Case Studies

MDM Strategy: The Bank identified market data issues which have had a major impact on its
ability to manage risk, and deliver services. HPSquared was engaged to analyze the bank’s use
of Market Data with respect to the key issues, arising as part of its bank-wide risk assessment
program, and develop a direction and vision to better position the business. To this end we
developed a Road Map which addressed the near-term tactical fixes for risk issues and the
strategic end state vision.

Data and Information Governance: For a major financial services conglomerate, assessed
methods of information management spanning the key business units and addressing
electronic and manual records. Effort was initial phase of an enterprise data management
program to improve business processes addressing EDM

Master Data Management and Data Governance: Major Hedge Fund needed to develop a
robust and accurate Market Data acquisition capability, management strategy and supporting
business processes. We assisted by establishing a strategy utilizing Commercial Off the Shelf
Software (COTS) products and implementing Data Quality, Data Governance and Master Data
Management policies and processes. There were several major challenges in the process to
support compatibility with the culture and overall business processes.

Enterprise Data Management: To enable data quality enhancement and improve operational
processes for a Media company, through an enterprise data management program we helped
institute a semantic model and to establish a consistent and accurate representation of
publishers, writers, songs, and ownership rides within the music industry.

Analytic Data Warehouse: For a fund processing and asset management firm derived a
strategy to provide their multiple customers with a Data Warehouse that enabled them to create
an Analytical Analysis capability. The unique challenge was that the Meta Process had to be
applicable to multiple customers while concurrently keep the data secure and private. The
strategy and design was implemented and is in production today. The design was flexible
enough to accommodate multiple mergers and acquisitions.

Case Studies

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