The coronavirus pandemic is a trigger event ushering in not only a global financial crisis, but also the inevitable regulations that will follow. After the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the financial services...
Calculating accurate performance attribution in the fixed income markets is a crucial element to success. Not only is fixed income attribution vital to inform, support and defend investment decisions, but...
The explosion of data in fixed income markets has changed the way that portfolio managers have traditionally operated. Manual spreadsheets no longer cut it, and firms that want to stay ahead of the...
It’s essentially a fact of life: a massive volume of data flows through fixed income trading desks every day. But, despite the increasing influx of data, most portfolio managers still rely on manual,...
As asset service providers continue their success in middle office outsourcing, how can they leverage new technology to manage growing volumes of data and deliver quality to clients?
Just a few years back, the industry was responding to regulatory filings like Form N-MFP, AIFMD Annex IV, Form PF, Form CPO-PQR and Solvency II with individual software solutions to solve each one of those...
Over the past decade, what started out as industry buzzwords – data, data warehouse, data strategy and data governance – have become part of our daily work and are a key area of focus for many asset...
How many times has your manager come to you and asked a difficult question that they expected you to know off the top of your head? “How many funds hold IBM stock?” or “Which clients use Accountancy ABC as...
A growing list of stakeholders means the middle office has to provide a range of flexible analysis and distribution services.