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Data Reconciliation Hurdles Seen Holding Back Innovation
End-of-day reconciliation processes create data challenges that are constraining buy-side firms from achieving efficiencies from new technologies and AI initiatives. The challenges posed by reliance on long-established reconciliation processes come as the buy-side undergoes a transformation of its operating models to accommodate new data management, investment and settlement strategies. This challenge was highlighted in a…
73 Strings QnA: Solving Post-Investment Data Challenges for Private Markets
Paris-based startup 73 Strings was established to modernise the data and valuation infrastructure for private market participants. Data Management Insight spoke to founder and chief executive Yann Magnan about the company’s operations and its ambitions. Data Management Insight: Hello Yann, when was 73 Strings created and how does it serve financial institutions? Yann Magnan: We…
AI In Financial Services: Where The Real Challenges Are Starting to Emerge
By Joe Norburn, chief executive of TCC and Recordsure. Across financial services, AI is now embedded in day?to?day activities, from fraud detection and onboarding to credit assessment and customer interaction. The UK Treasury Select Committee’s recent inquiry reflects just how widespread that adoption has become, especially among larger institutions. What stands out is not that…
12 Leading Vendors Operationalising AI & ML with Robust Data Pipelines
The transition of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) models from experimental sandboxes to production environments remains a persistent operational friction point. While quantitative researchers and data scientists can often demonstrate alpha in isolated backtesting environments, the institutionalisation of these models requires a level of data pipeline robustness, latency control and regulatory auditability that research…
Gresham-FundGuard Collaboration Widens Outsourced Total Portfolio Offering
Enterprise data management specialist Gresham’s latest addition to its portfolio of offerings has seen it forge a collaboration with accounting technology provider FundGuard. The partnership, which will integrate FundGuard’s multi-book investment accounting capabilities into Gresham’s EDM platform, takes the ambitious London- and New York-based company deeper into the tech stacks of financial institutions as their…
The ‘More Data Is Better’ Myth
By Edgar Randall, Head of Europe, Dun & Bradstreet. For years, business leaders have been told that data is their greatest asset. Collect more of it, connect more sources, and better decisions will follow. However, as organisations accelerate their investment in AI, analytics and digital transformation, this long-held assumption is starting to be challenged. The…
Ataccama Gathers Data Capabilities into Focused EU AI Act Package
As the implementation date for the European Union’s AI Act looms, financial institutions are having to put their data estates on a secure footing to ensure they comply with the wide-ranging regulation. The Act requires organisations to have a broad and granular view of their data in order to show that they can trace any…
ABBYY Q&A: Bringing Intelligence to Document Processing
ABBYY is an artificial intelligence-powered document processing tools provider that was formed in Soviet Russia in 1989 and relocated to the US nine years later. Data Management Insight caught up with chief executive Ulf Persson to find out more about the company and its plans. Data Management Insight: Hello Ulf, how was ABBYY begun and…
Private Market Data Price Rises Likely as Demand Surges
Demand for private market data is expected to continue rising as the growing popularity of the asset classes accelerates, putting pressure on feed prices. With no end in sight to market volatility and artificial intelligence enabling the sourcing of ever-larger volumes of critical financial and operational information, financial institutions are likely to increase their data…
Encompass Updates Digital Identity Service to Eliminate Stale KYC Data
More than a decade of Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations has left financial institutions with a potential time bomb in their data systems. Outdated and legacy onboarding data has the potential not only to lead to erroneous decision making but also potentially crippling fines from compliance breaches. There are many reasons why KYC data might…