All-in-one or pick-and-mix? Nailing the future-proof IT architecture at the asset manager

To a high degree, managing asset management operations is very much to manage the systems that churn the transactions. And who would be more qualified to reflect on this than two of the Nordics’ most senior operating officers: Ulrik Modigh and Arne Martin Moen?

The title illustrates one of the questions – where to go on the scale from all-in-one solutions to the idea of a cherry-picked selection of best-of-breed modules. Another scale is that from early- to late-adopter; then which automation level we target, etc. Outside the asset manager world, we see both custodians and system providers trying to position themselves increasingly as one-stop-shops for a growing range of modular services, hoping to maintain a client relation that stays as exclusive as possible. Is this what asset managers want, or just the dream of the providers themselves? 

Here Ulrik and Arne Martin discuss the main features of their system architectures, which strategic considerations shaped it, and could possibly do so going forward. Let the meeting of professionals from different organisations give you the more nuanced picture of what different drivers and selection criteria are in play – and what happens when the new technical capabilities meet with the operational reality.

Moderator: Bastiaan Aalders.

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