Data Analytics for Financial Services

Data Analytics for Financial Services

Global technology and market trends including the rise of AI, regulatory developments, market volatility driven by geopolitical changes, ESG mandates and the quantum of data surging to zettabytes are creating a complex operating environment for the financial services sector.

To adapt to the new normal and gain a competitive edge, CXOs of financial institutions across the globe are actively implementing real time data-driven strategic and transformative changes within investment banks, commercial banks, asset management firms, hedge funds and private equity firms.

Acuity’s Data and Technology Services (DTS) practice has been a trusted partner to financial services since 2005. With this contextual partnership, our clients have been able to differentiate offerings, enhance competitiveness with predictive analytics, take informed decisions to generate alpha, and redefine customer experience, thus making them operationally efficient.

Who we serve

Corporate, Commercial and Investment Banks

Corporate, Commercial and Investment Banks

Asset Management

Asset Management

Private Markets

Private Markets

Financial Data Analytics Services

From scalable data ingestion to contextual insight-covering
the entire data lifecycle

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Data Infrastructure

  • Data discovery
  • Data ingestion
  • Data pipeline
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Data Transformation

  • Data processing
  • Data tagging
  • Data architecture
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Data Analytics

  • Advanced analytics
  • BI / visualization
  • AI / machine learning (ML) solutions

Our Data Management Framework
for Financial Services

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ACQUIRE

  • Traditional data: Financials, market data, operational metrics and macroeconomic
  • Proprietary data: In-house data lake and subscribed data sources
  • Alternative data: Individuals, business and machines
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PREPARE

  • Data transformation: Cleansing, structuring, enrichment, normalising, data splitting and tagging
  • Exploratory data analysis: Identifying missing values, duplicates and imbalances
  • Features Engineering
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ANALYSE

  • Supervised machine learning
  • Unsupervised machine learning
  • Deep learning
  • Natural language processing and unstructured data mining
  • Stochastic/statistical modelling
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CONSUME

  • Bespoke reporting: Data, dashboards, data lakes, bespoke emails and reports
  • Proprietary outputs: Signals on client-defined criteria and bespoke indices
  • Insights that are descriptive, diagnostic, predictive or prescriptive in different contexts

Our Technology Expertise

Snowflake

Databricks

Python

AWS

Power BI

Tableau

SAS

R Programming Language

Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Looker Studio

Why Acuity?

Domain Centric

1000+ technologists work closely with 4,800+in-house research experts to create bespoke and contextual outcomes across asset classes

Pragmatic RoI-Driven Approach

Meticulous scoping and solutioning process to identify key client challenges and formulate a milestone- and incremental gain-based framework with clear timelines

Robust Solution-Oriented Framework

Our data analytics framework is modular across the data acquisition, preparation, analytics and reporting stages, thus enabling a tailored approach that can unify or overhaul existing processes to drive efficiency.

Tailored Solutions for Banks,
Asset Managers, and Private Markets

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Banking

  • Re-engineering and transforming credit risk data of underlying portfolios for automation and cost reduction
  • Machine learning (ML) for advanced Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Analytics delivering predictive equity issuance decisions
  • Customer attrition analytics, product strategy analytics, branch analytics and consumer household insights for consumer banks
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Asset Management

  • AI-powered ESG analytics for portfolio managers, with automated coverage of holdings
  • Select and analyse large volumes of alternative data to create differentiated, value-added and anti-consensual research
  • Bespoke algorithms and baskets to facilitate thematic investments
  • Accelerate alpha research with in-depth reporting pg alpha performance
  • Non-linear factor modelling for systematic investment strategies
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Private Market

  • AI-powered automation of deal origination and due diligence to optimise time and costs
  • Pricing analytics to optimise commercial strategies for portfolio companies
  • Scalable target screening and anomaly detection using alternative data
  • Identify emerging investment themes using AI
  • Analyse shareholding and trading patterns to derive exit intelligence
  • Pre-investment analysis for optimal deal sourcing

Our Success Stories

Leading South African bank: Alternative data analysis to differentiate equity research

Value-add and perks

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500m+

real-estate property data points

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4

websites

Our Success Stories

Hedge Fund Data Analytics and Management Saves $1.2M Efficiently

Value-add and perks

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$1.2M

In annualized savings

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20%

YOY process efficiency

Our Success Stories

Data Analytics for Banks: $2M Savings & Improved Efficiency

Value-add and perks

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200mn+

data fields analysed

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8mn+

alternative datasets sourced

Our Success Stories

NLP-Driven ESG Analytics: Enhance Portfolio Insights & Save Costs

Value-add and perks

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 30

data fields analysed

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10

alternative datasets sourced

Our Success Stories

High-Frequency Trading Platform Development and Tech Support

Value-add and perks

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50%

of cost saving

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50%

reduced time to set up

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