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Video: From Silos to Strategy — Rocket Software’s Michael Curry on the Data Maturity Playbook
According to Michael Curry, Rocket Software’s President of Data Modernisation – data management has grown up. The job now isn’t to just accumulate and store data, but to see it, trust it, and use it regardless of where it lives. Leading teams now map end-to-end data flows, enforce shared definitions, and assign clear ownership so…
The Transparency Imperative: Forging Competitive Advantage in Private Markets Through Next-Generation Data Management
Private assets markets are growing in importance to the global economy, with asset under management at their highest on record. However, these markets – which comprise a growing list of asset classes that include private equity and hedge fund holdings, private credit exposure, property and other alternatives – are founded on outdated and high-risk data…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…
Nature-Risk Data Proposals Hailed as Pathway to Better Investment Decisions
Proposals to improve the nature-risk data value chain has been welcomed by sustainability data leaders who said they will pave the way for better decision making and reporting by financial institutions and provide more detailed analyses for investors. The proposals offer a slate of principles to improve the quality of state-of-nature data collection and integration…
UK’s FRC Issues Standard for Sustainability Data Assurance
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (UK) 5000 to provide a consistent, internationally aligned assurance standard for voluntary use in sustainability assurance engagements.The UK Standard is intended for voluntary use by UK assurance providers and applies to both limited and reasonable assurance. Sustainability assurance assesses the credibility of…
Revolutionising the Power of Corporate Actions Data
By Tim Lind, Managing Director of DTCC Data Services. We live in a deeply networked society. Information sharing has moved from primarily one-to-one communication to global networks where data and information is shared instantly and broadly. Across financial services, many organisations continue to advance their communications approach; however, integral corporate actions event data, such as…
FpML to DRR: TradeHeader’s Journey to the Heart of Regulatory Data Standards
Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) has gained momentum as the industry looks to replace fragmented, firm-specific interpretations of reporting rules with a shared, machine-executable model that consistently links regulatory requirements to the data used to fulfil them. Rather than relying on templates, local mappings and bespoke logic embedded deep within legacy systems, DRR provides a common…
Recorded Webinar: Unpacking Stablecoin Challenges for Financial Institutions
The stablecoin market is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by emerging regulatory clarity, technological maturity, and rising global demand for a faster, more secure financial infrastructure. But with opportunity comes complexity, and a host of challenges that financial institutions need to address before they can unlock the promise of a more streamlined financial transaction ecosystem. These…
FactSet Wins Market Data Supply Contract with TD Wealth in Canada
FactSet has began a multi-year contract to provide market data to TD Wealth in Canada. The agreement installs FactSet Workstations for Private Wealth Management and TD Direct Investing employees nationwide. It also utilises FactSet content feeds and APIs to power the retail client portals in Canada. The deal is expected to enable simpler, faster execution…