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Ten Takeaways from this year’s European Buy-Side Technology Summit
Victor Anderson looks back at yesterday's European Buy-Side Technology Summit 2017 and lists 10 takeaways that cropped up during the day's discussions.
Fixing Benchmarks: The Impact of EU Benchmark Regs on the Buy Side
Buy-side firms that blend benchmarks in-house and therefore qualify as administrators are watching EU regulations carefully.
Transaction-Cost Analysis' Fixed-Income Evolution
TCA is moving from equities into fixed-income towards becoming a real-time analysis tool.
Investit Adds John Boyce to its Roster
London-based consultancy Investit has hired John Boyce to help grow its technology consulting, data and benchmarking services.
Survey Suggests Dramatic Drop in BlackBerry Support
BlackBerry is still the dominant mobile technology issued to employees, but the quintessential corporate device is likely to be phased out soon, according to buy-side consultancy Investit’s recent survey of its IT benchmarking members.
Ungovernable Data?
During a roundtable discussion hosted by Rimes Technologies, senior representatives from asset management firms discussed the data governance challenges facing them. From controlling data and managing regulatory change to securing board-level support,…
Buy-Side Data Governance Requires a Cultural Change
At a recent Rimes Technologies roundtable, hosted by Waters, senior representatives from the buy side debated the issue of data governance within asset management firms. The problem with implementing effective governance, they said, may be cultural…
Chief Data Officer: A Role Under Construction
Over the past few years, the capital markets have witnessed the promotion of data executives to the role of chief data officer (CDO), elevating data issues to the C-level. Marina Daras looks at how CDOs are making their way to the top of primarily sell…
Investment Managers to Add Staff to Tackle Data Abundance
A large majority of investment management firms are likely to increase their headcounts during 2013 to support information strategy, research by buy-side consultancy Investit has revealed.
Investit's Doherty Suggests Thematic Approach to 'Regulatory Crush'
Catherine Doherty, global CEO of London-based consultancy Investit, says investment firms must not get bogged down in the detail of proposed regulations.
Investit CEO Catherine Doherty Discusses Benchmarking Best Practice
Catherine Doherty, global CEO of London-based consultancy Investit, urges greater collaboration within investment management firms.
Investit's Doherty: Politicians are Hurting Regulatory Processes
At yesterday's Linedata Exchange in London, the ever-shifting regulatory state of affairs in Europe was an issue that garnered much interest.
Buy-Side Firms Using More Index Data
Strapline: Pricing & Valuations
Index and Benchmark Data Complexity and Costs Grow
A survey commissioned by Rimes Technologies and conducted by Investit found that 85 percent of 32 firms polled consider the cost of buying index data the biggest data management issue