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Competitive advantage via real-time, custom information that only you have
Two things are especially important for organizations that do financial and equity research: getting up-to-the-second information and getting data that no one else has — information that can give you a competitive edge in your research. This data is available on the web and you need a solution that can both rapidly create new data feeds as needs change as well as deliver data in real-time directly into your BI and analytics solution.
Featured Customer Success Stories in Financial/Equity Research:
Challenge
- Hedge funds depend on “asymmetrical intelligence” for competitive advantage. When information is commonly known, it is just noise. They needed high quality, noise-free data.
- Security is critical for hedge funds. Viking needed a solution they could build, maintain and host onsite.
- Much of their analysis is based on data over time. It can include seasonality and other factors. Therefore, robots accumulate and persist. They needed an industrial strength solution.
Solution
- They now use Kapow to automate “noise-free” web intelligence.
- Robots are developed and maintained onsite.
- Kapow's debugger accelerates development and improves data quality.
Results
- Kapow robots are 75% faster to develop and maintain than the custom-built robots they were using before.
- Data is secure and noise-free.
With Kapow, analysts and traders get real-time information on factors that affect trading price.
Challenge
- In 2007, the EU introduced requirements for greater transparency in the utilities market.
- Organizations affected by the new regulations had to deliver hourly, daily and weekly reports online.
- Deutsche Börse wanted to capture this information in real time to inform trading decisions.
Solution
- With Kapow, they were able to extract and transform data in real time, providing analysts and traders with critical information affecting trading price.
- The solution retrieves information from 150 websites.
Results
- Kapow was the only vendor who could fulfill the requirements in their timeframe.
- “With Kapow, we built powerful fundamental data models. Analysts and traders get critical factors that affect the price of a trade in real-time.” - Mario Schultz, Director, Market Data & Analytics, Deutsche Börse