It’s common for asset managers to communicate their expected return forecasts to clients, but less so their expected risk forecasts. We believe a key reason for this is that the language of risk and return are different. Return is well-defined by PnL, whereas risk needs to be viewed as an analyti…

Whilst books and courses on portfolio theory tend to concentrate on equities, diversification is just as important in fixed income and multi-asset investing. Portfolio managers and risk controllers must understand and control the level of diversification (or concentration) of exposures to issuers as well as to sectors and regions.

What can asset managers learn from the way Netflix transformed content distribution? How can we move on from producing and blindly distributing large volumes of static reports, to creating content tailored for a specific audience and distributing using intelligent online self-service platforms?

Balancing Marketing Brand Standards with Fund Administration ROI Expectations

The four FANG stocks have had a significant impact on the US equity market when looked at as a whole. Together, they account for nearly 8% of the S&P 500, and that number will rise if the market cap of these giants continues to increase. So what happens to market volatility when the hottest trade starts to unwind?

In his latest blog, Tom Pfister, Global Vice President of Product Strategy, discusses the similarities between SmartCities and the work the asset management industry is doing to gain insights through

Andrew Peddar, StatPro Group COO, discusses the opportunities and challenges facing Asset Service Providers and their middle office outsourcing services.

Review some of most popular blogs and articles from the StatPro content library – issues affecting asset managers and service providers of all sizes.

Physics, Aircraft Carriers, and Liquidity Buckets

How can asset service providers leverage technology to manage huge volumes of data at scale, while providing the highest quality results? Let’s quickly explore three areas that influence data quality.

DataTech: Technology Innovation that Puts Data first

Producing high quality and accurate data and analytics in an ever shorter time frame is at the heart of the scalability challenge for asset service providers. Legacy performance and risk systems running on outdated software architecture simply can’t scale to meet today’s demands for the middle office.