Data quality
ECB’s Lagarde sets out vision for integrated European capital market
The president of the European Central Bank argues for a more ambitious, top-down approach to the capital markets union.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bill Murphy on getting the foundations right
Bill Murphy, managing partner at Cresting Wave, is back to discuss the foundations necessary to leverage emerging technologies in the long run.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: The issue with corporate actions
Yogita Mehta from SIX joins to discuss the biggest challenges firms face when dealing with corporate actions.
Waters Wrap: Market data spend and nice-to-have vs. need-to-have decisions
Cost is not the top factor driving the decision to switch data providers. Anthony looks at what’s behind the evolution of spending priorities.
The consolidated tapes are taking shape—but what shape exactly?
With political appetite established on both sides of the Channel, attention is turning to the technical details.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: How do firms create data products?
Standard Chartered’s David Sharratt joins the podcast to discuss creating data products.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: David Hardoon dissects language models
David Hardoon returns to talk about the field of language and how it’s the ‘heart and soul’ of artificial intelligence.
Snowflake: Data strategy essential for AI
The cloud data platform provider continues to make investments in data quality and cleansing.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: IBM on generative AI
This week, John Duigenan from IBM joins the podcast to discuss generative AI.
Waters Wrap: The path to generative AI is paved with solid data practices
While large language models are likely to proliferate, those that can develop a solid data infrastructure of taxonomies, ontologies, data sourcing, mapping and lineage will be the ultimate winners, Anthony says.
Waters Wrap: Goldman Sachs and the facts and fiction of being data driven
Neema Raphael, CDO and head of data engineering for Goldman Sachs, explains what he believes it means for a firm to be data driven.
Amid tightening regulatory pressure, good data governance is key
Financial firms can’t afford to treat data governance as a one-off, check-the-box exercise. Instead, senior data management execs say, it should be treated as an ongoing series of regular health checks.
Alt data’s growing pains: Integration and aggregation challenges stall wider adoption
Demand for alternative data continues to grow among investment firms. So why are some alt data providers taking products off the market?
Data management: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Data management issues have always presented challenges for the financial services industry. Here, DTCC explores why, with the right technologies, disciplines and structures in place, there is now reason for optimism.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 262 (Previewing Nafis)
Wei-Shen and Tony take a look at what’s to come at the North American Financial Information Summit (Nafis).
Hurry up and wait: EU debates potential models for ‘essential’ consolidated tape
As the legislative debate surrounding a future European consolidated tape for equities takes on increased urgency, market participants and interested parties are beginning to weigh in with their visions of a successful tape.
Waters Wrap: ChatGPT, data officers, and reaching new frontiers
As banks clamp down on large language models like ChatGPT, Anthony says that CDOs can help firms experiment with these chatbots while developing the proper governance structures.
Putting a price on your head (of data): The ROI of a CDO
The chief data officer has become recognized as a key role in a financial firm’s ability to manage its data assets, and reduce costs and risk. So why is it also so notoriously short-lived?
Waters Wrap: For data managers, the new problems are the same as the old
While much attention has been given to cloud, AI, blockchain and other buzzwords, without a proper data foundation, those tools will not deliver the results that have been promised.
Banks express concern over top venues’ bid for EU consolidated tape
End-users are worried about the repercussions of handing over a data monopoly to the heavyweight operators in the fixed income space.
Fees rise and questions linger as Esma ramps up analytics capabilities
The EU regulator’s expanded supervisory powers and big data capabilities have caused some confusion on how the data will be used and how Esma’s new role will shape reporting regimes.
Reflections on a decade of post trade
After years of neglect, back-office processes are finally getting attention. Wei-Shen wonders how much innovation can truly take place in the back office and how processes will actually improve.
After switch to Google, Symphony begins data migration for clients
Symphony decided to first migrate client data to Google from AWS, and then focus on applications.
People Moves: EDM Council, Jacobi Asset Management, Versana, SIIA, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Linda Avery (pictured), who joins the EDM Council's board of directors.