Powering Possibilities

Powering Possibilities

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Powering Possibilities episodes

  • New Directions and Fundraising Outlook

    It has been a unique and challenging period for emerging managers. Fundraising efforts have been stymied by the pandemic. The safe havens provided by the larger investment houses have dominated allocations. What is the market looking like now? Is the changing global economy and market dynamic opening the door for a new breed of managers to help quench the never-ending thirst for investment diversification? A panel of experts discuss the future path for emerging managers.

    37 min
  • A New Direction for Fundraising in LATAM

    The pandemic sent a shock wave through traditional fundraising efforts. In the blink of an eye, an established process and strategy all changed. But are these changes long-lasting? In this session, we focus on the LATAM fundraising scene and hear from some of the largest and most successful fundraisers in the region.

    37 min
  • Meeting Investment Management Challenges Globally and Locally with SS&C Aloha

    In this episode, we hear from SS&C’s Rhys Octigan, Head of Institutional Business, who looks at the challenges facing today’s global investment managers as well as the unique needs of Asian and Australian investment managers. Topics covered include:

    •The challenges of fee pressure, costly infrastructure and complex investments
    •How investment managers can cut costs, increase efficiency and streamline operations with Aloha
    •One client’s vision of significant gains from Aloha
    •Arming investment managers to handle Australia’s and Asia’s diverse and differing needs

    For more information, visit https://www.ssctech.com/solutions/products-a-to-z/aloha.

    18 min
  • Let's Talk Insurtech: Richard Marsden, UK&I Director, FinChatBot

    In the eighth episode in the series, SS&C’s Scott Holmes talks with Richard Marsden, UK&I Director, FinChatBot, to discuss a range of topics related to digital transformation, technology and innovation, including:

    • What drives insurers to digitize.

    • Expected solutions in digital transformations.
    • Areas insurers have prioritized for digitization.
    • Key challenges insurers face with digitization.
    • Digitization of the customer journey enables insurers to optimize cross-selling.

    28 min
  • Let's Talk Insurtech: Carla Jordan, Chief Financial Officer, Emerald Risk Transfer

    In the seventh episode in the series, SS&C’s Scott Holmes talks with Carla Jordan, Chief Financial Officer, Emerald Risk Transfer, to discuss a range of topics related to digital transformation, technology and innovation, including:

    • The growing need for digitizing documentation.

    • The hybrid work model in South Africa.
    • How insurers are adapting to new conditions post-pandemic.
    • The future of the insurer-broker engagement.
    • How data is helping insurers mitigate risk and underwrite in the new normal.

    24 min
  • How SS&C Aloha Helps Wealth Managers

    In this episode of our podcast series, we hear from SS&C’s Eric Rocks, VP and Managing Director, with responsibility for our wealth management solutions, about the market forces and business needs that drove the development of SS&C Aloha’s capabilities to serve wealth managers. Topics covered in this discussion include:

    • Challenges wealth managers face today.

    • Opportunities to advance wealth businesses through technology.
    • Capabilities from Aloha that will please wealth clients.
    • Finding the sweet spot: an institutional-strength, simplified operating system.

    For more information, visit https://www.ssctech.com/solutions/products-a-to-z/aloha.

    17 min
  • Let's Talk Insurance: Richard Jeffery, Chief Executive Officer, ActiveOps

    In the sixth episode in the series, SS&C’s Scott Holmes talks with Richard Jeffery, Group Chief Executive Officer, ActiveOps, to discuss a range of topics related to digital transformation, technology and innovation, including:

    • The challenges to hybrid work environments.

    • Resource management.
    • Versatile target operating models.
    • How insurers can utilize technology to enable hybrid work.
    • Efficiency gains through data and tech.

    23 min
  • Let's Talk Insurtech: Maureen Breslin, Head of Customer Services and Operations, New Ireland Assurance

    In the fifth episode in the series, SS&C’s Scott Holmes talks with Maureen Breslin, Head of Customer Services and Operations, New Ireland Assurance, on a range of topics related to digital transformation, technology and innovation, including:

    • The Pandemic: A digital transformation accelerator?

    • Busting the WFH myth.
    • How people management has changed.
    • The sophisticated application of automation.
    • Going paperless.
    • Using data to help drive operations.

    29 min
  • Insurance in 10: Ellen Carney, Principal Analyst, Forrester

    In the 20th episode in the series, SS&C’s David Turner talks with Ellen Carney, Principal Analyst at Forrester, to uncover the top takeaways across a variety of insurance-related topics, including:

    • Top technologies impacting insurer success.

    • The three "E"s of the customer experience is table stakes.
    • Data & analytics: the lubricant of business success.
    • Customer onboarding: the secret shame of the insurance industry.
    • Customer engagement: the biggest unsolved insurance challenge.
    • Competitive differentiation with low code/no code: compose, build & customize.

    30 min
  • Let's Talk Insurance: Rakesh Krishnan, Director, Meru Consulting

    In the fourth episode in the series, SS&C’s Scott Holmes talks with Rakesh Krishnan, Director, Meru Consulting, to discuss a range of topics related to digital transformation, technology and innovation, including:

    • The speed of adaptation.

    • Areas that have needed to change the most in the new normal.
    • How digital transformation projects run in a virtual world.
    • How insurers can best prepare for a digital transformation project.

    26 min

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