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Data Takes Centre Stage
By Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye. When it comes to the future of data management, one of the biggest challenges facing all firms is managing increasing data volumes from an ever-expanding range of sources. Looking at financial markets, we foresee 2021 as the year when firms focus on efficient and accurate data management as a…
Alveo Adds Postgres to Roadmap Combining Open Source Components with Core Data Management Solutions
Alveo, formerly Asset Control, continues to build its commitment to open source solutions with the addition of support for the Postgres open source relational database within its Prime, formerly AC Plus, financial data aggregation and mastering product. Postgres provides an optional replacement for Oracle database technology used by Alveo and its clients, and can reduce…
Recorded Webinar: Data management for analytics and market surveillance
The financial services industry is starting to harness the potential of Big Data analytics to gain insights that can yield competitive advantage. At the same time, market surveillance has emerged as a major requirement for trading firms across the board as regulations like MiFID II and Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) push both buy- and sell-side…
FactSet Addition of Data-Mapping to Snowflake Links Third-Party, Factset and Proprietary Data in Seconds
FactSet is meeting increasing market demand for rapid content integration, access and control by integrating its data-mapping solution, FactSet Concordance Service, into Snowflake’s cloud data platform. The integration allows investment professionals to quickly link third-party, FactSet, and proprietary content together in the Snowflake platform. The data-mapping solution is scalable and can be used by joint…
Can ‘Observational Learning’ Help Improve Data Quality?
Data quality is a pre-requisite for financial institutions seeking to automate their operations. But given the huge volumes of transaction data, often in a wide array of formats, it is very difficult to achieve. Can newer AI-based techniques such as observational learning actually help or are they just hype? This white paper explores: What observational…
SmartStream Prioritises Microservices, Cloud Native Apps and Open Options Following Lockdown Rethink
SmartStream Technologies headed into 2021 with a new corporate brand identity designed to reflect its innovative approach to advancing technological capabilities and meeting evolving customer and industry needs – and it hasn’t strayed from the brief with plans to build a microservices platform, extend its use of open software, and increase commitment to deploying AI…
How to Get Your Data Management Ducks in a Row to Deliver Rapid, High Quality Analytics and Surveillance
Is your organisation looking to achieve market-beating analytics and exceptional market surveillance that will surpass regulatory compliance to deliver new business opportunities? If this is the case, look no further than A-Team Group’s next webinar that will discuss how to build a robust data management discipline to drive efficient and effective analytics and market surveillance….
Solidatus Moves into 2021 with Expansion Plans Backed by Investment from Citi
Solidatus, provider of a data management platform that allows businesses to rapidly map and visualise their data landscape, grew from strength to strength in 2020, and is on the cusp of further strategic development as it heads into 2021 with plans to accelerate growth, expand into the US and Asia Pacific, and release next-generation data…
2021 Predictions: Change is Afoot
By Marc Murphy, CEO, Fenergo. It almost feels like the financial industry went to bed in March 2020 and woke up in 2030. Prior to the pandemic, financial institutions had been falling behind when it came to digital transformation, only increasing resources when absolutely necessary. But now, the pandemic has forced financial institutions to make…
GLEIF Calls Global Industries to Join Development of Cryptographically Verifiable LEI
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has set out grand plans to create a digitised LEI service based on a digitally verifiable credential containing the LEI – the vLEI – and able to provide automated identity verification between counterparties. The ambition is for all industry sectors globally, including financial services, to embed new and…