SEI’s latest middle office whitepaper, “Remote Working, Covid-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing,” explores some of the operations challenges and opportunities caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, woprkplace interruptions and the ‘new normal’.
Outsourced trading demand is increasing as investment firms look to reduce costs, satisfy regulatory demands and expand into different markets. For those offering this service, it is an opportunity to gain extra revenue leveraging their existing platforms.A new paper from
Treasury operations due diligence is expanding well beyond the historical focus on cash controls, and now includes a more evolved and optimised manager’s treasury function. This is not only essential to minimising counterparty risk, but also key to reducing costs
SmartStream Technologies, a financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions provider, has released a white paper informing financial institutions of the regulatory pressures imposed on intraday liquidity requirements. This has now moved beyond reporting positions to actively managing and controlling intraday
A new white paper from Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, explores the trends and benefits of active treasury management and the increased interest among buy-side firms in implementing a formal treasury function. The paper analyses the
Northern Trust has released a white paper outlining key steps investment managers and investors can take to potentially achieve greater transparency in alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and natural resources. The paper, ‘Alts Transparency:
Alternative investment company Steben & Co has published a white paper on timing an allocation to managed futures. The firm asks if the asset class has reached a cyclical low. The results of their research show that recent managed futures
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, has unveiled a new framework of nine key factors to assess when considering its impact on financial stability. The framework is included
New research by technology, strategic advisory, and operations outsourcing company DST shows that political uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the result of the last UK general election has delayed the regulatory compliance process of one in four financial services firms (24
For non-US fund managers wishing to tap into the US retirement marketplace, setting up a Collective Investment Trust (CIT) could be an attractive proposition, given the growth of defined contribution (DC) assets. Thanks to their ease of set-up, speed to
