Cleaning up the buy side

Asset managers have always lagged sell-side firms when it comes to using accurate, easily accessible and well-organised data for risk management. But regulators are increasing pressure on institutional investors to clean up their act. By Richard Jackson

p18-bradley-jpg

Inaccurate or insufficient data is often the root cause of many risk management problems. Yet data management is not often a high priority for many financial firms, particularly on the buy side. Asset managers have tended to lag dealers in this regard - although banks have often been forced to make improvements in this area to comply with new regulation, such as the Basel II capital accord regime.

Moreover, banks tend to be well aware of the potential benefits of having a 'golden copy' of data -

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Risk.net? View our subscription options

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here