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Why Outsourcing is Shifting from Cost Centre to Being a Catalyst for Transformation
By Sarva Srinivasan, Managing Director, NeoXam Americas. For decades, outsourcing across all industries has been synonymous with trimming the back office, streamlining headcount, and delegating so called non-core processes to third parties. But in the world of finance, the ground is well and truly shifting. As the asset management and servicing industries face mounting multi-asset…
Twelve Leading Data Lineage Solutions for Capital Markets
The ability to trace the journey of data from its origin to its final report is no longer a luxury but a regulatory and operational necessity. As firms grapple with the intensifying requirements of regulations such as BCBS 239, GDPR and the shifting landscape of MiFID II, the “black box” approach to data management has…
The Year in Data: Agentic AI Points to a Future of Efficiency
Touted as the next frontier of artificial intelligence, agentic AI hogged the data management headlines in 2025. Seemingly ushering the realisation of the no-more-drudge-work predictions that heralded the arrival of general AI years back, agentic AI has certainly become the target of institutional investment and developer innovation in the past 12 months. According to a…
The Year in Data: 2025’s Biggest Trends and Developments
The past 12 months saw breakneck developments in how firms applied artificial intelligence. AI began to change from a mere tool to an integral part of capital markets operations. The year also saw data services providers launch multiple products for the growing private markets investment sector. Data Management Insight spoke to leaders in our industry…
Arcesium Warns of Data Crunch as US Pension Funds Boost Private Market Bets
Blackstone’s launch of a business unit dedicated to the creation of products that give US pension funds access to private markets has raised the data challenge for many established investment managers. Blackstone is seeking to win pension trustees over to an investment space they had traditionally been wary of or have been restricted from entering…
Financial Markets Need Explainable Agents, Not Black Boxes
By Cédric Cajet, Product Director, NeoXam. Artificial intelligence (AI) is fast becoming the newest arms race in financial markets. From portfolio construction to risk modelling and client reporting, firms are racing to embed machine learning and generative AI into their operations. Whether it’s faster insights to make better investment decisions or the ability to reduce…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of its Data Management Insight Awards Europe 2025
A-Team Group has announced the winners of its Data Management Insight Awards Europe 2025, celebrating the latest outstanding contributions from companies recognised for their innovation, expertise and performance. Now in its fourth year, these annual awards acknowledge the leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy services to capital markets participants across Europe. Established…
Data Transparency ‘Crisis’ Hampering Private Markets: Report
Private markets investors are dogged by a “data transparency crisis” that is exposing them to greater risk of compromising their fiduciary integrity and losing their competitive edge, according to a new report. In what the authors call a private markets paradox, the report by Rimes states that investors are beset by a lack of data…
Hidden Dangers in the Race to ‘AI-Readiness’
The data ecosystem has been awash with references to “artificial intelligence readiness” in the past few months, a reflection of the importance being placed on the technology within capital and private markets. The term is generally used in calls for institutions to upgrade their data management systems to ensure their data is of good enough…
LemonEdge Seeks to Fill Tech Gap in Private Fund Accounting
As private markets and assets grow in importance to institutional investors, so are the challenges they face; not least of all their data processes. A report by Dynamo Software in February found that the biggest challenges faced by accounting professionals in private equity, venture and hedge funds were tech and data-related; manual data entry and…