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Data Management Summit New York Takes Deep Dive into Modern Data Landscape
The 15th annual A-Team Group Data Management Summit New York City kicks off tomorrow with one theme prominent in the day of discussions, debates and keynote addresses: data quality. Without good quality data organisations can’t hope to achieve their objectives, be they implementation of artificial intelligence applications, automation of essential workflows or compliance with regulatory…
Growing Modern Data Platforms Adoption Seen as Benefits Become Apparent: Webinar Review
Take-up of modern data platforms (MDPs) is expected to accelerate in the next few years as financial institutions realise the greater agility, scalability and deeper insights offered by the innovation. Organisations that have so far been relatively slow to adopt the streamlined platforms – because they have been unsure of the technologies’ benefits – will…
Recorded Webinar: Hearing from the Experts: AI Governance Best Practices
The rapid spread of artificial intelligence in the financial industry presents data teams with novel challenges. AI’s ability to harvest and utilize vast amounts of data has raised concerns about the privacy and security of sensitive proprietary data and the ethical and legal use of external information. Robust data governance frameworks provide the guardrails needed…
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…
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…
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…
Alkymi Sees Rapid Growth After Founders Bet Early on Privates and AI
When Harald Collet co-founded Alkymi in 2017, he could see which way the wind was blowing in private and alternative assets, especially their growing interest to traditional capital markets participants. He could also sense the burgeoning demand for artificial intelligence applications within the investment space. And so it was that Alkymi was born almost fully…
Swiss Firms Linked into GLEIF for Due Diligence Ease
Due diligence processes involving Swiss companies is anticipated to become easier with the integration of the Alpine nation’s corporate identification codes with Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI). A direct URL link will be added to the LEI records of entities listed within Switzerland’s standardised business identification number (UID) register. The Global Legal Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), which…
Value of ESG Ratings, Scores Still Debated Amid Differing Reports
Consensus remains elusive over the value of aggregated ESG metrics such as ratings and other scores despite a flurry of recent studies on the contentious issue. Three issuers of ratings and indexes conducted their own research into the performance of funds and assets relative to their ratings and while two found at least some correlation…