"An invaluable resource that I recommend to anyone in the financial services industry."
—Dirk Riehle, Senior Research Scientist, SAP Labs LLC

"Risk officers, compliance officers, information/IT officers and CFOs coping with financial, risk, regulatory, and data management challenges can do themselves a service by becoming familiar with the innovative themes and techniques explored in this book"
—Erik Banks, Chief Risk Officer, UniCredit Markets and Investment Banking

Aligning Business and IT with Metadata shows how metadata management can help you to manage change in the financial services industry, while ensuring that you comply with regulations and limit your exposure to risk.

Hans Wegener explains metadata management and the context of the financial services industry, showing where problems can arise, and where and how value is created. He gives an in-depth introduction to three important practical areas: managing evolution, quality, and sustainability. Overall, he shows how metadata management can help to revolutionize your business and provide a blueprint to be used in strategic planning.

Read this book and discover how metadata management can be used to bring about a successful, technological evolution within your business!

About the Author

Hans Wegener is a Member of Management in the Group Information & Process Architecture team at Swiss Re’s corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1997, covering both major banking (Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS, Credit Suisse) and insurance institutions (Swiss Re). He has designed numerous metadata solutions in these companies and results of his work were published at various international conferences and workshops.