As clients add new indices to pursue an investment opportunity, the key is speed and agility in having data added and to ensure that the client can work in partnership to maintain any index licenses required for the delivery or avoid any situations where they are in breach of said licenses.
Benchmark data varies hugely between index providers and the level of data that is supplied often inconsistent and/or requiring explanation – the most successful organisations work with a managed data service provider who understand the full lifecycle of index data from open, close, pro-forma and rebalance with a solution that is equally appropriate for asset management or trading.
