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Data dividends: Enhancing your information infrastructure

In Q3 of 2022, WBR Insights surveyed 100 Chief Data Officers and similar from buy-side and sell-side firms across Europe and North America, to find out about the challenges they are facing in 2022 and the innovative solutions being brought to the table.

"The Great Reset" Whitepaper 2022

Challenges and solutions for global banks in 2022 and beyond - Discover insights from 200 heads of risk, technology, operations, and similar from sell-side banks across America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific to understand how they are tackling 2022’s top challenges.

Investing in the Automation Revolution

Discover insights from 100 Heads and Directors of Data Management, IT Finance, and those of a similar standing from firms across Europe to find out more about how they’re taking advantage of the data revolution to enable automation. 

Data as a Strategic Growth Asset in 2021: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 for Buy-Side and Sell-Side Data Managers

Capital market and finance firms have had a rough ride of late. They face disruption from several directions. The urgency for technology innovation is one. A deluge of regulation, and most recently, the market volatility that the pandemic has caused, are others. Given the conditions that the sector has faced over the last decade plus, it seems likely that the harsh realities from the 2008 financial crisis will be amplified post-COVID-19. Following the financial repercussions of the 2008 crisis, COVID-19 is now accelerating digital adoption. The pandemic has served as an acid test for the robustness of firms’ digital infrastructure. Some of this transformation work was already underway. But the global health crisis is catalysing greater innovation and adoption of emerging technologies. Those such as AI, ML, and RPA, Blockchain, DLT and natural language processing promise both cost savings and efficiency gains.

Building a Mature Data Culture and Strategy

In Q3 of 2019 WBR Insights surveyed 100 Chief Data Officers from across Europe and the US to find out more about the challenges they face and the innovative solutions being brought to the table.The survey was conducted by appointment over the telephone. The results were compiled and anonymised by WBR Insights and are presented here with analysis and commentary by SWIFT, DTSQUARED and the FIMA community.