Gina McCafferty
Principal – Head of Research
Gina McCafferty has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She served at Cutter from 1999 to 2011 as Principal and Managing Director of CutterResearch, and she was instrumental in growing that business. Gina returned to Cutter in 2017, and established and ran the company’s Wealth Management research division. In 2019, she was appointed to Head of Research, responsible for Asset Management and Wealth Management product development and delivery to over 200 member firms around the globe. Gina was previously at Investit Ltd., where she served for six years as head of the company’s research service. Prior to that, she held senior positions at DST International with product responsibility for their global accounting and performance measurement systems, and at SunGard as Vice President of Client Services for their securities trading products.
Cutter's 2026 agenda helps investment management leaders drive growth through enhanced efficiency, improved operational performance, and innovation, using exclusive data, industry insights, and proprietary research.
Members benefit from unbiased analysis, benchmarking against peers, access to practical perspectives rooted in real-world experience, and participation in virtual sessions, culminating in the Cutter Connect 2026 conferences, held in three locations around the world.
Topic highlights include:
- Improving investment decision making, trading efficiency, and front-to-back integration.
- Improving operational efficiency, staffing models, and post-trade workflows.
- Building a scalable, modern architecture and preparing for emerging data ecosystems.
- Maturing AI adoption and developing practical, incremental approaches to transformation.