Max Bowie

Like a Formula One Grand Prix, data management is a race that can be won or lost. And just as each race is part of a larger F1 championship that pays large sums

As BlackRock buys Preqin, and LSEG strikes a data deal with Dow Jones, Max notes that in data, strange bedfellows breed valuable offspring.

IEX says it is ditching its unprofitable data arm to focus on its core exchange business, but other vendors believe they can turn a profit from its former

Max highlights some of WatersTechnology’s recent reporting on data costs and capacity issues facing the options industry, and asks, haven’t we seen this before

Using AI to extract data from documents and filings should be a no-brainer. But it takes a lot of brains and money to get those processes set up and running

Like Alice in Wonderland, Max disappears down the rabbit hole of AI to discover a world that is sometimes fantasy—and sometimes a nightmare.

As data and analytics become more intertwined, banks and vendors are creating a new role—the chief data and analytics officer—to help them take advantage of the

This year’s North American Financial Information Summit takes place this week, with an expanded agenda. Max highlights some of the must-attend sessions and new

Using a mix of in-house expertise and third-party technologies, the firm has constructed a cloud-based data mesh that gives internal staff access to proprietary

Cancellations of overlapping contracts following a bank merger put a dent in MSCI’s earnings, but management remains upbeat about the potential of recent

A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.

With market data and associated costs typically representing a firm’s third-largest expense, there’s a lot of incentive to manage data and its usage more

A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.

The Data Excellence Program—the first to recognize data management at an enterprise level, rather than being an accreditation program for individuals—will help

The cloud provider is following the server lifespans imposed by rivals Google and Microsoft last year, in a move expected to yield more than $900 million in Q1

Data accuracy issues are hampering some firms’ regulatory reporting abilities. So why aren’t data professionals more involved? And how can compliance costs be

With the SEC’s approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, Max explains why reference data will take on greater importance—whether non-data people know it or not.

Machine learning and generative AI offer a tremendous opportunity to help users obtain more insights from raw data, but these tools first need perfect datasets

Will the greedy Grinch get his comeuppance for trying to steal the Whos’ valuable market data at Christmas? Max Bowie investigates.

While the data auditing process has been contentious for a long time, Max looks at some of the positive improvements made in 2023 and explains why more