It was an excellent turnout for the Investment Data & Technology Summit in Sydney last week with so much discussion around the role of data as a competitive advantage. During the day there was a mix of expert speakers presenting on many topics including: front office hedge fund world data transformation programs academia and investment […]
Bringing together two world-leading platforms for investment data management and market data provision After a large Australian customer signed up Refinitiv for market data, Refinitiv and AlphaCert agreed to work together to bring Refinitiv’s enriched data sets on to a purpose-built AlphaCert package installation. Refinitiv provides market data to investment managers in order to enrich
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Performance and attribution data is the key to any investment management operation, but how do you ensure that information is readily and reliably available to those who need it? How do you cast those PEARLs of performance data before those who will appreciate it? Performance and attribution is the process of measuring and attributing investment
World-leading investment management systems require integration capability as data grows in strategic importance Investment management is a dynamic industry and the growing importance of data is driving a seismic shift in the way funds are operated. Those funds that continue to rely on multiple spreadsheets with no integration to a single source of truth risk
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Earlier this year AlphaCert attended the annual Investment Operations conference, and one interesting concept being discussed was ‘efficiency leakage’, particularly in relation to operational effectiveness in the industry. What does this mean in terms of managing investment data, and what can you do to mitigate against it? Leakage happens when people are manually assembling data,
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A key feature of the Australian market is a number of small and medium-sized superannuation funds. There’s increasing regulatory and market pressure on funds to generate returns, which in turn becomes more difficult as they don’t have the scale and resources of much larger funds, but do have the same regulatory and governance overheads. That
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Innovative application of technology not just for giant funds say experts A fascinating paper on applying data science to investment management was recently published in the Journal of Portfolio Management. ‘’Improving Investment Operations through Data Science: A Case Study of Innovation in Valuation,’’ by Dr Arthur Guimaraes, Dr Ashby Monk and Dr Sidney Porter looked
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AlphaCert welcomes on board Scott Taylor, a seasoned exec to drive growth Our new Chief Operating Officer, Scott Taylor, is part of AlphaCert’s significant expansion into large investment managers through Australasia and further afield. Having proven our technology with organisations like AustralianSuper, our ambition is to accelerate growth, and that’s where Scott comes in. Scott
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The Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) was held last week at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. More than 1000 delegates heard from a diverse group of speakers – regulators, industry associations, industry super funds and experts across the pension. The event highlighted the challenges of changing corporate culture, provided an update on
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The Investment Operations Conference, held at The Westin in Sydney, has come and gone. AlphaCert was there in the form of our CEO, Phil Pietersen, who found it a worthwhile and valuable event with opportunities to network with people in the industry as well as catching up with old friends. Over 250 specialists in the
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