SunGard: Buy-Side Risk Trends In 2015 - Building A Better Risk Culture

Having weathered the worst of the post-crisis period, buy-side firms nonetheless continue to face a challenging environment, marked by reduced margins and increased operating costs, as well as a tsunami of regulatory requirements. With lower interest rates fueling investors’ insatiable appetite for alpha, managers have continued to seek broader asset class diversification, which in turn requires more sophisticated data reconciliation and risk management. Indeed, mandates such as Form PF, the