TradeTech Europe 2020

19 - 21 October, 2020

Palais des Congrès de Paris

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Francis Gross, Senior Advisor at European Central Bank
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Francis Gross


Senior Advisor
European Central Bank

Francis is Senior Adviser in the Directorate General Statistics of the European Central Bank where his immediate focus is on the “real world - data world” interface, primarily object identification.. His interests include developing vision and strategy for overcoming the dual disruption of rapid globalisation and digitisation, as well as designing and driving the implementation of concrete, feasible measures with transformational power to ultimately deliver measurement tools effective at the scale and speed of today’s finance, especially in a crisis. He serves on the Regulatory Oversight Committee of the Global LEI System (GLEIS) and has been instrumental in the emergence and development of the GLEIS. Prior to the ECB, Francis spent fifteen years in the automotive industry, eight of which at Mercedes, working mainly on globalisation, strategic alliances and business development. 

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Focus Day - 19 October 2020

Monday, October 19th, 2020

2:05 PM Panel Discussion - What are the new industry initiatives that are driving improvements in data quality?

With the sheer amount of data and variety of sources being applied by investment and trading teams, data quality is paramount to ensure successful integration, analysis and application of this data. Discover how a leading hedge fund, two European asset managers, a leading European agency broker and the CAIA Association, the global organisation committed to education and professionalism in alternative investments, are collaborating to ensure data standardisation across the whole industry.


  • What are the data transformation strategies that have successfully reshaped business models and can effectively handle the growing volumes of data now being consumed?
  • How are new priorities in data governance improving data quality and what does this look like within an asset manager?
  • How are all stakeholders across the trading ecosystem working together to ensure consistency and improved quality of data?
  • Advancements in data security and firm wide platforms- what has this enabled concerning trust in data sources and use?

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