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Formerly known as Global Research & Risk Solutions

  • Crisil Integral IQ
  • Asset Manager
January 02, 2025 Content Type Case study

Driving operational alpha across front, middle, and back-office workflows

January 02, 2025 Content Type Case study

 

 

 

Diverse workflows spanning sales and marketing, investment management, middle and back-office areas

 

 

US-based asset manager (AuM: $460 billion)

 

Key requirement

 

  • Handling increased volumes while optimizing operational costs
  • Seamless integration across regional entities
  • Flexibility to work across time-zones
  • Local market presence for emerging market coverage

Engagement highlights

 

  • Quick scale up of the team across diverse workflows
  • Teams synchronized across time zones to provide uninterrupted coverage and support to regions worldwide
  • Scalable SME driven FTE model
  • Improved productivity and increased flexibility 

 

Crisil GR&RS key support areas

 

Investment research

 

  • Research support on financial modelling, earnings, investment notes across sectors
  • ESG research and integration

 

Digital marketing

 

  • Manage web content and provide digital analytics support
  • Website performance analysis, campaign analysis, tag audit and data quality improvement 

 

Asset servicing and operations

 

  • Handling both in-house and out-of-house reconciliation for Cash, Position and Cost basis
  • Overseeing fund accounting and administration for Mutual Funds, UCITs, CITs, etc.
  • Preparing customized performance reports and portfolio reviews
  • Handling daily reporting tasks and client advisor emails for the team

Crisil Impact

 

Benefits to the client

 

 

  • Higher focus on core workflows
  • Service 2x requests during peak times Faster turnaround for scheduled and ad-hoc requests
  • Automation initiatives leading to ~65% reduction in manual efforts while reducing error rates
  • ~40% savings in costs related to operations support from Crisil
  • Enhanced cross-training and developed SOPs
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