The capital markets industry has long been awash in data but deriving business value from data volumes amid increased budgetary and regulatory pressures is becoming more challenging. To take a closer look at how our clients are approaching the urgent need to modernize and restructure redundant data sources, Capgemini conducted phone interviews with over 50 senior IT and business executives from large global capital markets firms in the U.S. and U.K. Explore our research findings which cover IT infrastructure budgets, data management practices, challenges, risks and rationalization strategies.