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Rethinking Access to ESG Data

By Rebecca Healey, Co-Chair EMEA Regional Committee and Co-Chair EMEA Regulatory Subcommittee, FIX Trading Community. The growing requirement for asset managers to evidence how ESG risks are factored into investment decisions has compounded the amount of non-financial data that now needs to be taken into consideration. A few years ago, an overall ESG score may…

Alveo and AquaQ Partner to Integrate Alveo Prime with AquaQ kdb+

Alveo and AquaQ Analytics have partnered to offer advanced data management and analytics for financial services firms. An early deliverable is the integration of Alveo’s Prime data mastering and data quality management solution with AquaQ’s kdb+ data capture solution. The bi-directional integration allows users to take mastered pricing and reference data from Prime into kdb+…

AI and Data: How Emerging Technologies Can Provide Value to Financial Firms and their Data Analysts

By Martijn Groot, Vice President, Strategy, Alveo Technology. In previous decades, people could be forgiven for primarily associating terms such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) with blockbuster films such as The Terminator and The Matrix, but it was, in fact, as long ago as 2017 when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos described the technology…

How to Implement Strategies, Standards and Technologies for Best Practice Customer Data Management

Getting customer data right has been a problem for financial institutions for many years, but it is beginning to ease as regulation drives data aggregation underpinned by data governance, data standards emerge, and technologies replace manual processes. Getting management buy-in to improve customer data has also moved on and become more persuasive as conversations about…

SimCorp Collaborates with J.P. Morgan Securities Services to Deliver Front-to-Back Integration

SimCorp is collaborating with J.P. Morgan’s securities services to provide mutual clients with front-to-middle office and custody integration. The integration is live at an asset owner in Asia-Pacific and is designed to address costly and fragmented investment processes that contribute to operational risk by automating workflows and increasing data transparency. The companies suggest post-trade processing…

Demystifying Data Science and Analytics

By Sarah Carver, head of digital services at Delta Capita. Data science and analytics are the keys to growth for any financial services organisation, and over the past decade, there has been an increased realisation in the potential value of data. However, despite the increasing importance of data science, many institutions face challenges due to…

LIBOR’s End Should be a New Beginning for Corporate Treasuries’ Data Management

By Neil Sandle, Head of Product Management, Alveo. For many treasuries, LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) is one of their most critical benchmarks. Together with the exchange rates of major currencies it is an essential piece of data, underpinning contracts worth trillions of dollars. The long-standing centrality of LIBOR is why well-publicised global moves to…

Recorded Webinar: Data management for ESG requirements

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing is moving into the mainstream, requiring asset managers to develop ESG strategies that deliver for both the firm and its investors. While these strategies can outperform those that do not include ESG factors, there is no clear route to success in an immature market that is only just beginning…

NatWest Keynote at Data Management Summit Virtual Details Data Strategy for ESG

Third-party data sources are the largest investment financial firms are making to deliver environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies, yet data quality remains the biggest concern when sourcing the data. This conundrum was among many ESG issues discussed during a practitioner innovation keynote delivered at A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit Virtual by Sarah Walker,…

Alveo Extends ESG Data Management Capability

Alveo (formerly Asset Control) has expanded its ESG data management capability by extending its standard industry data model and user interface to help clients understand ESG data quality, data lineage and divergence between third-party ratings. Driven by regulations such as the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the Alveo data model now incorporates the data…