ESG has become a top priority in asset management, with the industry no longer considering why it should integrate ESG into investment processes but how it should do it. However, investment managers focussed on ESG adoption and implementation are running into a significant roadblock in their journey – data. The sobering reality is that ESG cannot ...
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and Events/ People BlogDate: 06/01/21
Ian Murrin, CEO/Founder of Digiterre considers how data management challenges are driving financial services executives to think more strategically about their data engineering approach.
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 15/12/20
Technology is the single greatest source of competitive advantage in the digital age, and data is a critical component. In this article published by International Investors, Digiterre considers how investment management firms should manage data at a time of significant business and technology disruption.
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 21/10/20
Data is rapidly becoming essential to competitive advantage in energy and commodities trading – but the cost and complexity of data management is driving trading companies to think more strategically about their approach.
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 14/10/20
The distinction between algo trading and automation can make for an interesting discussion. Automated trading can be applied as pre-defined tools, and can omit knowledge of market advantages, whereas algo trading is more complex. It relies on high volumes of data, modelling and forecasting, and there is more accountability for execution and the impact on ...
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 13/10/20
Energy markets are volatile – and driven by an increasingly volatile world. ETRM platforms have evolved accordingly in recent times. However, a confluence of events this year has led to a particularly volatile market which has tested ETRM solutions.
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 30/09/20
The global energy and commodities markets are increasingly dynamic, with operations around the clock, prices that move by the millisecond and a wave of new regulations in recent years. To compete in this complex, fast moving business, it’s crucial to occasionally step back and reflect on what’s happening to markets, risk and operations, ...
Technology plays a crucial role in business change in the public sector. Government is now more focused than ever on using data transformation to make better decisions and improve public services. Citizens increasingly expect the public sector to deliver a high quality digital experience similar to what they experience from commercial companies. But how do ...
With robust market conditions for ILS, Digiterre examines how ILS fund managers can exploit commercial opportunities by focussing on differentiation through technological and operational excellence.
By: Digiterre
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 26/08/20
At this time more than ever, organisations are operating within a challenging environment and with an overwhelming amount of data coming at them from all directions. This data needs to be gathered, validated and then used for strategic, tactical and political benefit. This is complex as data can often be in multiple systems, often legacy ...
By: Lape Runsewe
Category: Industry Insights/ News and EventsDate: 07/08/20
Digiterre recently hosted a second roundtable on the role of technology in accelerating transformation for the Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) industry. The ILS sector continues to expand. Issuance in the first six months of 2020 was already 20% higher than the entire previous year, according to a new report by Aon Securities. The report notes that new issuance ...