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Knowledge Graph Technology – The Holy Grail of Data Management?
Data siloes are proliferating, data lakes are overflowing, regulators are asking for access to more granular data, and data management teams are looking at how to deal with enormous data volumes in capital markets, understand both structured and unstructured data, make data accessible and contextual for business users, and turn it into a strategic asset….
Would ICE Really Buy Bloomberg?
By Andrew Delaney. The London Stock Exchange’s planned $27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv – the former Reuters – got us thinking: who’s left of the independent market data vendors, and who would buy them? Of the major global vendors that have dominated the space over the past decade or so, only one independent remains. With…
Using Data Lineage to Manage Regulatory Compliance and Financial Reporting
By Mark Hermeling, Chief Technology Officer at Asset Control. Within data management, data lineage is increasingly becoming an important capability. From pinpointing the origins of data to how it evolves over time allows a wide range of sectors to achieve a clear view of their data, track the data exactly, and use it to assist…
Entity Data Management Handbook – Fifth Edition
Welcome to the fifth edition of A-Team Group’s Entity Data Management Handbook, sponsored for the fourth year running by entity data specialist Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company. The past year has seen a crackdown on corporate responsibility for financial crime – with financial firms facing draconian fines for non-compliance and the very real…
Cbus Chooses Matrix for Data Management
Cbus, Australia’s largest superannuation fund for the building, construction and allied industries, has chosen Matrix Solutions to provide investment management software to aggregate and analyze investment data from a wide variety of sources in order to improve decision making and reduce operational risks. Neil Lotter, Matrix CEO, comments: “We are delighted to be working with…
Ascendant and ipushpull Partner on Digital Transformation Drive
The playing field on which financial services firms are contending is changing. Past competitive playing fields, such as alpha generation or trading strategies, are becoming less important ways for firms to generate revenue – and instead, in their bread-and-butter businesses, firms are focused on either reducing or optimising costs. And technology is playing a major…
LSE in Talks with Refinitiv on $27 Billion Merger Deal
News broke over the weekend that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) is in talks with Refinitiv to take over the former risk and finance unit of Thomson Reuters, in a transaction valued at $27 billion. Should it come to pass – and given the specificity of press reports, it seems it most likely will –…
How to Avoid a Data Management Headache Post M&A
By Devendra Bhudia, Solutions Director for Enterprise Data Management at IHS Markit. Earlier this year, Invesco’s chief executive, Martin Flanagan, was quoted as saying that “a third of the asset management industry could disappear over the next five years”. This followed Invesco’s acquisition of OppenheimerFunds and supports Flanagan’s comment that “scale matters more than ever”….
Collibra Acquires SQLdep, Expands European Presence
Data intelligence firm Collibra last week announced the acquisition of SQLdep, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of automated data lineage. SQLdep automates the discovery and visualization of technical data lineage and enables organizations to capture context around data, understand data quality, support compliance initiatives and increase trust. “Organizations are challenged with managing thousands of data sets…
MarkLogic Responds to the Data Management Challenges of GDPR
This week’s big reveal of the ICO’s intention to fine British Airways £183.39 million for infringements of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sent shock waves through industry, with an aftershock coming later in the week when the ICO issued a second notice, this time noting its intention to fine Marriott International £99,200,396 for GDPR breaches….