As with past crises, COVID-19 is likely causing you to consider how you can reduce your data costs. Now is a great time to act on ways you can reduce costs while not disrupting your operations. Several factors contribute to data costs: Managing relationships with multiple data providers Handling numerous data subscriptions Fees for data
I hope you, your colleagues and your families are healthy and staying safe. I’m happy to report that everyone at Data In Harmony (DIH) is OK so far, and our operations for the most part have been unaffected. I’m reaching out because I’ve been talking to DIH clients, and after sharing quarantine stories and worries,
As we’re sure you know, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was implemented by European policymakers after the 2008 financial crisis. The latest update, MiFID II, goes into effect on January 3, 2018, and covers a wide array of regulatory categories. What you may not realize (yet) is it will be crucial to have
It’s been an eventful few weeks in the world of index constituents, specifically which types of companies will be permitted in broad stock indices. Two of the largest index companies, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones Indices, have issued new rules regarding voting rights and which companies may join their indices.
Buy-side firms have unprecedented access to data, and powerful tools to analyze that data. This is a good thing. However, if everyone has access to the same data and similar tools to analyze it, the quest for alpha becomes harder than ever. So institutional investors are looking for new data sets from which to extract
