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The Pulse of the Industry 2021—ESG, Advanced Data Analytics and Data Scientists in the Spotlight

The Panel

  • Moderated by: Victor Anderson, Global Content Director, WatersTechnology
  • Barb O’Malley, Head of Client Solutions, Northern Trust
  • Sam Sundera, Head of Future Business, Financial Information, SIX
  • Julia Bardmesser, Senior Vice-President, Head of Data, Architecture, Voya Financial

Environmental, social and governance (ESG)-driven investments, the continued growth of data volumes and the emergence of data scientists as financial services’ rising stars are three key themes that will dominate the capital markets in 2021 and beyond.

This webinar investigates the challenges facing market participants in sourcing, managing and integrating ESG data into investment workflows. The panellists discuss the various opportunities opened up to capital markets firms on the back of cloud-based, advanced analytics tools, and the pivotal role data scientists will play in unlocking the potential within firms’ data assets.

Topics discussed:

  • The extent to which ESG-driven investments will dominate the global investment management industry during 2021, and the challenges facing firms when it comes to integrating ESG datasets into their existing investment management workflows
  • How data analytics tools hold the key to providing firms with greater granularity, clarity and transparency into their data so that they can make the most judicious business and investment decisions
  • The emergence of data scientists across the capital markets and the critical role they will play when it comes to unlocking latent value sitting within firms’ data repositories.