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Buy-Side Firms Lean Toward Managed Services And Outsourcing

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Mani
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Investment management firms need to maximize their technology initiatives as they balance the demands of growing businesses with stagnant budgets, notes a recent SEI study.

The asset management industry is going through a transformative period dominated by two conflicting trends viz.: growth and uncertainty, notes a report titled “Reinventing Buy-side infrastructure” published by SEI in collaboration with TABB Group.

Technology as value enabler

Buy-side firms have to face challenges from growing assets under management, investor demands and regulatory requirements.

The report points out that the opposing desires to grow revenue and reduce overhead are pressuring the investment management firms’ IT departments to give more value to the business as reporting requirements increase. The following chart highlights the growing importance of...

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Mani is a Senior Financial Consultant. He has worked in Senior Management role in large banking, financial and information technology organizations. He has provided solutions for major banking and securities firms across the globe in the area of retail, corporate and investment banking. He holds MBA (Finance) and Professional Management Accounting Qualifications. His hobbies are tracking global financial developments and watching sports