Operations and Infrastructure
119 white papers and resources
Fair valuations - what lies beneath
This whitepaper focuses on the challenges and opportunities facing buy-side and sell-side firms when it comes to determining fair valuations for complex and thinly-traded securities like certain derivatives and fixed income instruments. It highlights the difficulties facing capital markets firms…
Cut the Cord on Market Data: Embrace the Power of the Cloud
This white paper includes research from Greenwich Associates on the current trends in the financial industry regarding market data spending and planned adoption of the cloud for market data management as a replacement for on-premise legacy technology. It also dispels the myth that the cloud cannot…
Centralized Data Hubs: The Key to Cracking the Data Quality Conundrum
This survey report focuses on the extent to which financial services firms suffer from suboptimal data, the degree to which they acknowledge their shortcomings and the steps they have taken or are considering to remedy the situation. It also sheds light on the specific business processes most…
SmartStream Breathes Life into AIR
This research paper examines the results of a recent survey conducted by WatersTechnology in association with SmartStream. It charts the progress of SmartStream AIR, from its inception to its launch, and focuses on the new ground it breaks in what is historically a complex, expensive and invariably…
Agile Data Mastering – A modern, agile approach to solving the data mastering challenge
Download this ebook to learn more about Agile Data Mastering (ADM), the pillars of ADM and its key features and benefits.
SmartStream Technologies – Artificial Intelligence Product Roadmap
This report focuses on seven of SmartStream Technologies’ key products and services— SmartStream AIR, SmartStream Aurora, SmartStream Reference Data Utility, TLM Fees and Expense Management, TLM Collateral Management, TLM Reconciliations Premium and SmartStream Managed Services— and outlines the…
Mastering Financial Customer Data at Multinational Scale
This white paper explains why traditional master data management (MDM) systems do not scale to meet the needs of large, multinational financial companies. It further explores a new MDM reference architecture that applies machine learning algorithms to the problem.
The Future of Banking: A Financial Concierge for Everyone
As customers take their transactions from the branches to the digital channels, banking has become less and less personal. This white paper discusses the advantages banks can realise by utilising conversational banking.
Custom Software Comes to the Fore
This white paper investigates current custom software trends across the capital markets and how these firms can make the all-important business case for developing and deploying proprietary applications.
Data – the new natural resource
This white paper aims to help you make data-driven decisions with actionable insights to deliver the best possible customer experience. It further provides 4 tips for better engaging your customers.