Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector
Facebook LinkedIn Success and change in the financial industry have always been driven by three major forces: client demands, business competition, and innovation. With the advent of the internet, these pressures increased dramatically as clients and customers demanded fast quality services and regulators and auditors expanded asset managers' obligations....
The Challenge of Alternative Investments
FacebookLinkedInAlternative investments are no longer the sole domain of cocky, hedge fund dynamos. Mainstream firms have moved into the potentially lucrative market, lured by the promise of high returns. The downsides, of course, are the high-risk issues that can arise that traditional investors are not as familiar or comfortable with. The financial...
How Workflow Increases Asset Management Firm Productivity
Facebook LinkedIn Asset management firms across the industry are scrambling to maintain business continuity during the current crisis. While disaster recovery plans are critical and required, they cannot anticipate every potential business threat. Even three months ago, no one could have imagined that the US economy would be thrown into the turmoil it is...
How to Get Better Control of Your Asset Management
Facebook LinkedIn As the Covid-19 crisis continues, maintaining operational control and oversight has become more critical than ever for asset management firms. With staff spread over multiple locations or working remotely, there must be a heightened sensitivity to cybersecurity to enable firms to project trust and stability in these trying times....
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Data Security (6/6)
Facebook LinkedIn After five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and...
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Business Continuity (5/6)
Facebook LinkedIn After five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and...
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Investment Fraud (4/6)
Facebook LinkedIn After five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and...
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Fees, Costs, Financial Transactions (3/6)
Facebook LinkedIn After five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and...
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Personnel Supervision (2/6)
Facebook LinkedIn After five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and...
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Investor Asset Protection (1/6)
FacebookLinkedInAfter five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and the...
How to Scale Your Consulting Business?
Facebook LinkedIn Business growth can take on many different metrics that contribute to the success of a business. You may want to increase your client base, sell more products or services, innovate new products, or simply make more revenue. Your metrics for success will mean different things, almost always in relation to hitting goals or achieving your...
How to Improve Workflow Management for Accounting Firms?
Facebook LinkedIn The accounting and finance field is deeply process-oriented. You offer a service that entails a step-by-step chain of events to produce the desired results for your clients. On a daily basis, you might not think about this organizational process and structure, but it exists as a guidepost for every task performed. In organizational terms,...
How to Achieve Operational Success in 2020?
Facebook LinkedIn Every financial management firm is concerned about risk and efficiency. Not only do these issues elevate a company in the eyes of investors, they also contribute to successful execution and positive strategy outcomes. The tried-and-true approach to success will be internal controls and procedures that are well-defined and rigorous. With...
Keeping Your Legal Process Transparent and Consistent
Facebook LinkedIn Having a comprehensive legal framework at an asset management firm will ensure a consistent approach to documentation, transparency for auditors and investors, and reduce liability issues. Today's Investors are Savvy Today's investors have become much savvier in understanding the mechanics of asset management. They seek...
How to Improve Your Online Consultancy Business
FacebookLinkedInConsultant businesses providing quality, consistent advice and services need workflow management tools to support their business models. Modern workflow platforms have the versatility to provide a broad framework that can be tailored to specific business needs. With business processes that demand information from a variety of resources, the...