by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
Tyler Kleykamp, hired as Connecticut’s first Chief Data Officer in 2014, said last week he is stepping down from his role. September 6 was his last day on the job, and the post will remain vacant as the state looks for a replacement. So, tomorrow is my last day...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
Swiss drug giant Novartis reportedly fired chief scientific officer Brian Kaspar and head of research Allan Kaspar in its affiliate AveXis over charges that they manipulated research data in connection with an FDA application for a gene therapy drug. An August press...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
Online brand management firm Yext has chosen Christian J. Ward, a former chief data officer for SourceMedia and InfoGroup, as its new CDO. Ward has worked at Yext for the past five years as EVP of Data Partnerships. Here is an excerpt from a report published in...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | CDO Insider
Matthew Tod, CDO of D4T4 Solutions for the past three years, is scheduled to resign by the end of September this year. He is reportedly seeking ‘fresh business opportunities.’ Here is an excerpt from a report published by MorningStar: The data solutions provider said...
by CDO Review Staff | Sep 4, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
ESG investments are currently riding a boom as institutional investors embrace sustainable and responsible investing. However, poor ESG data can lead to costly investment mistakes and inaccurate disclosures to investors. Susanna Rust filed this report for IPE.com:...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 30, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Quants at JP Morgan and other prominent firms are fascinated right now with self-teaching algorithms that are employed to hedge options portfolios and they are looking forward to doing the same for single stocks and other types of portfolios. Kris Devasabai filed this...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 30, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Founded by a group of Princeton University engineers, alternative data provider PreData parses open source data and generates indicators of geopolitical risk that could help hedge fund traders and risk managers make better-informed decisions. PreData’s machine...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 30, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Asset managers are leaning on AI to gauge risk. But should they? Faye Kilburn expresses doubt that robots can learn to manage risk, at least in the short run. Her article was published by Risk.net: Most attempts to apply AI so far have been in stock price forecasting....
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 30, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Following huge losses by retail investors, Australian regulators have proposed curbs on the country’s $1.3 billion market in binary options and derivatives that are seen as high-risk transactions. Other countries in Europe and North America have already banned such...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 30, 2019 | Asset Management and Trading
Concentrated funds with less than 50 holdings may not be adequately assessed for risks by the current approach to risk modelling. The volume of concentrated funds has more than tripled to $600 billion over the past decade but risk modelling tools have not kept pace...
