Derivatives play a fundamental role in financial markets, enabling firms to hedge risk exposure and access additional assets and types of market. Due to their diffusion and the complexity and variety of instrument types, derivatives trading requires large amounts of data and poses specific challenges when it comes to data management.…
Alternative data has become a burgeoning part of the financial information industry. As part of a series of educational articles (which so far have looked at market data and reference data, data management, data quality, and securities mastering, this piece looks specifically at alternative sources of financial information, why they have become sought after, and the specific challenges of managing such data.…
Modern capital markets organizations need to master data relating to a wide range of financial instruments – including securities, derivatives, structured products and other risk factors (credit curves, volatility surfaces etc.). As part of a series of educational introductory articles, this blog provides a high-level overview to define the basic characteristics of a securities master, derivatives master, structured products master, and price master. …
How does Xenomorph IPV support valuation processes? What are the key elements of the system that enable your firm to maintain governance controls and comply with tough regulatory scrutiny?
Find out more with our latest explainer video:…
This article forms part of a series of educational resources designed to help anyone starting out in the financial information industry. Earlier posts looked to define market and reference data, and explain principles of market data management. This article describes the key attributes of market data quality, explaining that data quality requirements vary according to use case, and outlining key processes used to enhance and assure market data quality.…
Data is an increasingly expensive asset and many companies are looking for ways to optimize how they request and use data within their business. Xenomorph’s Market Data Cost Optimization enables firms to manage the usage and cost of data across the enterprise, reduce those costs and maximize the efficiency of their processes.…
Independent Price Verification is an increasingly important process requirement to support finance and risk functions across a wide range of financial institutions. Xenomorph’s Independent Price Verification solution is an out-of-the-box module for IPV and price reconciliation requirements. It comes preconfigured for standard Independent Price Verification workflows and can be easily customized to match specific requirements.…
In the first in this series of blogs we explained the difference between market data and reference data. In this follow-up article on Market Data Management, we provide an overview of the various disciplines involved in managing market data and reference data for a large organisation, which can also be referred to under the catch-all title of enterprise data management.…
The first in a series of brief blogs looking to clarify the basics of financial data management, in this article we discuss what is market data, what is reference data, and look at some of the differences between them. For anyone starting out in the financial information industry, this is intended as a primer to help aid understanding.…
In the first in a series of articles designed to help data professionals design and implement an Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solution, we explore the key drivers for EDM adoption and the outcomes that you should look for to judge the success of your project.…
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