New York, NY: February 23, 2004—Joseph Walker, CEO of UNAPEN, Inc.—a Connecticut-based consulting and software firm focused on the Financial Services Industry—is speaking on two panels at the 2nd Annual Tech-Ops 2004 conference on Feb 26–27, 2004 at the Park Central Hotel in New York City. The two panels are “Best Practices for Reporting to Institutional Investors” and “Effectively Utilizing Technology Platforms to Support Administration, Sales and Marketing of Managed Accounts”. See below for schedules and details.
Thursday, February 26, 2004—3:00pm
Best Practices for Reporting to Institutional Investors
Integrating analytics into institutional client reporting packages
Providing clearer and more concise statements to plan sponsors
Designing highly customized reports for high net worth investors
Meeting regulatory requirements
Using reporting as a vehicle to improving fund performance
Moderator:
Janet Lazar, President
Benefit Evaluation & Retirement Services
Panel:
Joseph Walker, Managing Director & CEO
UNAPEN, Inc.
Jonathan Marom, Global Product Manager
JP Morgan Information Products, JP Morgan Chase
Jane Soybelman, Vice President & CTO
Asset Management Technology Solutions, Inc.
Friday, February 27, 2004—10:45am
Effectively Utilizing Technology Platforms to Support Administration, Sales and Marketing of Managed Accounts
SMA accounts present unique operational challenges that both sponsors and managers have been working to overcome. Volume processing requirements throughout the life cycle of these accounts render many traditional technology and operational models impotent. A new set of best practices is emerging as the industry streamlines and retools.
Leveraging the proposal generation data and platforms for better “at inception” data gathering
Automating the new account opening and manager acceptance processes
Account administration requirements—the shadowing debate
Present and projected reporting requirements—where AIMR may take us
Closing the loop—better leverage of the operational data to help focus sales and marketing efforts
Looking at what the MSP and UMA products mean in practical terms for technology and operations planning
Examining the possible impact of emerging alternative investment vehicles and the growth of other asset
class based SMA products on systems
Moderator:
Vincent J. Lepore, Senior Advisor
Money Management Institute
Panel:
Joseph Walker, Managing Director & CEO
UNAPEN, Inc.
Philip Salibello, Principal
Salibello Associates
John Axisa, Vice President NY IT
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Tech-Ops 2004, Financial Research Associate’s second summit for the institutional investment management operations community, will address the very latest in technology and operations. Learn about industry best practices, the progress of industry standards, and explore the buy versus build option for various systems and middle/back office functions.
Track 1: Performance Measurement, Investor Reporting, Operational Risk Measurement, and Managed Accounts
Track 2: Market Data, Messaging and Content Standards, Corporate Actions, Electronic Trading, Order Management and Trade Analytics
Register by calling Financial Research Associates 800-280-8440 or go to www.frallc.com.
