
Managing Financial Information in the Trade Lifecycle
A Concise Atlas of Financial Instruments and Processes
- 1st Edition - May 2, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Martijn Groot
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 2 8 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 9 9 3 - 3
Information is the oxygen supply of the financial markets. Financial information, or data, is so important that companies such as Barclays and Citigroup now have executive… Read more

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Request a sales quoteInformation is the oxygen supply of the financial markets. Financial information, or data, is so important that companies such as Barclays and Citigroup now have executive positions of Chief Data Officer or Head of Data Acquisition. This book, by a long-time industry insider at one of the leading data management vendors, discusses the present and future of financial data management by focusing on the lifecycle of the financial instruments (stocks, bonds, options, derivatives) that generate and require data to keep the markets moving. This book is a concise reference manual of the financial information supply chain and how to maximize effectiveness and minimize cost.
- First book fully dedicated to financial information supply chain and how to manage it effectively
- Addresses hot topics that readers need to know: regulatory reporting regulations, data pooling, hubs, and data exchanges
- Draws from actual lessons learned and presents many real-life scenarios of the business
Financial Operations and Information Executives in banks and investment houses, such as CIO, Head of Operations, Head of Market Data, Market Data Manager/Director
1. The changing financial services landscape1.1 Introduction1.2 Historical perspective and current industry landscape1.3 The instrument lifecycle1.4 The transaction lifecycle1.5 The information supply chain1.6 Flow and bespoke business models1.7 The typical information architecture1.8 Consequences and costs1.9 Conclusion2. The instrument lifecycle: the life and times of financial instruments.2.1 Introduction2.2 Enter the protagonist: the financial instrument2.3 Types of financial products2.4 Financial markets2.5 A birth of a financial instrument – the process2.6 Describing a financial instrument2.7 Active life of financial instruments – corporate actions2.8 Dependencies between instruments2.9 Ups and downs throughout an instrument’s life.2.10 The demise of a financial instrument2.11 Conclusions3. The information supply chain: overview of the financial content market3.1 Introduction3.2 Overview of the content market and its changing dynamics3.3 Who are the data sellers?3.4 The Information Supply Chain3.5 Different types of content3.6 Licensing and contract management.3.7 Sourcing and dissemination information internally: technical perspective3.8 Conclusions4 Information needs in the transaction lifecycle4.1 Introduction4.2 The information manufacturing business: basic versus derived data4.3 The transaction Lifecycle4.4 Processes under scrutiny: regulation and audit4.5 Use cases4.6 Conclusions5. Tying it together: metrics and criteria for success in infrastructure5.1 Introduction5.2 The information entropy situation5.3 Aspects of information quality5.3 The content manufacturing process5.4 The wholesale versus the retail transaction model5.5 Quality metrics: information management KPIs and their SLA context5.6 Wholesale versus retail: what constitutes success in process and content management?5.7 Conclusion6. Conclusion
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 2, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 288
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123742896
- eBook ISBN: 9780080559933
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Martijn Groot
Martijn Groot is VP Product Management at Asset Control, a market leading provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions to buy- and sell-side firms and market infrastructure companies around the globe.
Martijn has worked in product management, consulting and technology roles focused on enterprise software, financial data analytics and content services at firms such as ABN AMRO, Euroclear and IGATE.
Martijn holds an MBA from INSEAD, a MSc in Mathematics from VU University, Amsterdam and is a certified Financial Risk Manager from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
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Product Marketing Director, Asset Control, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsRead Managing Financial Information in the Trade Lifecycle on ScienceDirect