May 14, 2020

Discovery Data’s Bob Skea on Finding Answers in Data and Technol

May 14, 2020/ Jim Urquhart

Asset managers, wealth managers, insurance companies, and fintechs say they want data. But in reality, what they really want is answers.

December 05, 2019

Dan Houlihan on Asset Owners’ In-Housing Investment Decision

December 05, 2019/ Tom Groenfeldt

The Head of Asset Servicing, Americas at Northern Trust discusses the trend toward bringing investment decisions in-house. The reasons relate to fees, controls, efficiencies, and investment performance. Funny, isn’t it, since those sound much like the rationale for outsourcing?

The Financial Revolutionist

The Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.