Firstly, the 2019 ASFA Conference was a great event and as an exhibitor, we were delighted in the number of people that stopped by for a chat to understand a bit more about us and what we do. We met several great contacts and we’re already looking forward to the next one which will be

You know the story of the Three Little Pigs: one builds a house of straw, the second constructs his out of sticks, and the smartest little pig builds a solid brick house. Not surprisingly, the brick house is the only one to withstand the huffing and puffing of the Big Bad Wolf. We probably don’t

Investors are under growing pressure to factor Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) into their investment decisions, requiring a broad and complex set of metrics. As ESG reporting continues to evolve, what can investment managers do to respond? What is ESG and why is it growing in prominence? Increasingly three central factors that make up the

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According to a global expert on the subject, businesses are being left behind when it comes to data analytics, which means they’re missing out on growth opportunities and struggling with compliance issues. In this article, BDO’s Global Head of Audit and Accounting emphasises that local companies need to: ‘’ . . . get ahead of

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Bringing together two world-leading platforms for investment data management and market data provision After a large Australian customer signed up Refinitiv for market data, Refinitiv and AlphaCert agreed to work together to bring Refinitiv’s enriched data sets on to a purpose-built AlphaCert package installation. Refinitiv provides market data to investment managers in order to enrich

Performance and attribution data is the key to any investment management operation, but how do you ensure that information is readily and reliably available to those who need it? How do you cast those PEARLs of performance data before those who will appreciate it? Performance and attribution is the process of measuring and attributing investment