Technology lies at the heart of the asset management industry’s responses to Covid-19 – and technology will be fundamental to its business recovery as the pandemic recedes. But how are the fund management and asset servicing communities adapting to this challenge?
As the world emerges from a devastating pandemic, technology will play a critical role in determining the shape of the funds industry.
The survey asked respondents to identify, from a list of technology options, which currently play an important role in their companies’ IT strategies. Almost two-thirds highlighted use of cloud-based solutions – specifically use of public cloud and hybrid cloud in their technology strategies (fig 3).
Survey results have indicated that asset management companies are expected to increase the number of services that they outsource over the coming two years, taking advantage of the investment that large asset servicing companies have made in their global operating models
Even when asset managers have taken the decision to outsource NAV calculation to a third-party administrator, they will retain responsibility for oversight through the fiduciary, or stewardship, responsibility they bear to their investors.
We asked industry experts about the future of global fund services and innovation opportunities to strengthen investment decision-making.
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