
Time To Get The Cost/Benefit Balance Right For GIPS Compliance
StatPro recently joined Australia’s Financial Services Council, the peer organization that represents Australia’s retail and wholesale funds management businesses, superannuation funds, life insurers

Cloud Computing For The Asset Management Industry
The consumer market has already seen a huge impact from cloud computing with web applications such as Facebook and photo sharing apps like flickr.com. Amazon.com, the online retailer started out selli

Business Lesson 2
When faced with the question of switching to Cloud technology from traditional technology, the biggest question was around the business model.

UBS and the Chip
When we first faced the question of switching to Cloud technology from traditional technology, the biggest question was around the business model. We were keen from the outset to change the model and

Cloud Business Lesson 1
I have been working in the software and data business for twenty years and in that time there have been some pretty good innovations, but the best so far is definitely the Cloud. This is for the most

On a Clear Day
Imagine this. You are an investment professional whose responsibilities include presenting and explaining performance to institutional clients, and you have just wrapped up a 15-minute presentation to

Foggy Thinking
It is really interesting speaking with different companies in the financial markets. Some people really get the new cloud technology but for most people they are still a bit lost in the fog. It isn’t

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Attribution
At our annual company away day earlier this summer, we engaged in heady discussions about StatPro Seven, our flagship middle office analytics solution, and StatPro Revolution, our new cloud-based plat

Enquiring Minds Want to Know…about Revolution
We recently ran our first in a series of webinars: 3 Reasons to Use Cloud Technology for Portfolio Analytics and Reporting, which proved to be a great success. Many tuned in to get a better understand

Morningstar 2011: Technology, where were you?
Following the Morningstar Conference, we’ve caught our breath and reflected on what we saw, did and heard on the show floor and in the discussion sessions. We’ve also thought a lot about what we didn’

Technology and the RIA: Very, Very Cool
It’s been a whirlwind three days in The Windy City. Between demos, breakout sessions and keynotes, we’ve had some great conversations with advisors and fund managers about how technology is helping th

Dispatch from Morningstar
Real interest rates and getting real about portfolio analytics In today’s keynote session by PIMCO leader and living legend Bill Gross, we heard about the looming threat to advisors who overweight in