Month: March 2023

Fairway Findings: Data Analytics in Golf with Mark Broadie and Pete Cherecwich

Fairway Findings: Data Analytics in Golf with Mark Broadie and Pete Cherecwich

To close out season one of the Faster Forward podcast, we are joined by an exciting set of guests: Pete Cherecwich, President of Asset Servicing at Northern Trust, who will be stepping in as our episode host, and Mark Broadie, Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and Author of “Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Golf Performance and Strategy” and member of the USGA handicap research team. 

Mark discusses his career as a Professor of Business at Columbia University, where he teaches finance, business, and sports analytics courses. He shares insights from his highly renowned book, where he applied his analytical skills from the financial world to uncover secrets of the game of golf, and explains how he is helping students and golfers across the globe move Faster Forward through the power of data. 

Join the conversation as Mark discusses:

  • His focus on teaching analytical concepts and methods with a sports niche 
  • The strokes gained approach and how it provides a greater analysis of a player’s performance compared to traditional statistics 
  • How professional and amateur golfers alike can embrace the strokes gained approach to improve their game 
  • What is next in Mark’s career, and what is his favorite course to play
  • And more

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Improving Investment Decisions with Equity Data Science

Improving Investment Decisions with Equity Data Science

Data is the most valuable resource to asset managers but probably the most underutilized. However, cutting-edge data analysis solutions are more accessible and cost-effective than many managers realize. 

In this episode, Greg McCall, Co-founder, President & CFO at Equity Data Science, discusses his background as a portfolio manager which led to him creating Equity Data Science, and how EDS’s cloud-based analytics platform works to provide decision support tools to asset managers to improve investment decisions. Greg also discusses the ways that Northern Trust and EDS leverage their partnership to help move clients Faster Forward through the power of data science. 

Listen as Greg discusses:

  • His industry experience and how he became co-founder at Equity Data Science
  • How EDS’s platform brings their clients’ internal and external data into a single environment
  • Leveraging data science to make investment decisions repeatable and scalable
  • The EDS and Northern Trust partnership
  • The benefits of EDS’s cost-effective and fully configurable technology

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