This article explores the strategic importance of market data management in financial institutions and the challenges they face in handling this valuable resource.

The market data needs for the financial services industry is at an all-time high. With constant expansion, it's becoming an increasingly critical component of the business, touching nearly every aspect of it.

Soft dollars are a means of paying for market data and research services through a brokerage firm’s account rather than your own company’s account.

In our benchmark review we aim to capture and analyze business spend, document and record internal workflows and compare these results with standards we view lead the industry. The review is broken down into down into 4 sections