{"id":134168,"date":"2026-01-06T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professional.content.cirrus.bloomberg.com\/professional2023\/insights\/data\/what-type-of-data-is-needed-to-find-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:00:49","slug":"what-type-of-data-is-needed-to-find-opportunities","status":"publish","type":[3762],"link":"https:\/\/professional.content.cirrus.bloomberg.com\/professional2023\/insights\/data\/what-type-of-data-is-needed-to-find-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"What type of data is needed to find opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-compact row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69d913bab8bbb'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column 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2026<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>Bloomberg Professional Services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2 bbg-column--valign-middle bbg-column--m-width-2 bbg-column--s-padding-right-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div class=\"bb-tts\"\n\tdata-selector=\"main\"\n\tdata-label=\"Speak this page\"\n\tdata-custom-play=\"Play\"\n\tdata-custom-pause=\"Pause\"\n\tdata-custom-stop=\"Stop\"\n\tdata-overlay=\"false\"\n\tdata-invert=\"false\"\n\tdata-no-time=\"false\"\n\tdata-no-button-text=\"false\"\n\tdata-one-button=\"true\"\n\tdata-one-style=\"true\"\n\tdata-hide-stop=\"true\"\n\tdata-voice=\"Gordon\"\n\tdata-pitch=\"1\"\n\tdata-speed=\"1\"\n\tdata-align=\"flex-start\"\n>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black 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Insights from Bloomberg\u2019s Enterprise Tech &amp; Data Summit in London highlight how alternative datasets, unstructured data, scalable AI workflows, and agentic systems are reshaping alpha generation, discretionary and systematic investing, and firmwide data access. These capabilities are redefining how financial institutions extract insight and build research efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-compact row-padding--bottom-compact bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69d913bad07f6'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW44565759 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44565759 BCX0\">Investment managers face a challenging environment today, as macro uncertainty increases and expectations soar, all against a backdrop of shrinking profit margins. Clients demand uncorrelated returns, diversification, tail-risk\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44565759 BCX0\">protection<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44565759 BCX0\">\u00a0and customization<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44565759 BCX0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44565759 BCX0\">all while keeping costs down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69d913bad3203'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-3\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--sm\"\n    >\n<\/div><hr class=\"bbg-separator bbg-separator-1\" style=\"height:1px;\" \/>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 32px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 1px;\">PRODUCT MENTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n  id=\"cta_268072800925253976\"\n  class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-cta no-icon\">\n  <style>\n    \n    \n    \n  <\/style>\n  <div\n    class=\"bbg-cta-link link-holder\"\n    data-links-type=\"cta-links\">\n    <p class=\"bbg-cta-p left\">\n      <a\n        class=\"bbg-cta-link link\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/products\/data\/\"\n        target=\"\"\n        rel=\"\"\n        data-section-name=\"Bloomberg Enterprise Data Solutions\"\n        >\n                      Bloomberg Enterprise Data Solutions\n                <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--sm\"\n    >\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 32px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div><hr class=\"bbg-separator bbg-separator-1\" style=\"height:1px;\" \/>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-1\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-6\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">Data and technology will be critical for meeting these expectations, but which data and which technology<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW220296261 BCX0\">?<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">During the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">recent <strong>Enterprise Tech &amp; Data Summit hosted by Bloomberg in London<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">experts<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">\u00a0from across the investment industry\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">weighed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">in on how\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">they\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220296261 BCX0\">\u00a0using data to generate insight now, and how that may change as capabilities evolve.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW220296261 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-compact row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69d913bad9d70'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW146227033 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146227033 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">How are investment managers using alternative data and unstructured data to uncover opportunities?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW146227033 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">Fundamentally, modern data infrastructure lets firms work with unprecedented data volume and complexity,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">says Gr\u00e9goire Dooms, Head of Data Research &amp; Development at\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW52826158 BCX0\">Systematica<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">. \u201cOne of the big bets we made about four years ago was to really go for scale,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">\u00a0says Dooms<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">\u00a0\u201cWe took our equity market-neutral platform, which is very data-hungry, and set\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">very aggressive<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">\u00a0goals in terms of scalability. We wanted to support 10,000 times more alphas on the platform, computed daily. We wanted to have 1,000 times\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">less<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">\u00a0time between\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW52826158 BCX0\">idea<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">\u00a0and working alpha in production. And we wanted to be able to add 20 times more data vendors and data sets per\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">year.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52826158 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW52826158 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW236913825 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW236913825 BCX0\">Investment<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0firms are looking at more data points, but the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">data points<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0that are on offer are also\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW236913825 BCX0\">changing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW236913825 BCX0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW236913825 BCX0\">and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0include<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0alternative and unstructured data. \u201cWe\u2019ve been focusing on complementary sources of data that are more alternative and more continuous so that we can address some of the blind spots that conventional data assets have,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">says<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0Neill Clark, Managing Director, Head of State Street Associates EMEA at State Street.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236913825 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW236913825 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--margin-top-compact bbg-row--margin-bottom-compact bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69d913badca4e'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div class=\"bbg-interstitial\" aria-label=\"interstitial\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t<style>\n\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_2.bbg-card_hasCta{\n\t\t\tbackground: url(https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Interstitial_bg.png);\n\t\t\t\tbackground-repeat: no-repeat;\n\t\t\t\tbackground-position: center center;\n\t\t\t\tbackground-size: cover;\n\t\t\tpadding: 104px;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t}\n\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_2.bbg-card_hasCta .bbg-card__content, .bbg-interstitial #card_2.bbg-card_hasCta .bbg-card__content p{\n\t\t\tcolor:white;\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 768px) {\n\t\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_2.bbg-card_hasCta{\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 80px 32px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 480px) {\n\t\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_2.bbg-card_hasCta{\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 80px 18px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-card  bbg-card-dark bbg-card_hasCta has_interstitial\" id=\"card_2\" data-card_type=\"no_image\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"bbg-card__innerwrapper\">\n    <div class=\"bbg-card__content\">\n      \n      \n                      <h3 class=\"bbg-card__title\">Empower your work with Enterprise Data &amp; 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Our research shows that this can have implications for forecasting yields. More interestingly,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177751479 BCX0\">you\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177751479 BCX0\">\u00a0getting breadth in perspective and incremental alpha outside of periods where conventional data sources are available.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW177751479 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177751479 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW170820359 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">Notably, Bloomberg offers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW170820359 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/press-announcement\/bloomberg-expands-alternative-data-offering-with-web-traffic-data-from-similarweb\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Underlined SCXW170820359 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">alternative\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">data\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">solution<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">s<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW170820359 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">\u00a0to its clients via Bloomberg Terminal and data feeds, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">thes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">\u00a0include\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW170820359 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">consumer transaction data analytics from Bloomberg Second Measure and foot traffic data analytics from Placer.ai,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">as well as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW170820359 BCX0\">Similarweb\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW170820359 BCX0\">\u00a0web traffic data.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW170820359 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW13783931 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13783931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">How data drives discretionary v<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13783931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">ersus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13783931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">\u00a0systematic processes<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW13783931 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Discretionary managers now analyze a broader universe of securities due to scalable data infrastructure, while quant teams increasingly translate unstructured data into structured signals for models. These trends support the convergence of systematic and discretionary styles, driven by AI enhanced research workflows and improved data engineering practices.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFrom a discretionary point of view,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0seeing discretionary managers able to look over a much broader breadth of names because\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0got the scalability to gain insight from that data.\u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0able to pick out things they never could before,\u201d says\u00a0Tushara Fernando, Head of Data and Machine Learning at the Man Group. \u201cFrom a systematic point of view, we\u2019re able to translate and quantize unstructured data into more structured data that we can use in our quant models.\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Indeed, the proliferation of data and AI tools has pushed discretionary and systematic approaches towards convergence,\u00a0says\u00a0Systematica\u2019s\u00a0Dooms. \u201cDiscretionary managers get a lot of benefit from\u00a0GenAI tools in terms of adding code to their process, making it more systematic. Systematic investors get to use data traditionally in the human realm \u2013 unstructured data \u2013 and parse it into signals,\u201d he\u00a0explains, adding, \u201cUnder the hood, there\u2019s a lot of work to get that process right: how do you shape and architect the data to make it consumable by AI workflows?\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252178581 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252178581 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">The rise of agentic workflows<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW252178581 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zooming in on agentic AI, experts point to\u00a0the technology\u2019s\u00a0early progress in\u00a0enabling\u00a0practical, tool-driven workflows.\u00a0Says\u00a0Dooms, \u201cTo me, agentic AI is not just about chain-of-thought and automation \u2013 that\u2019s table stakes. Your basic ChatGPT-style chatbot does planning and thinking.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0really about tool-calling: architecting processes where you can\u00a0identify\u00a0things you\u00a0were not able to\u00a0do before and can now\u00a0do\u00a0thanks to scalability and then presenting data so it can be used by an\u00a0LLM.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State Street\u2019s Clark cites his own organization\u2019s internal analytics\u00a0capability\u00a0as a prime example of agentic AI\u2019s potential. \u201cWe\u2019ve got different data sources \u2013 our own research, structured and unstructured data \u2013 and we\u2019ve got agents querying tools to trigger further actions: generating investment insights for clients or internal stakeholders, triggering signals for capital markets settings, etc.,\u201d he explains, \u201cWe\u2019re not at the end state where that\u2019s fully implementable, but we\u2019re well into that pathway.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW168911557 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168911557 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Why democratizing data access is essential for scalable investment processes<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW168911557 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Implementation of cutting-edge data and AI tools still requires human input. Indeed, making the same data available to everyone from entry-level employees to the C-Suite is one key to success. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly important for us to provide an infrastructure for traders, junior traders, desk-side analysts to have access to all the data we have in a seamless fashion, and to provide them with low-code or no-code solutions so they can play with their own data and derive insight,\u201d says the Man Group\u2019s Fernando. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe want to give them a platform to do their own testing and back testing, analyze their flows and profitability, and tell us how to be more proactive, having done some of the work themselves.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0key to scaling up our contribution,\u201d\u00a0he adds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State Street\u2019s Clark\u00a0agrees with this statement,\u00a0observing, \u201cI think the big innovation\u00a0is that data is now for everyone. The notion that\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0a decision\u00a0maker\u00a0but someone else handles data and insight is dead. Building data literacy is the big innovation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Interested in more insights from Bloomberg Enterprise Tech &amp; Data Summit 2025 in London, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/data\/where-enterprise-data-is-headed-in-2026\/\">here<\/a>. 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