Data management
Rimes Survey: Inconsistent Buy-Side Index, Benchmark Management
Competing priorities between data end-users and those in central management functions such as IT and operations are leading to inconsistent approaches to index and benchmark data management within buy-side firms, making it harder to improve data…
When is a Data Utility Not Really a Data Utility?
As previously noted in this space, ‘utility’ is quickly establishing itself as the industry buzzword of 2014. However, there is still confusion about the use of the term
IRD's Senior Reporter on Wiki's Role in Data Management
Nicholas Hamilton discusses how wiki technology can be used for data management in the financial industry
MDSL Preps Index, Trading Cost Management Tools
UK-based market data inventory management and usage monitoring technology provider MDSL is rolling out two new services aimed at helping financial firms manage their index data and FIX trading connectivity spend similar to how they manage market data…
A data-centric approach to portfolio management
A fast, flexible and reliable investment decision-making process must be based on access to accurate and consistent information throughout an organization. The right portfolio management solution will underpin the creation of an enterprise-wide approach…
Panel: Robust Data Management Required for Big Data
Big Data may not be living up to its hype among large asset managers, who seem unwilling to explore its use for more esoteric and less established analysis techniques, according to a panel at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in New York on…
Chief Data Officer: A Role Under Construction
Over the past few years, the capital markets have witnessed the promotion of data executives to the role of chief data officer (CDO), elevating data issues to the C-level. Marina Daras looks at how CDOs are making their way to the top of primarily sell…
Key challenges in data architecture
Complex, dated and unwieldy data infrastructure is not uncommon among even the most progressive companies in the world of finance. As financial regulations continue to expand and new markets produce a growing influx of data for companies to collect,…
Open Platform: To Tame the ‘Zoo’ of Market Data, First Tame the Metadata Monster
With rising volumes of market data, the cost of onboarding client transaction data can be a barrier to firms looking to expand client business. However, a strategy that crosses the boundaries of market and reference data to create an extensive and…
Capco: European Firms Yet To Embrace Unstructured Data
Survey of European financial firms identifies a lack of uptake of content such as social media by trading operations
The Impact of Big Data on Your Data Management Webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts to discuss how big data affects the data management market in a webcast on 12 July
UPDATE: Research Affiliates Taps Sapient for Data Management Build
Investment manager and research firm expands the datasets on a data management platform constructed by Sapient, to boost data quality and governance while minimizing maintenance
Torstone Debuts With Post-Trade Processing Software
Strapline: Data Management
Rob Daly: Financial Technology’s Future Is in the Cards
What is in store for the industry for the coming year? Rob turns to a centuries-old practice to find out.
Michael Shashoua: The Culture of Data Management
In Asia, investment firms and the vendors that serve them are considering creating the role of a data czar in addition to centralization and data integration. Michael hears the pros and cons of different approaches and their effect in and outside the…
Taming Data Management Webcast
There are two ways to address the perennial pain posed by any number of data management deficiencies: Firms can choose to do it on a case-by-case, incremental basis, or they can take the long-term and often prohibitively expensive approach and build and…
Assertive Software to Upgrade Informatica Performance Tool
Firms aim to make data visualization user-specific
Joss Technology Prepares for LEI with 2012 Utility Release
While many firms take a wait-and-see approach on legal entity identifiers, Joss Technology is set to ensure its clients are prepared with its 2012 releases