The Financial Sector as a Data Trove
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The Financial Sector as a Data Trove
June 13 @ 16:00 – 17:00
Have you ever realized that money and investments in modern financial systems are essentially data?
Join us on June 13 for the inaugural lecture of our Academic Director of the Fintech Expert Practice, Professor Dion Bongaerts, as he will be officially appointed as Chair of Financial Technology and Data Analytics at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Department of Finance
In his lecture’ The Financial Sector as a Data Trove’, Dion Bongaerts will dive into the invisible infrastructure behind today’s financial markets and its most important building block: data. He’ll explore how financial systems are no longer driven by capital alone, but by how we collect, store, analyze, and apply information.
As a leading researcher — with publications in top journals such as the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies, and presentations at renowned institutions including the AFA, NBER, and ECB — and with professional experience as a risk management quant at ABN AMRO, Dion Bongaerts will bring both academic depth and practical relevance to the topic.
Attendees will gain insight into how financial systems are structured and how emerging technologies such as blockchain, synthetic data, and AI are transforming the financial landscape. The lecture will also address how disparities in access to data and analytical capabilities are already affecting key outcomes like market quality and liquidity.
Congratulations to Dion Bongaerts on this important milestone and his role in advancing research and education in financial technology and data analytics.
Can’t attend in person? Watch the livestream of the lecture via the link.
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