Hedgeweek Reader Survey

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* 1. What is your company name ?

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* 2. What is your roll in the company (ie: job title) ?

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* 3. Can you please supply us with your email address and telephone number below

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* 4. What challenges are you experiencing as a result of current market and economic conditions?

We would like to invest in new asset classes but we do not have the systems to properly support them

We would like to improve our portfolio analytics capabilities to make better informed investment decisions

We could benefit from improving our risk management systems and processes.

Complying with new regulations is often time-consuming and costly

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What are the pain points and limitations that you have with your current systems and processes?

We have too much operational risk due to the number of manual processes we employ

We sometimes suffer from performance issues due to systems we use

We lack firm-wide transparency and consistency in our investment process due to the number of systems we use

We have poor collaboration across our teams due to the disparate nature of our IT infrastructure

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Do you currently have legacy systems in place that require upgrading or replacing?

We have 1 legacy system

We have 2-3 legacy systems

We have 4 or more legacy systems

We do not have any legacy systems

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* 7. Do you have any technology projects that have been approved and budgeted for to solve these challenges?

Yes

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* 8. Where do you envisage spending your IT budget over the next 12-18 months?

Fully integrated systems

Front office systems (EMS, OMS, PMS, Etc.)

Risk management/middle office systems

Back office systems

Additional headcount

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What do you see as the key challenges with adopting new solutions from third parties?

Cost

Support model

Operational disruption

A preference towards In-House technology

Investor preference and due diligence

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Which third-party portfolio and risk management systems are you currently using at your firm?

Blackrock Aladdin

Bloomberg AIM

Charles River

Misys FusionInvest

Murex

Riskmetrics

SimCorp Dimension

Other (please specify)