Technology Systems and Software
206 white papers and resources
Seeking Signals from ESG Data
In this paper, we show that applying Gradient Boosting Trees to Bloomberg's own ESG dataset allows us to create an equity port- folio with higher return and lower volatility than its benchmark Russell 3000 Index. We also investigate the interpretability of our model using SHapley Additive…
Portfolio Vault
Extend your Portfolio Analytics workflow, adding persistence, validation, and pre-calculation to create a consistent and repeatable data distribution process.
Winning Investment Strategies Demand Powerful Solutions
FactSet serve all areas of the financial industry, helping you stay ahead of global market trends, access extensive company and industry intelligence, monitor portfolio risk and performance, and execute trades. Their comprehensive data feeds, desktop analytics, web and mobile applications, sell-…
TLM® Cash & Liquidity Management
This paper looks at robust stress testing and how to ensure a high degree of accuracy for making more informed decisions and meeting intraday liquidity reporting requirements
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…
Digital Risk Report 2nd Edition
This Risk Report offers important global perspectives from 1,050 organisations on the state of digital risk including top risk management priorities, the changes being implemented to manage risk today and drivers for future investment.
Innovation and the fight against financial crime
Last year’s global report on the true cost of financial crime revealed its impact, not just on companies and governments, but also the human victims exploited by criminal gangs which launder their gains through the financial system. This year we shift our focus onto another critical area,…
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…