Data Management is at the heart of the investment management process and firms need to do all that they can to manage the reams of data that they process every day with the number one priority being accuracy.
Last week, Cutter and Associates offered their take on the year that passed and the one to come. We know the folks at Cutter pretty well and, while we would disagree with the “Fear” part of what they are seeing or concluding, we could not agree more with many of the points in their piece.
For 2012, we foresee much of the same as 2011: another challenging year with firms trying to maneuver in an uncertain environment. The key difference between 2011 and 2012 so far seems to be one of outlook, in which we see more optimism from the folks we are speaking with than we did last year.