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Build Vs Buy at Financial Services Companies
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Build Vs Buy at Financial Services Companies

As a Financial Services company should you build or buy software solutions? Our post explores some of the key reasons that can affect the decision.

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We need to talk about Outsourcing The Central Bank of Irelands recent “Dear CEO” letter and some thoughts
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We need to talk about Outsourcing The Central Bank of Irelands recent “Dear CEO” letter and some thoughts

The Central Bank of Ireland issued a "Dear CEO" letter outlining concerns over the rising level of outsourcing to global service providers. Read our thoughts.

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Investor Money Regulations – Impact on Transfer Agents
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Investor Money Regulations – Impact on Transfer Agents

The aim of the Investor Money Regulations is to enhance investor protection. We took a look to see what the practical implications are on Transfer Agents.

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How our new Investor Services module would have prevented $5.9 million fraud at SS&C
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How our new Investor Services module would have prevented $5.9 million fraud at SS&C

Was the $5.9 million Tillage fraud at SS&C preventable? Yes. Here's how Fund Recs software would have immediately flagged the first fraudulent transfer.

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Do we need a Hedge Fund Shadow NAV in 2015?
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Do we need a Hedge Fund Shadow NAV in 2015?

Are hedge funds throwing away thousands of dollars by insisting on duplicating the fund accounting function? Alan Farrell of Quickstep Consulting explores.

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Making same day NAV release possible
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Making same day NAV release possible

What would it take for Fund Administrators to release same day valuations? We look at three key areas where administrators are likely to run into problems.

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Meet our new investor: Telefonica
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Meet our new investor: Telefonica

We're excited to announce we closed investment from Telefonica and won a place on its Waya accelerator to help us during our next phase of growth.

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Hedge Fund World Cup Team
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Hedge Fund World Cup Team

With the World Cup coming to a climax in Brazil, we thought we'd have a little fun picking a team from the universe of Hedge Fund related parties.

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Working with CSV files
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Working with CSV files

We've pulled together everything we know about working with CSV files as a data source in Financial Services. This is a quick summary of what you need to know.

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6 Lessons Learned Quitting the Day Job
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6 Lessons Learned Quitting the Day Job

Are you preparing to launch your startup? Alan describes some of the lessons learned from quitting his day job and starting startup life.

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