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Why Agile Data Management is Crucial to Business Transformation

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Business transformation has become a must-do for many asset managers in a market characterised by competition, regulation and digital communication, but how can asset managers achieve this, what results are they looking for, and what are the long-term benefits of business transformation based on strong data management and governance foundations?

These questions and more were answered during a recent A-Team Group webinar covering how agile data management can power business transformation. The webinar was moderated by A-Team editor, Sarah Underwood, and joined by Ali Jaffer, vice president of investment operations in data and application support at AGF Investments; Sanjay Saxena, head of enterprise data governance at Northern Trust; and Marc Rubenfeld, Head of Eagle Solutions, EMEA and APAC at Eagle Investment Systems.

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