses the technology behind sifting through unstructured data.
Wei-Shen Wong, Asia Editor, and Anthony Malakian, Editor-in-Chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.
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This week Sanjna Parasrampuria, head of Refinitiv Labs in Asia, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast to talk about unstructured data and the new SentiMine product.
1:30 – Wei-Shen and Tony talk about Josephine's breaking story on Deutsche Börse exiting its regulatory reporting businesses.
6:00 – Sanjna joins Wei-Shen on the podcast and they discuss the work from home environment Sanjna has experienced in Singapore.
10:00 – Unstructured data can be confusing. Sanjna explains that unstructured data could be categorized as anything that doesn’t fit into a generic Excel spreadsheet.
20:00 – Then, Sanjna talks about being in a position to understand positive and negative sentiment behind unstructured data at Refinitiv. She also discusses the financial strain of a data lake.
24:30 – What are the challenges that unstructured data solution providers face when trying to service clients?
30:00 – They talk about how machine-learning techniques can be implemented on unstructured data.
34:30 – Sanjna explains the technology and thinking behind Refinitiv’s product, SentiMine, which is targeted at investment managers and investment bankers.
43:30 – They discuss when SentiMine will be available to a wider audience.
54:30 – Sanjna takes Wei-Shen through the technology supporting SentiMine.
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Episode 191: Vendor Due Diligence During the Pandemic
Episode 192: Security and BCP Challenges in a Pandemic
Episode 193: Refinitiv's John Walsh on Alt Data
Episode 194: ITRS Group’s Warren on Capacity Planning
Episode 195: The Challenges of Returning to the Office
Episode 196: Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis, Part 3
Episode 197: A Look at Innovation
Episode 198: DTCC's Peve on DLT
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