By Jennifer McMackin
Many investment managers’ trade reconciliation and other post-trade processes are still burdened with the inefficiencies of collecting, normalizing and validating data from third-party sources. A typical investment management firm receives numerous data feeds on securities, positions and transactions. This creates more work for operations teams to manage data and maintain provider links, while causing workflow and settlement risk and delays due to errors and manual effort.
Is this the best way to acquire and aggregate external data, and utilize your staff’s time and resources? Is your firm potentially missing out on opportunities to optimize processes and spend more time on strategic areas? Let’s explore the two main data aggregation challenges investment managers face and what they can do about it.