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    The future of transfer agency 2030

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    The future of transfer agency 2030

    In this new report, Alpha FMC reveals what capabilities asset managers want from their asset servicing partners, and why the…

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    Alpha FMC
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    Accelerating DORA compliance with snowflake openflow

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    Accelerating DORA compliance with snowflake openflow

    Alpha FMC are collaborating with Snowflake on the release of their latest product offering, Openflow, to support clients with compliance…

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    Leon Lummis +2 Others
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    Building the right management company technology architecture

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    Building the right management company technology architecture

    This is Part 2 of a Management Company Operations series. Modernizing management company operations starts with a critical understanding: no…

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    Practical AI use cases for pension funds

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    Practical AI use cases for pension funds

    While there are widespread examples of use cases for AI, this paper highlights three forward-looking AI applications that are being…

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    Heather Lawton

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    Isn’t strategy only done in-house?

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    Isn’t strategy only done in-house?

    ‘Companies outsource something for one of two reasons: either they can’t do it or they don’t want to.’ This was…

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    Kirsten Hastings
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    Implementation success: A guide to implementing a valuations platform

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    Implementation success: A guide to implementing a valuations platform

    This is part-3 of a Valuations series Introduction Private markets firms are increasingly turning to valuations technology platforms to drive…

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    David Hess +2 Others
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    The regs are going to get you: Navigating SEC compliance challenges for publicly traded investments

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    The regs are going to get you: Navigating SEC compliance challenges for publicly traded investments

    Publicly traded fund reporting compliance is a high-stakes challenge. Miss a step, and the SEC’s going to get you tonight…

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    Justin Weller
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    Beating the breaks: Modernizing managers’ reconciliation models

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    Beating the breaks: Modernizing managers’ reconciliation models

    Unreconciled data is a silent threat to asset managers. When positions, cash, or transactions don’t match across systems, the result…

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    Andrew Rappuhn +1 Others
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    Investing in knowledge can pay marketing dividends

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    Investing in knowledge can pay marketing dividends

    Marketing falls into two primary categories: direct and indirect. Given that this article is written by a marketing consultancy for…

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    Benjamin Nuga