Oct 22 Mon · 2018 8:30_am - 8:30_pm EDT

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In Person - Boston
Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210

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Our exclusive, members-only event designed specifically for operations and technology professionals. This event brings together industry leaders from across the global asset management community.

Connect with your contemporaries in the operations and technology divisions of leading asset management firms – including institutional managers, insurance companies, and public pension plans
Get Cutter Associates’ expert insight into the latest industry challenges
Meet and share best practices with Cutter analysts, colleagues, and your contemporaries from across the industry
Engage with industry vendors as they demonstrate their latest product innovations

TALK TO THE EXPERTS

Cutter experts will be on hand throughout the event to chat with you about the research or other topics that you would like to learn more about. To schedule some time with a Cutter expert, please email Beth LaGambina and we’ll get you connected.

Who Should Attend

Chief Technology Officers
Chief Operations Officers
Chief Information Officers
Investment Operations and Technology Managers

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Speakers

Cutter

Angela Centeno, CPA

Director, Research

Angela Centeno has more than 25 years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining Cutter in 2015, Angela worked for The Northern Trust Company in multiple roles including sourcing and procuring enterprise market data, investment operations outsourcing, and vendor and custodian relationships. She previously held senior positions in operations management, project management, data management, and solutions implementation. Angela earned a bachelor of science in accounting and a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Kansas, as well as an MBA in finance from DePaul University. She is a registered CPA.

Recent research assignments and publications include the following:

AI Use Cases in Investment Management: Infinite Possibilities
Alternative Investments
Client Reporting Systems
Cutter Benchmarking: Alternative Investments
Cutter Benchmarking: Derivatives and Collateral Management
Cutter Benchmarking: Firmwide ESG Capabilities
Derivatives and Collateral Management Solutions
ESG Data Management
ESG: It’s a Jungle Out There ─ A Look at the Data Provider Landscape
ESG Investing: One Vision, Many Lenses
Market Data Administration
Private Debt

Jon Chandler

Director, Research

Jon Chandler has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Cutter Associates in 2014, Jon was a senior business analyst for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), where he was involved in a number of projects for the front and middle office, including UAT design and execution for an order management system (Fidessa IMS), the implementation of a web-based due diligence platform (FundInsight), and an enterprise solution to support blended benchmarks. Prior to his project roles, Jon was a principal in fixed income trade operations at SSGA. He has extensive experience with post-trade operations and applications, such as OASYS/CTM, PORTIA, MBSExpert, and FailStation. Jon earned a bachelor of arts in history from the University of Florida and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Recent research assignments and publications include the following:

Alternative Investment Systems
Cutter Benchmarking: Alternative Investments
Cutter Benchmarking: Derivatives and Collateral Management
Cutter Benchmarking: Investment Risk
Cutter Benchmarking: Performance Measurement and Attribution
Derivatives and Collateral Management Solutions
Execution Management Systems
Managed Data Services
Order Management Systems
Outsourcing Solutions
Performance Measurement and Attribution Systems
Portfolio Analytics Solutions
Private Debt
Risk Management Systems
The Evolving Front Office Support Model

Stacia Graham

Managing Director and Asset Management Lead

Stacia Graham has more than 25 years of experience in investment management, bringing a deep understanding of end-to-end asset management processing and project management to her role as Managing Director, Asset Management Research Lead at Cutter Associates.

Stacia also serves as a subject matter expert for targeted engagements in Enterprise Risk and Compliance.

Prior to joining Cutter in 2018, Stacia worked at Wellington Management Company LLP in Boston in various senior roles within compliance, investment administration, and operational risk, including leading and managing the global Investment Guideline Compliance team for eight years. She earned a bachelor of science in business administration from Bryant University and an MBA from Bentley University.

Recent research assignments and publications include the following:

Client Portal Solutions
Client Reporting Systems
Cutter Benchmarking: Client Reporting
Cutter Benchmarking: Modern Compliance in Investment Management
Electronic Communications Surveillance Systems
Hybrid Work Arrangements and Their Impact on Firm Culture
Performance Measurement and Attribution Systems
Portfolio Analytics Solutions
Research Management Systems
Using RPA to Automate Business Processes

Recent Consulting Engagements include:

Assessment of business processes and systems to support regulatory reporting (shareholder disclosure reporting) for a large asset manager

Assessment of requirements and vendor solutions for Electronic Communication Surveillance for a small asset manager, to rectify SEC findings

Laura Jesson

Senior Research Analyst

Laura Jesson has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry as a project manager, business analyst, and consultant. She joined Cutter Associates in 2013. Prior to Cutter, Laura spent eight years at Wells Capital Management and Evergreen Investments, where she managed investment operations projects, including those focused on outsourcing, client reporting, and trade management. She previously worked at Omgeo as a member of the Central Trade Manager (CTM) product design team. Laura started her career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a process consultant supporting a variety of projects for clients in the financial services industry. Laura earned her bachelor of arts in economics and psychology from Amherst College. She holds the Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification.

Recent research assignments and publications include the following:

AI Use Cases in Investment Management: Infinite Possibilities 
Business Intelligence Tools
Cutter Benchmarking: Client Reporting
Cutter Benchmarking: Firmwide ESG Capabilities
Cutter Benchmarking: Managing Vendors and Service Providers 
DataOps: In Theory and Practice
Enabling Data Analytics
ESG Data Management 
ESG: It’s a Jungle Out There ─ A Look at the Data Provider Landscape
ESG Investing: One Vision, Many Lenses 
Execution Management Systems
Hybrid Work Arrangements and Their Impact on Firm Culture
Using RPA to Automate Business Processes
The Role of the CRM for Asset Managers

Kathy McDermott

Managing Director, Research

Kathy McDermott has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Kathy, who joined Cutter Associates in 2011, has authored multiple Cutter Research reports on a wide range of topics. She spent ten years as a consultant for a variety of asset management firms, with a focus on business analysis for front- and middle-office projects. Kathy was previously the senior business analyst, equity trading systems, at Wellington Management, specializing in the firm’s proprietary electronic and basket trading applications. Earlier in her career, Kathy worked for Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters), supporting FirstCall and PORTIA clients in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand, and later went on to manage PORTIA implementations. She also worked at LongView (now Linedata) as an account manager and then product manager of electronic trading. Kathy earned her bachelor of arts in mathematics from Hamilton College.

Recent research assignments and publications include the following:

Alternative Data and the Expanding Universe of Investment Information
Cutter Benchmarking: Data Management
Cutter Benchmarking: Market Data Administration
DataOps: In Theory and Practice
Enabling Data Analytics
The Evolving Front Office Support Model
Evolving Data Governance: Building a Data Culture
Making Snowflake Part of Your Modern Data Platform
Managed Data Services
Market Data Administration
Order Management Systems
Outsourced Trading: Has the Time Come?
Reference Data Management Solutions

Philip Orlando, CFA

Senior Director, Consulting

Philip (Phil) Orlando is a Consultant at Cutter Associates and brings over eleven years of consulting, organizational strategy, client service, operations, accounting, and IT experience to Cutter clients. Phil has been involved with multiple Front, Middle, and Back Office strategy engagements covering accounting systems, portfolio management and trading, pre and post-trade compliance, risk management, and data management and governance. Phil also has extensive experience with client and sales management (e.g. client reporting, CRM).

Prior to joining Cutter Associates, Phil was an Organizational Strategy Business Analyst at State Street Bank where he worked on several large-scale projects including the implementation of an enterprise workflow tool and a new inquiry management system. He also guided a program purposed to transition complex cash, reconciliation, and trade tasks from the business units to centers of excellence (COEs).

Previously, Phil was an ETF Client Operations Account Manager at State Street Bank. He launched new ETFs & on-boarded new clients, managed relationships with several ETF sponsors, and crafted specifications for IT resources to continuously improve the accuracy, reliability, and efficiency of ETF processes.

Phil holds a B.S. in Finance from Stonehill College and is also a CFA charterholder.

Cindy Castellano, CFA

CEO

Cindy Castellano is the CEO of Cutter Associates and has over 30 years of experience in the investment management industry. She formerly led Cutter Associates’ Client-Facing and Wealth practices, advising asset and wealth management firms on their sales and distribution, marketing, product development, consultant relations, client service, and client reporting. Cindy has conducted system searches for CRM, marketing automation, portals, pitchbooks/client presentation, content management, client reporting, client onboarding, and RFP systems. Prior to joining Cutter, Cindy served as Vice President and Head of Operations for a division of Guggenheim Investments, where she led mutual fund accounting and administration; institutional accounting, billing, and client reporting; SMA operations, performance reporting (GIPS); and fixed income performance, attribution, and risk reporting. As Vice President and Head of Equities, Cindy led the firm’s investment team and supervised equity trading activities.

Cindy also spent 10 years as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst, managing over USD 500 million in AUM for mutual funds and VITs using social awareness (ESG), large cap growth, and mid-cap growth investment strategies. She developed the investment process, directed research analysts’ day-to-day efforts, and created the firm’s social criteria and proxy voting guidelines. Cindy, a Chartered Financial Analyst, holds a bachelor’s of business administration from Washburn University. 

Mary Storrs

Principal – Head of Business Delivery

Mary Storrs has more than 35 years of experience in the investment management industry. She has been with Cutter Associates for more than 20 years, first as a consultant focusing on front-office projects and then with Cutter Research since its inception. Mary has authored Cutter Research reports on many topics, including trading, portfolio management, transaction cost analysis, investment research management, and market data systems. She led the Research and Benchmarking division for eight years, overseeing all content development and helping members understand their capabilities compared with industry peers and best practices. Since 2019 she has been responsible for spearheading firm-wide management and delivery programs. Mary holds a BS from Boston College and an MBA from Babson College.

Guests

Art Hogan

Chief Market Strategist, B. Riley FBR, Inc. and B Riley Wealth Advisors

Art Hogan is a Managing Director and the Chief Market Strategist for B. Riley FBR, Inc. and B Riley Wealth Advisors, subsidiaries of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY). His distinguished financial industry career spans 30 years, during which he has become a sought-out expert on the U.S. equity markets. He provides objective, informative analysis on the general economy, market volatility and corporate data for individual and institutional investors.

His insightful commentary and straightforward manner have made Art a respected and well-known figure in the financial media for many years. He frequently appears in live interviews on CNBC, FOX Business and Bloomberg TV, and is quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Yahoo! Finance and many other outlets across the globe.

Art joined Wunderlich in 2014 as Chief Market Strategist and was named Director of Equity Research in April 2015. Following the firm’s acquisition by B. Riley Financial in July 2017, his role was expanded to include Chief Market Strategist and research management responsibilities for B. Riley FBR. He began his financial industry career as a floor broker at the Boston Stock Exchange, and held positions with Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter and Jefferies & Company. Prior to joining Wunderlich, Art spent over a decade as Director of Global Product Strategy at Jefferies & Company before becoming Deputy Director of Research at Lazard Capital Markets.

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