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Uberisation

PODCAST: Uberisation 2.0 – New ways of creating value and gaining scale

In this 5th and final podcast of the series, Steven Unzicker, Founder of ANZU Research, SEI’s Ross Ellis and Michael Neumann, Head of AI Quantitative Strategies and Partner at Arabesque, discuss how the decentralised model – as characterised by Uber and Airbnb – could inform the future of fund management. 

Remote Working, COVID-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing

Remote Working, Covid-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing

SEI’s latest middle office whitepaper, “Remote Working, Covid-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing,” explores some of the operations challenges and opportunities caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, woprkplace interruptions and the ‘new normal’.

SEI Podcast Series

SEI Podcast Series: Technology transformation in investment management firms

In a recent white paper entitled Evolution in Asset Management, SEI pointed out that 70 per cent of US fund managers are currently looking to deploy advanced analytics in the front-office. The field of data science and machine learning-based data analysis is helping to transform how fund managers think about

SEI - The new middle office: The key to a competitive advantage

The new middle office: The key to a competitive advantage

To gain an advantage in today’s hyper-competitive world, asset managers must not only evolve their operations, but they must also discover new ways to leverage them. Managers must be operationally adept; particularly in a business that grows more costly and complex, they need an infrastructure that will equip them to

Beyond the numbers: The benefits of middle-office outsourcing

Beyond the numbers: The benefits of middle-office outsourcing

When reviewing middle-office outsourcing proposals, this comment is not uncommon. However, the inclination to evaluate outsourcing by extrapolating in-house operating budgets and comparing them to outsourcing proposals is an insufficient method for determining the total value of a proposed outsourcing relationship. 

The Customisation Conundrum

The Customisation Conundrum

An asset manager’s decision to change their operating model and outsource their middle office to a service provider should not be made in haste. From building internal consensus to carefully designing an evaluation process, selecting the best fit for an outsourcing partner is a significant investment. 

Getting ahead vs catching up: Digitalise the investor experience

Getting ahead vs catching up: Digitalise the investor experience

Digital transformation: Science, not fiction – Science fiction is a beloved and enduring genre largely because of technology’s transformative potential. The best examples leverage this to the hilt and extract as much dramatic tension as possible from the situation.

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