Technology Alliance™

Today’s volatile financial markets are motivating buy-side clients to investigate their portfolio holdings with increased frequency while demanding greater transparency and a broader range of information. In this research we’ll highlight industry practices supporting both internal and external reporting, as well as the processes and systems available to support standard and custom reporting and the use of portals for delivering timely information to clients.

Accurate information on current and forecast cash positions is essential for investment decision making and compliance with regulations and client mandates. In this research we look into leading practices supporting cash management: the processes and systems around notification of events and cash movements, cash reporting, forecasting and reconciliation for single and multi-currency portfolios.

Complete and accurate data is a central requirement of processes, from investment decisions to performance, analytics, risk and regulatory reporting. Reconciliation is a key process in achieving quality data, as well as one of the means of detecting errors early in the trade lifecycle. In this research we evaluate leading reconciliation solutions that automate the processes of gathering and matching data from disparate sources, support the management of exceptions and their resolution, and assist with continuous process improvement by analysing and reporting on the causes of errors.