Back Office Managed Services

Achieve greater operational efficiency by partnering with INDATA for back office managed services. Create operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve transparency with industry-leading best practices for outsourced investment management. Realize these benefits and more with INDATA’s investment management outsourcing.

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BACK OFFICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

With INDATA’s back office managed services, firms can tap INDATA experts to support a wide range of managed services related to portfolio accounting, including:

Outsourced investment management that involves INDATA acting as an extension of the operations team for back office portfolio accounting activities involving system administration
Complete portfolio accounting and wealth management outsourcing with an experienced, and scalable services tech team for back office investment operations related to portfolio accounting and daily data reconciliation
Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) whereby, INDATA experts take on tasks related to pre-trade and post-trade compliance rules setup and administration

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BACK OFFICE MANAGED SERVICES OPTIONS

COMPLETE OUTSOURCING SOLUTION

Increase efficiency with total control. Firms can use INDATA’s wealth management outsourcing solutions and portfolio accounting services to focus on core activities, not administrative work.

A LA CARTE SERVICES

Increase efficiency and reduce costs by selecting individual managed services. INDATA back office portfolio accounting outsourcing offers the flexibility to align with each firm’s unique needs. This pick-and-choose model makes managed services easy to implement.

IT OUTSOURCING SOLUTIONS

Receive IT expertise on demand with INDATA’s specialized IT resources. This solution is available for iPM Cloud clients. Examples of services include optimizing remote access, providing additional cybersecurity measures, maximizing performance and scalability, and general IT. Rely on a trusted technology partner to support infrastructure all in a private cloud model.

BENEFITS OF BACK OFFICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCING

Here’s what firms can expect when working with INDATA.

Why Outsource?

Increase Operational Efficiency

Increase Business Process and Controls

Reduce Costs

Reduce Admin

Growth AUM,
Not Overhead

Increased Operational Efficiency

With outsourced resources, internal staff can get help with labor-intensive activities to maximize efficiency. As a result, employees can focus on core competencies and services to clients rather than back office administration related to portfolio accounting activities.

Enhanced Business Processes and Controls

INDATA’s advanced back office portfolio accounting software combined with INDATA experts offers another layer of protection relating to compliance, streamlined processes, and greater controls involving back office operations.

Reduced Costs

Outsourcing is always a cost saver. In the realm of investment management, firms can work within their own budget. Grow AUM without adding headcount.

Decreased Administrative Burdens

The administration of back office activities and portfolio accounting software requires considerable time. Let INDATA handle this so that employees can focus on activities related to services to clients.

CASE STUDIES

OUTSOURCING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BACK OFFICE SOLUTIONS

INDATA delivers comprehensive back office managed services for clients whether they use INDATA’s software solutions via iPM Cloud or on-premise. INDATA staff fully supports remote system administration.

INDATA back office management enables clients to function in an outsourced environment and benefit from the open architecture that INDATA’s iPM software provides. Through INDATA’s outsourced investment management services, firms can delegate the management back-office portfolio accounting activities like reconciliation and system administration. As a result, organizations can allocate more resources to client-related endeavors.

INDATA ARS (Advanced Recon Services)

ARS provides daily reconciliation services for clients using INDATA’s software tools and leading custodians. Robust daily reconciliation for portfolio accounting is a critical component of the ARS service. INDATA staff verify portfolio investment data including holdings, transactions, and security reference data required for internal users and external clients.

INDATA CA (Corporate Actions)

INDATA Corporate Actions is a service for consolidating data sources for delivered daily merger, acquisition, and spin-off activity involving U.S. domestic equities covered by INDATA. With this solution, firms eliminate the need for “interpretation” and manual data entry of these activities by reducing the potential for human errors or misinterpretation of data entered with the iPM software.

INDATA ROR (Rate of Return)

INDATA Staff verify daily rate of return calculations through INDATA ROR. The goal of INDATA ROR is to provide rate-of-return monitoring, troubleshooting, and correction due to erroneous data. INDATA ROR allows investment firms to comply with industry standards by using an external third-party review of performance data daily. It also removes the challenges of time-consuming, error-prone processes of troubleshooting return issues and making corrections to data.

Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS)

INDATA CaaS is a fully integrated compliance offering that provides software, technology, services, and data via a single solution. Leverage compliance experts for a variety of services, including rule writing, setup, and testing. Get continuous updates from the iPM Compliance Rules Library. Let INDATA manage routine compliance tasks while chief compliance officers focus on high-level core work related to their own firms.

Data/IT Services

Ever-increasing volumes of data, rapidly advancing technology, and a complicated landscape of interconnected systems make IT complex. Effective data management is critical to modern investment management firms and data is the key driver for better decision-making. INDATA Data and IT services supply firms with valuable resources for operations. Working with INDATA, firms optimize data processing models and maximize the performance of investment management software. These solutions support various needs, from accommodating data storage growth to custom report writing to general IT support.

Implementation Services

For new clients implementing INDATA’s iPM SaaS, INDATA can assist with the technical and data aspects of the implementation. Clients can also get help with training (on-site and remote), project governance, data conversion, report writing, and other services required to implement INDATA’s iPM software suite for maximum effect. A cross-functional team represents each client to optimize results.

Investment Research/Brokerage Services

Gordon Haskett Capital Corporation (GHCC), INDATA’s broker/dealer affiliate, offers research products for event-driven investment strategies and approaches, adding value for portfolio managers who are using INDATA’s portfolio measurement and reporting services and/or portfolio accounting software, which enhances portfolio management and reporting, providing INDATA clients with precise insights into their investments.

INDATA iPM Portfolio Architect AI

iPM Cloud

iPM Portal

Architect AI Reporting

SOLUTIONS BY PRODUCT

INDATA Architect AI is a complete solution for portfolio management. Its integrated, data-driven framework makes it a valuable asset for any firm. With this unique and robust platform, organizations can reach operational efficiency goals and receive insights faster.

SOLUTIONS BY ROLE/INDUSTRY

Adopting INDATA’s AI Architect software creates a foundation for a firm’s growth and success. Each role within the firm can benefit from its many features and AI automation.

Traders can rapidly execute orders and use advanced blotter functionality. Portfolio managers can generate “what-if” trades, rebalance portfolios, and update models with practical AI tools. Compliance can test guidelines and automate notifications. Middle back office operations have automated trade settlements to support position keeping and can automate data reconciliation for accurate books and records needed for portfolio accounting.

Wealth Managers and Advisors

Institutional Investment Managers

Hedge Funds

Pension/Sovereign Wealth

Portfolio Management/Trading

Portfolio Accounting/Operations

IT and System Administrators

Compliance

WHY CHOOSE INDATA FOR BACK OFFICE MANAGED SERVICES

INDATA staff with significant experience and knowledge of investment operations
Personalized collaboration between clients and INDATA staff to achieve goals and generate ROI
Customized approach to outsourcing for each client
Affordable, scalable solutions
Full-scale implementation support
Flexibility to choose full outsourced investment management or individual back office managed services related to portfolio accounting

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How Can Firms Contract With INDATA for Outsourcing?

Organizations can choose to have a complete solution, only use some services, or get help for IT-related needs.

How Does Outsourcing Back Office Functions Benefit Firms?

Firms can benefit in many ways from outsourcing. It reduces costs, promotes efficiency, enables greater transparency, and empowers employees to concentrate on core competencies.

Who Can Use INDATA Outsourcing?

Outsourcing of back office management is available to all clients whether they operate via iPM Cloud in-house.

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