CASE STUDY • ASSET MANAGEMENT
Modernising the Investment Data Lifecycle
How a modern investment data foundation can strengthen fund operations, reconciliation, analytics and regulatory reporting across a complex asset-management environment.
Asset management transformation requires accuracy, lineage and operational resilience across positions, valuations, fund accounting and regulatory reporting. This case study draws on experience modernising a major UK investment environment and establishing an enterprise data warehouse for centralised management and analytics.
The challenge
The investment lifecycle supported more than 150 funds and over £35 billion in assets under management. Legacy processes and fragmented information created complexity across reconciliation, analytics and regulatory reporting, including Solvency II obligations.
The transformation
- Modernised the investment-system landscape supporting the asset-management lifecycle.
- Established an Enterprise Data Warehouse as a centralised, governed information foundation.
- Strengthened daily NAV reconciliation across 150+ funds.
- Improved access to timely analytics for operational and management decisions.
- Embedded traceability and controls needed for regulatory reporting.
Outcome
The modernised data foundation improved consistency across investment information, supported more reliable reconciliation and analytics, and strengthened the organisation’s ability to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
Broader lesson
In regulated financial services, modernisation should not separate operational efficiency from data control. The same architecture that improves analytics should also strengthen lineage, reconciliation, ownership and evidence.
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