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How To Maximize Your Performance Through Collateral Management
Are you overlooking potential performance impacts from your collateral management practices? Collateral management products can help optimize pledging collateral, reduce claims and fees, and reduce headcount.
by Jake Daly-Leonard, Consultant
Key Operational Considerations for Crypto Investment Managers
As demand for crypto offerings intensifies, asset managers entering this market are facing new operational challenges that are unique to this emerging asset class. This article highlights regulatory, valuation, performance, and safekeeping aspects of traditional managers’ operations that require a special approach when it comes to digital currencies.
by Natasha Romanova, CIPM, Consultant
Outsourcing: An Insider’s Framework for Finding the Right Service Provider
Now more than ever, investment managers are outsourcing the responsibility of improving operational efficiency. Service providers taking on this task have enhanced their offerings over the last several years to accommodate the ever-changing complexity of the financial services industry. As such, your firm will need a focused due diligence effort to assess the available options in the marketplace. This includes evaluating the capabilities of different market solutions, the ability to configure versus customize, the overall operational model and, most important, assessing your readiness for the transformation itself. Meradia’s consultants leverage their decades of outsourcing experience to provide a framework for your firm’s next outsourcing project.
by Tom McCorkell, Senior Manager
Jeremy Welch, Manager
How Fund Operators Can Leverage “Dirty” Data To Enhance Business Intelligence
Dirty data – it sounds bad – something your mother warned you about: “you better not come home with that dirty data all over you!” What is this thing we call dirty data – and just because it is “dirty”, does it not hold value? Let’s explore how the desire for perfect data is the enemy of efficient business models.
by Tim Jager, Senior Manager
Composites: Considering the New SEC Marketing Rule and the GIPS Standards
The November 4, 2022 deadline for the new SEC Marketing Rule requires firms to create and maintain composites in order to market their performance. Many investment managers are looking to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) for guidance and best practices, leading some to consider taking the necessary steps to claim GIPS compliance. Here, we address some of the most frequently asked questions about this process.
by Jonathan A. Boersma, CFA
Natasha E. Romanova, CIPM
Core Principles To Abide By for Effective Outsourcing
What processes are poised for outsourcing, and what areas should be kept in-house? These are the first questions investment managers should ask before delegating specific business processes to external providers. Outsourcing is complex, but abiding by these three principles will ensure your firm’s decision supports enhanced business operations well into the future.
by Benjamin P. Smith, Client Partner
Why It Pays To Analyze Data on Day One of a Business Transformation
When conducting a system-wide transformation, there are certain details that tend to be neglected. While some missing pieces can be less harmful than others, there is one that can derail your plans completely: Data.
Elizabeth M. Colebrooke, Senior Manager
Demystifying Sleeve-Level Reporting: Creating Operational Efficiencies While Satisfying Demand for Accuracy and Transparency
Today, many wealth management firms seek to find the right balance between meeting client needs and achieving scalability. Using model portfolios and technology to efficiently implement trade decisions across an entire book of business optimizes the operating model. However, this approach may cause significant hurdles when it comes to client reporting and Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) composite reporting. This article dives into the concept of sleeves – what they are, why they exist, common performance reporting problems and how one technology provider aims to address these challenges.
by Tina M. Madel, CFA, Wealth Practice Lead
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