As managers continue to seek ways to improve their business continuity after COVID-19 drastically uprooted the workplace, many have turned their focus toward accelerating their digital transformation using a data governance solution. In the realm of data management, buy-side firms are making significant inroads by leveraging digital-first providers to propel themselves further up the data maturity curve and along in their journey.
While most ETL tools available in the market today possess a catalog module – which allows users to access standardized data from a central location and view backward lineage – some fail to provide insight into how and where data is being used as well as the future impact of making changes. Thus, these ETL tools must also offer a reporting catalog that can provide users with a central place to track all of their reports and dashboards, which can be based on PowerBI, Tableau, SSRS, etc.
There are a multitude of source systems that are used by front, middle and back-office teams in buy side firms. For the purpose of portfolio accounting, one of the most popular systems that is used is SS&C’s Advent Geneva, which allows funds to build their entire accounting book of records (ABOR) by feeding investments and reference data directly into the system.
Looking back to when some of the major stock indexes plunged in March, it was unclear just how much of an impact COVID-19 would have on the financial markets, let alone on society as a whole. But, as we cross a year into the pandemic, we can now see that while this year’s market volatility has created many challenges, it has also uncovered opportunities and areas ripe for investment.
With the sheer volume available today, most hedge funds and private equity firms consume data from a variety of sources such as market data providers, counterparties, fund admins and accounting systems. As a result, data is processed and consumed at multiple touchpoints, which can lead to dataset duplication and quality issues. However, implementing a robust master data management platform will enable funds to mitigate these challenges while simultaneously providing efficiencies and tangible insights. Read More
