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March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020Smart Data Holds The Key To Unlocking Opportunity Zone Impact
If we think about what data operations can do for unlocking capital, it’s useful to remember the EB-5 program that helped during the Great Recession. That was facilitated by the technology at Specialty Financial Administrator NES Financial. Intelligent data is also at work in Opportunity Zones, if we lay down the politics.
March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020Why Isn’t Machine Learning Living up to the Hype?
As a team from Deloitte Australia writes, “if our social and economic systems persist in framing work in terms of tasks completed, and to value labor in terms of its ability to prosecute these tasks — then we can expect AI & ML solutions to continue to be used as they often are today: as cost-cutting enablers, substitutes for humans instead of partners with humans.”
March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020For fund managers, data warehouses and dashboards are suddenly cool again
As global markets brace for the potential end to a decade of non-stop economic growth, private fund managers are making extraordinary moves to strengthen relationships with limited partners and enhance investment performance.
March 03, 2020
March 03, 2020Andrew Yang Put the Automation of Jobs on the National Agenda
The rapidly evolving election season seems to have left Andrew Yang behind in the rear view mirror. But his warnings about automation and job loss are staying with us. What to do when inevitable automation efficiencies make humans redundant? History shows us there is a path forward.
Feb 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020Reluctance to overhaul data operations gives proactive COOs a chance to differentiate
Despite the disclaimers, nothing beats past performance when it comes to wooing investors. But as we approach a full decade of a bull market, it’s not enough for fund managers to show strong returns from recent years. They need to back up their decisions and the value of the sectors they invest in with data. Subscription is required.
Jan 10, 2020
Jan 10, 2020What 2020 holds for enterprise tech — the numbers alone don’t tell the whole story
Between Cisco’s bellwether earnings, the course adjustments that have followed, and nervous chatter at end of 2019 conferences, enterprise technology spending looks likely to slow as we head in this new year and new decade. Is business technology the wrong part of Silicon Valley to stake a claim in? Not quite. Subscription is required.
Dec 23, 2019
Dec 23, 20192020 vision: Fund services trends to define the New Year
As another year passes, Global Custodian is celebrating a record year of online traffic as we set new highs in our website views. Thanks to consistently breaking the biggest stories within the world of securities services and taking a deep-dive into some of the most innovative new releases from custodians, fund administrators and the like, 2019 was our best year yet.
Dec 8, 2019
Dec 8, 2019Data Warehouses Are Finally Kicking Into High Gear
Announcements of new high tech client portals from Neuberger Berman and Pershing suggest something is happening under the hood of funds. It may be that long-talked-about digital transformation is springing forward at last. Subscription is required.
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 27, 2019Louis Bacon’s sunset ride may foretell ‘mechanized future’ of data-driven investing
The legendary Moore Capital is closing. Its founder, Louis Bacon, is reported to be riding off into the sunset. His name was often mentioned in the same breath as George Soros, Stan Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones. Like them, over his three-decade career he helped build hedge funds’ reputation for placing big bets on big world events — profiting from predictions of war and economic meltdown.
Nov 19, 2019
Nov 19, 2019Harmonate launches next generation data operations for funds
Harmonate, a data services platform for funds, has launched a full-scale deployment of its latest data operations platform for funds. Harmonate says the platform can provide 20 per cent cost savings in year one of implementation, and 80 per cent savings in ensuing years. Harmonate has also demonstrated a capability to reduce reporting delivery timelines by more than 80 per cent.
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019Fund admin spinout Harmonate launches middle office ML data platform
Harmonate announced the launch of its data operations platform for funds. Until this launch, its services were only available exclusively through a single fund administrator, NES Financial. The fintech now provides a standalone service available to all funds, fund administrators, systems integrators and funds of funds, including those it already serves through its pre-launch engagements.