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Webinar - The Data Continuum
7 October 2011
DST Global Solutions and Aite Group will be exploring the challenges faced by the Middle Office. "The Data Continuum" will look at current best practice in resolving the approach to Reference Data Management, plus a look at the additional data challenges faced by investment firms as they struggle to bring coherence to the multitude of best of breed solutions they have typically acquired.
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Chris Lord & Geoff Harries - Reducing the Cost of Ownership
19 August 2011
Geoff Harries, Global Head of Asset Servicing and Chris Lord, Global Head of Technology discuss how DST Global Solutions can help clients reduce the operations and the cost of ownership.
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Mark Hallett - Global Support Services Video
22 July 2011
Mark Hallett, Global Head of Support Services is accountable for the SLA agreements for over 230 DST Global Solutions clients worldwide. This is undertaken through 4 support centres in Bangkok, Melbourne, London and Boston with 130 staff. They are backedup by the global technology teams, professional services and technical consultants. The Global Support teams deliver a responsive and highly valuable service to our clients. Mark Hallett explains a number of new initiatives and enhancements to better serve our clients.
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Chris Lord - New Services video
16 June 2011
R and D is a speculative approach to moving products forward. It is about exploring what can be done with some of the technology. DST Global Solutions looks to see what third party suppliers are doing as well as developing new approaches in house. DST Global Solutions is looking at new ways of working with clients to better understand their business issues they face. Chris Lord, Global Head of Technology discusses.
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Geoff Harries - Corporate Actions
3 June 2011
Corporate Actions are very manual process with complex interactions and therefore a lot of risk.Geoff Harries discusses this and what is achievable with regards to automating this.
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Chris Lord - Successful Application Development
2 March 2011
DST Global Solutions continues to enhance the client experience by further improving quality and delivery timeliness and cost - Clients are seeing this, our software is often at the heart of their organisation so they need us to ensure releases are accurate and timely. A number of new innovation review systems are now in place to listen to employees and share ideas to benefit our business and we are better listening to clients and suppliers about how to strengthen our ties and better benefit from working together.
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Spaulding WebEx: Best of Breed vs. One Stop Shopping: Pros, Cons & Challenges in Middle Office Analytics
22 February 2011
Recording of the WebEx held on February 11th 2011: David Spaulding, CIPM discusses best of breed vs. one stop shopping as it pertains to performance technology. David discusses the pros, cons & challenges in middle office analytics followed by a question and answer period.
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Arun Sarwal - The only constant is change
7 December 2010
The investment management is always experiencing change from the big bang market correction, the emerging market correction and the dot com boom and bust. The only constant is change - the industry needs to remain adaptable. Arun Sarwal discusses.
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Anova - An Introduction - Part 1
23 November 2010
Graeme Condie introduces DST Global Solutions' new, all-encompassing middle office analytics platform - Anova
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Arun Sarwal - Data is King
20 October 2010
Talking to clients and survey results reveal the single biggest challenge facing the investment management industry is the mangement of data.
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Arun Sarwal - Doing More With Less
15 September 2010
Within the investment management industry there is a key theme doing more with less as margins have declined by 12% . There is a need to do more in terms of regulation, transparency and the management of risk. There is a requirement to do less - in terms of reducing costs and ensuring more efficient use of systems and resources, DST Global Solutions are working with clients on three areas - challenging the assumptions on which the operating model has been established, second, refining processes and practices and thirdly seeking out initiatives that provide small term savings. Arun Sarwal discusses.
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Tom Abraham - DST Global Solutions - An Overview
19 August 2010
Tom Abraham gives an overview to DST Global Solutions and how it has adapted to the recent financial crisis to ensure the solutions meet the needs of its clients - namely assisting with the of reduction of cost and lessening of operational risk.
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Warwick Brown - Business & Operational Challenges in Testing and Upgrade Projects
12 July 2010
Warwick Brown, Consultancy Manager, IMS Professional Services discusses business and operational challenges in testing and upgrade projects. Many organiations are keen to minimise their costs but the operational cost of upgrading can be expensive. DST Global Solutions Professional Services team can help reduce the timeline to successful upgrades, thereby minimising the cost to clients.
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Shirley Wilson - Head of Professional Services - Operational Reviews
12 July 2010
Shirley Wilson, DST Global Solutions, Head of Professional Services, UK, Europe and Middle East discusses the benefits of an operational review including how clients can streamline their operations and operate more efficiently.
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Geoff Harries - Handling OTC Derivatives Challenges in the Buy Side
28 June 2010
Geoff Harries, Global Head of Asset Servicing for DST Global Solutions discusses the challenges around handling OTC derivatives in the Buy Side including the changing regulatory landscape and the operational response to that change.
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Geoff Harries - Trends in Asset Servicing Today
28 May 2010
Geoff Harries, Global Head of Asset Servicing for DST Global Solutions discusses the significant challenges facing the asset servicing community. These include derivative capabilities, multi asset class capabilites and alternative asset classes becoming more mainstream. The business is expecting a shorter payback period with the expectation any investment sees a contribution to the top line figures. (3:05)
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Philip Hogan - Responding to the Challenges of the Global Financial Crisis
28 May 2010
Philip Hogan, Global Head of Solution Management for the Investment Management Solutions business within DST Global Solutions, discusses the challenges the market face following the global financial crisis. This includes increased complexity, new products, geographic exansion, regulation with the added constraint of reduced IT budget and investment spend.(3.13)
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Steve McGovern - Improving the Task of Performance Reporting
27 January 2010
Steve McGovern, Senior Manager, IMS Professional Services, speaks about the all important task of performance reporting to the various stakeholders of an investment operation - including Client Reporting. Steve then summarises what DST Global Solutions can do to solve many of these challenges with our Reporter Solution. (5:37)
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Steve McGovern - The Middle Office Challenge
27 January 2010
Steve McGovern, Senior Manager, IMS Professional Services, speaks about the issues and challenges facing middle office operations today. Steve summarises the priorities in terms of action to improve operations and then explains the approach taken by DST Global Solutions to help investment firms optimise middle office operations. (4:48)
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