Rising data complexity, AI-driven analytics, and evolving regulations are redefining financial and energy markets – turning data into a true competitive advantage.
As both Financial and Energy markets face increasing complexity, 2025 is bringing new challenges and opportunities for trading firms. Global market data spend reached a record US$44.3 billion dollars in 2024, up 6.4% from the previous year. This reflects the increasing volume of data and the growing pressure to manage it effectively. Around 90% of financial institutions report increased complexity in licensing, driven by multi-asset usage and cross-border access, to name just a few factors.
At the same time, scalable cloud platforms, AI-driven analytics, and unified data strategies all offer new ways to manage complexity and turn governance into a strategic advantage. Success increasingly depends on the ability to adapt to the latest information, systems, and strategies in a rapidly evolving environment.
We are excited to publish this second edition of FORRSight Magazine. This issue focuses on the rising importance of market data in Financial and Energy markets. At DKF, Europe’s leading event for financial information services, industry leaders explore how data is driving transformation and innovation. Here are some key takeaways: the growing need for robust data, strong licensing, sound governance, and smart technology choices. In this issue, we share our perspective on the evolving landscape – from rising data volume and complexity to the critical role that data plays in decisionmaking. As firms strive to manage and analyze vast amounts of data, ensuring compliance plus selecting and implementing the right technologies become vital to staying competitive.
At FORRS, we support clients in building future-proof data strategies and platforms. Our Commercial Market Data Management Services enable clients to choose the right technology, reduce costs, streamline usage, and ensure compliance. With continued investment in our GRYT platform, we help organizations tackle modern data challenges.
Stay tuned for more in upcoming editions of FORRSight Magazine!
01.08.2025 / 08:30
The future for alternative investments looks bright, as adoption by institutional investors continues at an unprecedented pace. But where the sun shines, there is shadow: the increasing complexity and cost of managing alternative assets. Investors must weigh risk, data management hurdles with look-throughs, ESG, data for analytics or client responsibility, and regulatory reporting. What does the newest solution look like?
31.07.2025 / 08:30
From scalable analytics and AI governance to execution excellence and platform consolidation - these expert voices reflect the evolving priorities in the financial markets. As firms navigate complexity and fragmentation, success will depend on trusted partnerships, integrated technology and aligning innovation.
30.07.2025 / 08:30
Greenium connects institutional investors with sustainable real-world assets through an innovative and transparent platform. By combining Securitization-as-a-Service, customizable real-time reporting, and optional asset tokenization, the company offers a modern infrastructure for financing the next generation of ESG-compliant investments.
29.07.2025 / 08:30
What does the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) have to do with the Paris Agreement? At first glance, there is no real connection between the two, the FRTB is a regulatory framework designed to enhance the resilience of banks’ trading activities. Its primary objective is to address the weaknesses of the previous market risk framework, which was exposed by the 2008 financial crisis.
28.07.2025 / 08:30
How forward-thinking financial and energy organizations are transforming market data licensing from a cost and compliance challenge into a driver of efficiency, transparency, and long-term business value.
25.07.2025 / 08:30
What is an interest rate swap curve? And why do we have so many different ones? Back in 1981, the first interest rate swap transaction was traded: a cross-currency-swap transaction of fixed rate USD versus fixed rate CHF between IBM and the World Bank. At that time, no swap curve was available.
24.07.2025 / 08:30
Capture the true value of market data and vendor-product solutions by exploring the “Seven Cs”. Market data products and services are expensive. To get more value out of market data, it is helpful to understand the following:
23.07.2025 / 08:30
Liquidity is a fundamental value driver for all marketplaces. In EUR equity markets, it is a main driver of execution efficiency up to price discovery. But how does liquidity differ across various liquidity categories? What are the trends and what impact do they have on price formation?
22.07.2025 / 08:30
big xyt’s journey from innovation to industry standard: helping institutions navigate global market complexity with independent, turnkey solutions for liquidity analysis, transaction cost analysis (TCA), and regulatory reporting across asset classes and regions.
21.07.2025 / 08:30
From rising licensing complexity and data-driven innovation to geopolitical uncertainty and evolving credit landscapes - industry leaders share their perspectives on the key forces reshaping financial markets. These expert voices spotlight how firms must adapt with smarter tools, sharper insights, and agile strategies to stay ahead.
18.07.2025 / 08:30
From zero to 1,000 visitors and the world’s largest market data industry event. Back in the 1990s, following initial meetings around CeBIT computer trade fair in Hanover, the German financial information industry met at the European Banking and Insurance Fair (EBIF) in Frankfurt am Main.
17.07.2025 / 08:30
Managing market data licenses today is anything but straightforward. What seems like a simple subscription quickly turns into a complicated mix of licensing rules, usage restrictions, and rising costs.
16.07.2025 / 08:30
Harvesting the full potential of artificial intelligence relies on the best possible data management as a foundation.
