Leading banks and asset managers are leveraging internal and external alternative data sources to improve compliance and regulatory oversight.
Join Richard Johnson of Greenwich Associates and Paul Lashmet of Arcadia Data for an informative panel discussion with industry experts from Nordea and RBC Capital Markets discussing how to:
Rapidly access and analyse numerous different data sources
Develop RegTech solutions while managing total cost of ownership
Optimize internal data management through Big Data capabilities
Enhance compliance processes using alternative data
Meet heightened regulatory expectations around timeliness and quality of data
2. Greenwich Associates
We provide unique market information, insights and advice to help
clients:
• Improve their business performance
• Drive product strategy & development
• Increase sales effectiveness
• Gain a significant competitive advantage
• Enhance operational performance
• Optimize development initiatives
• Transform their business to improve every aspect of customer experience
Firm Facts:
• Founded in 1972
• Privately held
• Headquartered in Stamford, CT, with regional offices in
Pleasanton, CA, Toronto, London, Singapore, and Tokyo
Greenwich Associates is the leading provider of global market intelligence
and advisory services to the financial services industry
About Greenwich Associates
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By the numbers:
260+ Sell-Side Clients
in the financial services industry
350 Employees
throughout the United States,
Canada, Europe, Asia, and Japan
60,000 Annual Interviews
with buyers of financial services
150 Executive Interviewers
gather data in 70 countries in 14
languages
310,000 Universe of Experts
unique buy-side contacts
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Panelist Speakers
Paul Lashmet is the Practice Lead and Advisor of Financial Services at Arcadia Data. Arcadia Data is a visual
analytics platform that allows business users to make sense of high volume and varied data in a timely, secure,
and collaborative way. He writes extensively about the practical applications of emerging and innovative
technologies to regulatory compliance.
Richard Johnson (today’s moderator) is a senior analyst focusing on equities and financial technology in the Firm’s
Market Structure and Technology practice. He has 20 years of industry experience in financial markets specializing
in equities electronic trading and FinTech.
Alasdair Anderson is Executive Vice President of data engineering at Nordea Bank where he is responsible for a
big data strategy that supports all core bank functions. Alasdair speaks frequently throughout Europe on the topics
of data management, analytics, and innovation. His perspective includes the revenue generation and how to
satisfy ever growing regulatory and compliance demands.
Shailesh Ambike, Associate Director - Institutional Advisory & Surveillance at RBC Capital Markets and has most
recently focused on big data analytics as it relates to equity market trading and Compliance.. His focus areas
include but are not limited to: best execution, electronic trading controls, and foreign based trading in high risk
securities through direct market access.
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Developing RegTech solutions while managing total cost of ownership
Optimizing internal data management thru big data capabilities
Enhancing compliance processes using alternative data
Meeting heightened regulatory expectations around timeliness and quality of data
Questions
Agenda
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Alternative Data
Often generated by novel data and
analysis techniques, alternative data
are unique data sets that, by
themselves or in conjunction with
traditional market data, could provide
additional insight and competitive
advantage.
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Obstacles To Using Alternative Data
• Firm-level constraints top the list of obstacles, with cost and internal procurement
procedures limiting adoption of new data sources.
• Difficulty in working with datasets not customized to your specific use is cited by almost
one third as a key obstacle to using Alternative Data
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