This panel will discuss different ways in which investment firms’ end users are able access and consume data sets. How are organisations tailoring access and modelling capabilities to individual use cases and what different delivery formats are provided to facilitate ease of access across different devices and locations?
Wietske Blees (chair)
Editor, Fund Business
Wietske is a journalist with over 17 year's of experience in financial regulation, risk management, derivatives and technology.
Most recently a regulatory analyst with Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, Wietske spent six years analysing the impact of financial regulation on market participants across the globe. Prior to this, she was a staff writer at Risk Magazine covering derivatives, risk management and technology across Europe and Asia-Pacific. She started her career as editor of Unquote”, a European private equity publication.
Wietske holds a master’s degree with distinction in global political economy (specialising in global finance) from the University of Sussex, and obtained a first-class bachelor of arts in international relations with French from Université Grenoble Alpes (formerly Université Pierre Mendès France) and the University of Sussex.
Tim Smith
Head of Data and Analytics - VFMC
Tim joined VFMC in November 2010 and is currently head of data and analytics, where he is accountable for managing data and analytics dperations, including leadership responsibilities for the D&A strategy and continued development of the next phases of our capability.
Thilankka Marasinghe
Senior Manager Investment Data - QSuper
Thilankka joined QSuper in March 2020 to lead the investment data team (within the investment operations area) with the purpose of uplifting the use of data across the investment lifecycle.
Thilankka has over 10 years of experience in data management across the financial service industry. He is particularly passionate about creating the conditions of success needed to enable data driven organisation.
Richard CJ Tsai, based in Melbourne, is a portfolio manager in the Invesco Quantitative Strategies (IQS) team. He is responsible for supporting the management of IQS Australia’s equity portfolios.
CJ has over 21 years’ experience in Australian financial markets, working in quantitative systems, research and analysis, and actuarial consulting. Prior to joining Invesco in April 2018, CJ was with BlackRock, Russell Investment Group, and Towers Perrin.
James Milne
Head of Product - AlphaCert Labs
James has over 15 years of IT and consulting experience and has worked for AlphaCert since inception. During this time, he has been involved in building all aspects of the platform and overseen major data integration projects to a portfolio management system (BlackRock Aladdin) and a performance and attribution system (Ortec PEARL) for customers.