Having a birds-eye view of the market data industry and detailed information about the arsenal of tools financial services firms have at their disposal has been an eye-opener.

The real opportunity for change is investors’ ability to use the data and technology achievements of the last decade to take advantage of ESG applications for investment decisions, as opposed to checking off a tick box for reporting.

In the mid 2000’s I was responsible for a team that provided mission critical pricing for fixed income asset classes. Many clients were using this mark-to-market pricing to calculate an end of day NAV for their portfolios. The needs for timeliness and accuracy were absolute, and business continuity and disaster recovery were mandatory. Part of […]