Whitepaper & Video Center

Consistent application of financial data and reporting standards within and across jurisdictions remains an important unresolved legacy issue with risk management and financial stability implications. There is a need for the financial services industry, global regulators and other stakeholders to collaboratively build on their progress toward achieving a data standardization framework that addresses current deficiencies and allows innovative new technologies to be adopted. Establishing and implementing a common global language for financial instruments and transactions will create efficiency, reduce costs and result in the improved usability of financial data to create valuable information and manage systemic risk.

In a world increasingly driven by data, individual consumers suddenly have a lot of power. How they exercise this power, and the ways companies respond, will be a major story for years to come. Big changes in public perception of corporate behavior herald the arrival of the opt-in era for the data economy: from now on, companies must allow consumers to take ownership of their own data and choose where and how it is shared. Yet most people, companies, and governments are not prepared for what comes next.

While data management and data governance have been the dominating theme of FIMA, financial institutions are moving beyond just management and governance to include data analytics that deliver value to the business. Firms are now gaining additional value from investments made in strong data governance and quality. Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Data Lakes and Blockchain are key drivers to the next generation analytics we’re hoping to get to, but that progression is not without its challenges.

New for 2018, the second annual edition of FIMA's flagship CDO study is here! Featuring the direct insights of data practice leaders, you'll learn where they are on their journey to "Governance 2.0," as well as how they are beating common challenges and adding value to the business from a holistic level. Don't miss this critical research, download your copy now!

Click the image on the left to download now! Enterprises that have launched effective data management programs agree, data management has undeniable value for the business’s bottom line. And yet, many enterprises have not taken advantage. This benchmark report will explore the advantages and trends of exciting new data programs across the financial sector. Key topics include: Defining excellence in data management Allocating IT budgets to meet data management and compliance challenges Contending with a range of regulatory challenges

Technology is pushing forward the bounds of what can be considered within a data practice, and the latest report from Sapient and the FIMA conference series illustrates just that. Covering how breakthroughs in AI and leveraging unstructured data will play a role in the next generation of data practice, this is a report you don't want to miss.  Click the image to the left to download!

Partnered with Sapient, FIMA has put together a new research report on the transformative powers of AI and its impact on the growth of the data practice. Click the image to the left to download now!

In the Spring of 2017, ASG and the FIMA conference series partnered to produce a webinar focused on the questions that have arisen since the EU’s adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).This report uncovers the answers to common concerns based on recommendations made by industry experts who participated in the General Data Protection Regulation webinar. In addition, it includes benchmark data gathered on-site at the FIMA conference on May 18, 2017.

Paxata and FIMA partnered in Q2 2017, delivering a benchmark survey to gain a better understanding of how financial data management and governance are progressing as disciplines. Many firms have made the decision to invigorate their data practices to be able to strategically outpace whatever material or theoretical demands might fall upon them. With the development of these capabilities, a new focus for the data practice is also emerging. Adopting the trend of "self-service" data tools has helped find the value in many organization's data practices.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is currently at the peak of the Hype Cycle, according to Gartner, and was at the same place last year. But is it hype or reality?In this report—based on the FIMA webinar of the same name—we explore how leading companies succeed within the new digital workforce.  We’ll observe this future trend and investigate how it will—or will not—become a new business standard.

The widespread recognition and reliance on the ISIN standard has grown exponentially in recent years. Regulators, global market participants, and information providers alike have coalesced around the certainty and efficiency the ISIN standard provides.Now, the ANNA Service Bureau is a centralized hub for the collection and distribution of ISINs from all the global numbering agencies on a daily basis. This FIMA 2017 – 2018 Post-Webinar Report is based on a panel discussion during the 2017 FIMA webinar, ANNA, the DSB & the Growing Value of the ISIN.