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Data’s Evolution Continues From Cost to Core Asset: DMS New York City 2025 Preview
Modern Chief Data Officers are not only the guardians of financial institutions’ data estates, they are also the caretakers of their single-biggest asset. With every part of an organisation’s business now dependent on data, the custody of its digital information is every bit as critical to operations as the management of trading teams or even…
Data and AI Key Investment Targets for Asset Managers, Survey Finds
A survey of asset managers by FE fundinfo has found that more than half of respondents are prioritising investment in data governance and integration to unlock operational efficiency at scale. The report noted also that more than two-thirds of the 100 senior leaders interviewed said their firms are actively deploying artificial intelligence across their operations.
ISDA Finds GenAI Highly Accurate in Contracts Process but Stresses Need for Good Data
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has found that a range of generative artificial intelligence models can achieve a very high level of accuracy in extracting and standardising contract details into digital form. The findings suggest that AI can be deployed to reduce time and resources as well as risks when processing data within…
Modern Data Platforms Empower Critical Use Cases: Webinar Preview
No longer is it enough for financial institutions to be simply “on top” of their data management architecture. They need to be constantly looking for the next innovation to keep them ahead of the game in this fast-moving space. That’s why modern data management platforms are the focus of so many organisations at the moment….
11 Providers Shaping the Capital Markets Data Governance Landscape
The vast volumes of data that capital markets participants are ingesting as a matter of necessity have placed new demands on their data estates. At a time of market volatility, increased regulatory scrutiny and growing requirements for real-time insights, keeping control of how their data is ingested, distributed and utilised has become a growing challenge….
Aumni Acquisition Thrusts CUSIP into Private Markets Space
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) has agreed a deal with data provider Aumni to bring yet more transparency to rapidly growing and economically important private markets. The venerable provider of issuer and asset identifiers will use Aumni’s data, drawn from charter documents for venture capital firms, to create a set of its CUSIP identification codes for…
EU’s AI Act Loads Data Responsibilities on Institutions but also Offers Opportunities
Financial institutions are under pressure to put their data estates in order as the European Union’s artificial intelligence regulation comes into force this week, threatening huge fines for failures to observe its tough rules on the safe and fair use of the technology. Nevertheless, the introduction of stringent measures that will place new compliance burdens…
Valuing Hard-to-Price Securities in Volatile Markets
Valuing hard-to-price securities has long been a complex endeavour for asset managers and institutional investment firms, particularly for OTC instruments and illiquid assets. This challenge is amplified in volatile markets, where obtaining direct, observable prices becomes even more difficult, making accurate valuations a significant issue with serious consequences. To address this, the use of reliable,…
PE Deal Failures Highlight Importance of Private Data, Says JMAN Group
The critical importance of data to the private equity and alternatives markets sector is starkly underlined by an observation from Anush Newman, chief executive and co-founder of JMAN Group. “In the past 18 months, I know of at least 20 acquisition deals that have fallen through because the target companies didn’t have enough data to…
Uncovering Data Anomalies: 16 Data Observability Solutions for Capital Markets
Financial institutions’ operational resilience depends largely on the integrity of their data and the applications it feeds. The huge volume of data that modern organisations ingest makes this a challenge. The accuracy, completeness and timeliness of critical data can be improved if it is monitored and checked as it moves through increasingly intricate data pipelines…