Points of View
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Risk Management Drives Data Convergence
Gert Raeves, SVP Strategic Business Development [Financial News, 25 September 2008]
While market and reference data platforms remain fragmented, firms are missing out on opportunities to achieve operational efficiencies in data sourcing (an expensive commodity) and the collaborative use of resources such as technology and specialist staff. More importantly, there is strategic benefit in leveraging core data and competencies across the historical market and reference data divide. The industry is looking to market and reference data vendors for innovative ways to bridge data gaps and data time spans.
Structured Products – using EDM to Manage Risk
Neil Edelstein, VP Business Solutions [Banking Technology, June 08]
Exploding market yet high impact risks. This article sums up the risks presented by the lack of transparency of the OTC derivatives markets and suggests why enterprise data management is the key to increased automation in a still largely manual processing environment and greater efficiency to mitigate a series of potential risks including those related to credit and counterparty defaults.
Automating the Data Ecosystem
Neil Edelstein, Senior Director Product Solutions [GTNews, January 2008]
The financial services industry is now in the midst of a shift towards automation that is in many ways analogous to efforts made with regards to the trade lifecycle. Always the backbone of the financial services industry, data is now being looked at in a new way. The management of this extraordinarily valuable commodity can be broken down into component parts based upon the organization undergoing the effort and the point at which the data, from its sourcing to ultimate end user consumption, rests.
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