Service Provider News & Perspectives

September 19, 2022

Retaining Clients by Building Trust During Recessionary Times

Retaining Clients by Building Trust During Recessionary Times September 19, 2022 | Marketing Intent Avoiding tough conversations is a sure way to erode trust. In the late 2000s, the firm I was working at conducted a market research study to understand how well wealth managers were serving their clients during one of the most difficult…

September 6, 2022

Phoenix American Releases White Paper on Operational and Strategic Considerations for Investment Fund Managers in Uncertain Economic Times

Phoenix American Releases White Paper on Operational and Strategic Considerations for Investment Fund Managers in Uncertain Economic Times September 2, 2022 | Phoenix American Report Provides Insights and Data on Interest Rates, Consumer Sentiment and Investor Perspective Phoenix American, a full-service fund administration provider for alternative investment funds, has published a new white paper examining…

September 1, 2022

506(c) Offerings: No Loss of Exemption if Reasonable Steps Fail to Find Nonaccredited Investor(s)

While consensus among attorneys and industry leaders regarding the application of the 506(c) offering appears to be building, there remain those that continue to express trepidation.

August 29, 2022

SS&C Acquires Tier1’s CRM Business

SS&C Acquires Tier1’s CRM Business August 23, 2022 | SS&C SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. announced it has acquired the sell-side Tier1 CRM business and related assets from Tier1 Financial Solutions in an all-cash transaction. Tier1 CRM is a leading provider of sell-side CRM solutions targeting capital markets and investment banks. Based in Toronto, Canada, Tier1 CRM supplies CRM…

August 29, 2022

iCapital® to Acquire US Alternative Investments Feeder Fund Platform from UBS

iCapital® to Acquire US Alternative Investments Feeder Fund Platform from UBS August 23, 2022 | iCapital iCapital1, the leading global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, and UBS (NYSE: UBS) today announced they entered into a definitive agreement whereby iCapital will acquire UBS Fund Advisor…

August 18, 2022

Four Ways To Communicate With Clients Amid Market Volatility

Four Ways To Communicate With Clients Amid Market Volatility August 2, 2022 | Abby Salameh, Chief Marketing Officer, CAIS & Head of CAIS IQ | Forbes If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard the word “recession” being thrown around. Inflation is at a 40-year high and is affecting everything from…

August 18, 2022

Recession and Resilience: Looking to Leading Indicators

Recession and Resilience: Looking to Leading Indicators August 5, 2022 | Andrew Snyder, Linge Sun, & Nicholas Reade | CAIS The Fed continues navigating what appears to be an ever-finer line between a hard and soft landing for the U.S. economy. We look past the most recent GDP estimate to leading economic indicators that have…

August 17, 2022

Marketing Intent: Overcoming Obstacles When Managing Marketing And Delegating

Marketing Intent: Overcoming Obstacles When Managing Marketing And Delegating August 17, 2022 | Marketing Intent You’re short staffed, buried in work and you know you should delegate to get out from underneath it and get caught up on your marketing tasks, but you’re not. Why aren’t you delegating? Even seasoned marketing managers fall victim to…

August 17, 2022

SS&C: Closing the Customer Knowledge Gap

SS&C: Closing the Customer Knowledge Gap August 17, 2022 | SS&C Asset managers have access to more data today than ever before. By harnessing it, savvy firms can unlock powerful insights into their customers’ profiles, preferences and priorities. These insights, in turn, can enable firms to design more efficient and effective distribution strategies built on…