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Data Seen as Solution to Weathering Climate Stress
Recent stress tests of European financial institutions’ resilience to climate change have underlined the importance that high-quality data will play in fortifying banks, insurers and other organisations against the risk of transition and environmental losses. The region’s three financial regulators and the European Central Bank said that the results of their one-off “Fit-for-55” analysis found…
UK Budget Puts Corporate Actions Automation Back on the Agenda
By Yogita Mehta, Commercial Product Director – Corporate Actions, Financial Information, SIX. Expectations around the UK budget in October last month have been consistently making headlines since even before its was announced. One area that is expected to be impacted because of the changes announced by Rachel Reeves is market appetite for M&A activity, with…
Denodo says its New Agora Platform is Built to Tame New Data Challenges
Data management services provider Denodo says it has tooled its latest innovation to provide solutions for a four-prong set of new challenges that the changing face of financial services has presented institutions. Agora, the company’s new cloud-based data management platform, addresses the critical needs that the Californian company highlighted in a recent white paper. They…
Buy-Side Faces Structured, Unstructured Data Challenge: A-Team Group Webinar
Buy-side firms are far from satisfied with their present data management strategies and are still struggling to deal with hoary old challenges such as data silos and legacy tech stacks that are inadequate for their modern needs, according to the latest polling from A-Team Group. Only a fifth of respondents feel positively about how they…
Rethinking ‘Cloud First’: Why IT Leaders are Repatriating from Public Cloud
By Stewart Laing, chief executive, Asanti. Since 2013 “Cloud First” has been the guiding mantra for countless IT leaders, promising agility, scalability, and a low barrier to entry. Public cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform have touted their services as one-size-fits-all solutions, offering organisations access to cutting-edge technology without substantial upfront…
ESG Data Tops Executives’ 2025 Shopping Lists
Senior executives at financial institutions expect to direct the biggest boost in their data expenditure plans over the coming year towards ESG information, according to a survey that also found that high-quality data and analytics in all domains is being prioritised for growth. In its third annual Future of Finance survey, Switzerland-based exchange operator SIX also found…
LSEG-D&B Collaboration Underscores Demand for Private Market Data
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has joined a growing list of major vendors and institutions that have launched data products to help asset managers better assess private markets. London-based LSEG has collaborated with private-market specialist Dun & Bradstreet to help its users better identify opportunities and risks within the alternatives space. The partnership comes…
Leading the Fight Against Corporate Fraud: How Every Business Can Embrace Transparency
By Alexandre Kech, chief executive at GLEIF. With criminals flourishing in the shadows of the global economy, shining a light on the legal entities involved in cross-border transactions is a foundational requirement to restore trust. For even the smallest organisations, this represents a compelling opportunity to make transparency a strategic priority and combat risk by…
Bloomberg Helps Investors Overcome Syndicated Loans Data Visibility Challenge
From the outside, syndicated loans can look like a data black hole. Capital goes into them, but very little information on the performance of those investments comes out. That may be about to change. As investors diversify their portfolios to hedge against volatility amid tense markets, asset classes once considered too exotic for generalists have…
Ensuring Data Integrity in Finance – A Foundation for Efficiency and Trust
By Neil Sandle, director of product management at Gresham. In today’s financial landscape, data integrity is more than a regulatory requirement — it is the backbone of efficient operations and trustworthy decision making. Ensuring that data remains accurate, consistent, and reliable throughout its lifecycle is essential for financial institutions looking to maintain operational excellence, manage…