Waters Wavelength

This week, Octavio Marenzi, co-founder and CEO of Opimas, joins the podcast to look at how capital markets firms are incorporating web-scrapping tools in their investment processes, and examines some of the key challenges they face. But before that, with the Blackstone-led consortium’s acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk business closed, Anthony and James talk about what might be ahead for the newly renamed Refinitiv. 2:30-11 A look at Refinitiv. 11:30 In a recent report, Marenzi and his colleague Anna Griem looked at the web data extraction market. He explains why they thought this would be an interesting sector to examine. 13:00 What information are hedge funds, asset managers and others trying to find, and what types of tools are they using? 16:00 One major trend in the space is a move away from building internally and toward spending with third-party companies. 18:00 What are the common causes of these projects going awry? 24:00 Looking at the internet as the ultimate dataset and