by CDO Review Staff | Sep 12, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
The recent easing of the Volcker-rule limits on speculative trading is expected to boost algorithmic trading by banks. The rules were initially put in place after the financial crisis of 2008 and were meant to stop banks from trading using its own resources to make...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 12, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Company-released ESG data does not always reveal the complete picture. Investors can more properly gauge risks if they incorporate available alternative data in their analysis. Here is an excerpt from an article published in Risk.net: In January 2019, the collapse of...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 12, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Could stock markets become less liquid and more opaque due to high-frequency trading? This was the conclusion of a study led by Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management Professor Joshua Mollner and researcher Markus Baldauf of the University of British...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 12, 2019 | CDO Insider
The University of Colorado at Boulder has installed Seth Spielman as its new chief data strategy and analytics officer. Here is an excerpt from a report in CU BoulderToday: Spielman joined CU Boulder community in 2010 as an associate professor of geography, and also...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 12, 2019 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer, Civic Data & Tech
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named a new acting CDO in addition to several other hires in data policy roles. Here is an excerpt from a report published in MeriTalk: Topping the list is the appointment of Steve Rosenberg as the FCC’s acting Chief...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 11, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Currency traders seeking analytics hosting for their algorithmic orders can now avail of the service on Bloomberg’s FXGO. Here is an excerpt from a press release published by Cision/PRNewswire: The technology integrates Bloomberg’s FX execution and straight...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
The CDO isn’t just a data management role any more, according to a new brief from Gartner Research Board. “We believe this is the rise of a new type of leader — the CDO 4.0,” said Mario Faria, VP and program director at the Gartner Research Board. “CDO 1.0 was...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
The US Navy is re-jiggering its IT org chart. It’ll start by elevating and hiring a new CIO, as well as more than a dozen other staffers, including a CDO, CISO and a chief digital officer, who will all report to the CDO. The team is expected to lead the Navy...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
Entrenched company cultures continue to be among the biggest hurdles for CDOs attempting a data-driven transformation of their companies. Sara Brown explored the challenges facing CDOs in this article published by MIT-Sloan School: Chief data officers are often...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
Data-related job titles are storming the C-suite; the number of CDOs at Fortune 100 firms has grown 500% since 2013, according to a new report. A recent study by Edtech firm AVADO titled ‘Transformation in the C-Suite’ reveals that the number of CDOs in leadership...
