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Excited to share how we’re modernizing portfolio management and cashflow forecasting for private market assets with SimCorp One. No more flying blind through illiquidity risks. No more excessive performance drags from idle cash. Learn more https://bit.ly/3Z2wPkx

Join SimCorp's Christoph Schon, CFA, CIPM at this CFA UK webinar tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/e3Dm63g4, where he'll be evaluating how the changing outlook on inflation and interest rates over the past six months has influenced the risk profiles of multi-asset portfolios.

We’re thrilled to share how the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has streamlined their upgrade process by leveraging SimCorp’s Continuous Testing Service. With over USD 120 billion in assets, OPERS manages a diverse investment portfolio and relies on SimCorp’s platform for critical functions such as compliance, reconciliation, and settlement. Learn more about how OPERS streamlined upgrades and minimized timelines with SimCorp’s Continuous Testing Service here https://bit.ly/4fiHb5N

In this article, SimCorp and long-standing partner and regulatory expert, FundApps explore incoming SEC reforms (including Short Sale Disclosure Reforms) and their impact on buy-side firms, globally. Learn how firms are taking back control and future-proofing shareholder disclosure compliance through SimCorp One, so they can focus on what really matters. Read the article: https://bit.ly/4fGLW8L

ICYMI: Melissa Brown joined Christopher Carrano from Venn by Two Sigma to discuss a subject near and dear to our heart: The importance of using quantitative analysis to analyze managers and understand portfolio risk. #Axioma data helps to power Venn’s equity styles in the Venn Two Sigma Factor Lens analytics engine. Learn all about the analysis using this tool on Conservative, Moderate and Aggressive investment labels. Watch now: https://bit.ly/3O4MQ3o

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Investment COO Summit 2024, where COOs from leading investment firms come together to discuss the challenges and cutting-edge strategies in today’s investment space. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d8kqFXTq   #InvestmentOperations #Innovation #BuySide #SimCorp 

Struggling with a fragmented ESG investment approach/view ? In today’s complex ESG landscape, fragmented solutions just don’t cut it anymore. To truly integrate ESG into your investment process, you need a centralized, holistic framework—an ESG Book of Record (EBOR). https://lnkd.in/dj93DrUb

This piece by Robert Stock, PhD is must-read for hedge funds and asset managers: https://lnkd.in/geuuQAXX Why? Imagine there was an efficient, systematic way to piggyback on the best ideas by informed traders (ie, not having to buy lots of data sets or have a team of analysts comb through reports). In the piece, he goes through the process of building and testing an equity long-short portfolio as a starting point, using a Sentiment family of factors in a risk model plus an optimizer.  

Optimizers are powerful tools for creating portfolios, but there are a lot of myths floating around this important and useful piece of software. Melissa Brown and Pam Vance set the record straight in this article on portfolio optimization myths: https://lnkd.in/d_ZRKBv5 #portfoliooptimization

Today, we hosted our first Middle East & Africa Forum in Abu Dhabi. Mourad Essofi, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Middle East & Africa region, led the conference. Among the speakers were Deutsche Börse co-CEO Stephan Leithner, SimCorp CEO Christian Kromann, and CRO Oliver Johnson, who provided clients with a glimpse into the future with SimCorp and insights on how our market-leading platform enables success and growth. A special thank you to all our external speakers for their invaluable contributions to the engaging discussions: • Damian Dunn, Director, Investment Data, Valuation & Reporting, Qatar Investment Authority • Sagir Hassam, Director, Transformation, Qatar Investment Authority • Chris Stenzel, Senior Specialist – Central Investment Services, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) • Tom Whitson, Partner, MENA Regional Lead, Alpha FMC • Hamdan Khan, MENA Wealth & Asset Management Consulting Leader, EY   Thank you to all attendees who actively engaged in discussions with our teams at the event, highlighting a growing community in the region.