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Hedge funds, observed Preqin’s Alternatives in 2023 report, experienced a tough 2022. The Preqin All Strategies Hedge Fund Benchmark fell -6.75% over the course of the year. That was its biggest drop since 2008, when returns tumbled -13%. Through 2022, hedge funds are reported to have lost over $200 billion of client cash. “Market participants […]

Are financial institutions around the world doing enough to implement robust anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) capabilities? New figures suggest not. Banks and other financial organisations were fined almost $5 billion last year for AML infractions, KYC system failings and sanctions breaches, bringing the total meted out since the global financial crisis […]

Automating investment management operations processes takes people, not just IT systems. That may sound like an off-point message from an investor servicing technology solutions vendor like us. After all, Deep Pool is in the business of developing and selling systems. Our raison d’être lies in providing clients (fund administrators, investment managers and other financial services […]

Fund administration and wealth management servicing may be two discrete businesses with different sets of clients and distinct requirements. But developing hybrid capabilities to handle both is a challenge that a growing breed of administrators are being called on to meet. The premise is simple. Administrator clients keen to expand their business and margins are […]

Delivering quality client service in investment management is no longer just about richness and responsiveness. Consistency is imperative too, especially in an increasingly multi-asset class world. But providing that service consistency is a big problem, one we hear a lot about from fund administration clients and prospects. Take a common scenario. A fund manager works […]

If ever there was a time for fund administrators to ramp up automation of their end-to-end operations, this is surely it. Firms’ cost bases have been under concerted pressure for years as the global fund administration industry wrestles with ever tightening margins. Resurgent inflation though is upping the ante. Inflation outpaces wage rises … for […]