Waters Wavelength

Gerard Francis, global head of enterprise data for Bloomberg, joins Anthony Malakian on the podcast to discuss data fragmentation issues in the capital markets. Bloomberg announced this week the launch of Enterprise Access Point, an online open data and linked data platform that provides normalized reference, pricing, regulatory and historical datasets for Bloomberg Data License clients. Toward the end, they get into the product itself a bit more, but the point of this podcast is to look at the underlying trends that led to the launch of Enterprise Access Point and, specifically, the challenges firms are facing when it comes to data fragmentation. 1:15 Gerard joins the podcast and gives a quick primer on Bloomberg’s Enterprise Data business. 2:15 Why is data fragmentation becoming more of an issue in today’s environment? 6:00 The cost of data. 7:30 The difference between dirty data and quality data. 10:00 Examples of challenges that arise when data fragmentation becomes an issue. 12:00 The rise of th