Keeping a handle on accumulating data

This week's Investment Week Articulate page explains the importance for businesses of finding a way to deal with growing amounts of information and ensuring they do not fall foul of the tight legislation governing this area. If there's a subject you'd like to see explored on this page, please email: [e-mail]

Businesses are finding the amount of data they generate every day is growing apace, making it essential to find a reliable yet cost-effective way of dealing with the deluge of information. This is especially true for financial advisers, who have the additional, extra large hurdle of compliance to overcome. However, experience within the adviser community reveals the need for information technology (IT) compliance has yet to hit home fully with the average financial adviser. As a result it is only a matter of time before the repercussions of poor systems become apparent. It has always been ...