Antony Fung

As the financial industry increasingly embraces the cloud, the underlying and often overlooked energy crisis threatens to derail cloud ambitions. SunGard, a hyper-scale data centre and cloud provider, has already fallen victim, and an estimated 16,000 clients are left scrambling in the aftermath. This article explores the underlying cause of rising energy prices, the impact on data centres, the risks to the financial industry, how firms can mitigate risks, and how CJC can help.

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Optimise Market Data Processes with a Clear System

In this fireside chat, Catherine Ottway speaks with Claire Hobday, Subject Matter Expert at CJC, about the critical role of market data operation workflows. Claire shares her journey from returning to work after 11 years as a full-time mum to becoming a Market Data SME, and how her experience has shaped her approach to mentoring, process design, and client service.

They explore how inefficient workflows can lead to costly errors, reputational risk, and compliance issues, and how CJC’s agile, client-focused approach helps mitigate these challenges. Claire also highlights the importance of communication across teams, the value of a well-structured runbook, and how adaptability is key in a constantly evolving market data landscape.

Using CJC’s tried-and-tested 3-step methodology, the CM team supports clients to streamline their market data operations. From invoice and inventory management to strategic market data governance, reporting, entitlement processes, demand tracking, and vendor oversight, while unlocking time efficiencies and cost savings.

Join Catherine and Claire in this fireside chat to discover how CJC transforms market data operations from inefficient to optimised.

Chapters:

• 00:32 – Claire’s personal journey.
• 00:50 – What can happen with inefficient workflows?
• 01:30 – What if communication breakdowns between teams?
• 02:13 – Why is agile workflow important?
• 03:10 – What does CJC’s CM Managed Service do differently?
• 04:40 – Why is market data knowledge vital when designing workflows?
• 06:57 – Claire’s personal journey from working at CJC.