Opalesque Industry Update – The SunGard Asset Arena 360 Boutique Asset Manager survey recently examined the prospects for institutional boutique asset managers, the obstacles that lay ahead, as well as strategies for growth in an increasingly challenging cost-pressured industry. Download the full report here: www.sungard.com/assetarena360/boutiqueassetmanagement “Asset managers are faced with the challenge of trying to achieve scale and staying focused on their area of expertise. This has been particularly true as institutional investors continue to consider investments with specialized investment managers that can offer exposure to specific growth strategies. This has increasingly led to a two-tiered marketplace, with large multi-service asset managers controlling the lion’s share of activity, and the remainder going to niche players, including independent boutiques,” said Adam Sussman, director of research, TABB Group. “But, smaller managers need to meet the same due diligence criteria as larger firms before they win a significant mandate.” Key survey findings include:
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• Obstacles “Owner-managers need real-time information at their fingertips concerning their clients, portfolios, trades in progress, risks and compliance issues, with a single point of truth and a full audit trail,” said Paul Compton, SunGard’s head of strategy for asset management. “To win new business and service ‘continuous due diligence’ demands, they need to be able to demonstrate the integrity of their processes to potential investors. And to be competitive they have to stay lean. That’s the power of Asset Arena 360, a single integrated platform for all these functions, hosted and managed by SunGard to help keep the internal costs of owning and operating technology to a minimum.” Bg |
Industry Updates
SunGard survey: Asset managers faced with challenge of achieving scale and staying focused on their area of expertise
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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