UK & EU Investment Manager Considerations for Entering the U.S. Market
Controlling Key Factors That Appear Insurmountable At the end of 2017, total assets under management in the US were $37.4 trillion USD, which compares to the UK/EU combined $22.2 trillion USD (2018 Boston Consulting [...]
An Overview of Liquidity Risk Management Programs
In October 2016 the SEC adopted new rules, a new form and other amendments designed to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry. The goal is to reduce the risk [...]
Five Top Tips for Assessing Sales Reporting and Data Management Solutions
As an asset manager, you probably have spent countless hours researching and testing the tools needed to find the ideal sales reporting and data management solution for your business. Whether it be a formal [...]
Fund Servicing Conversations: Benefits May Outweigh the Perceived Burden
Conquering or Overcoming FOCO Let’s be honest: When someone starts talking to an investment adviser about transitioning their back-office servicing relationship from one service provider to another, the first reaction of that firm’s decision [...]
How Adviser’s Websites Can Attract More Investors
In a digitally wired world, having a website that is attractive, dynamic and compelling is essential. After all, it is the hub of a firm’s online presence where as much as 80 percent of [...]
Navigating Marketplace Changes to an Adviser’s Advantage
An Update on Product Trends in the Mutual Fund Industry Investment advisers with longstanding mutual funds, as well as advisers looking to make their first foray into the ’40 Act Fund world, usually have [...]
How to Leverage Big Data and Service Providers’ Technology to Administer Your Mutual Fund’s Compliance Program
“The SEC staff is currently using these [big data] computing environments and is also planning to scale them up to accommodate future applications that will be on a massive scale…We have utilized both machine [...]
What Advisers Need to Know About Impact Investing: ESG/SRI
Even though the terminology ‘impact investing’ is relatively new in the last 10 years, the concept is not. There are many in the investment arena who are not familiar with details of what impact [...]
Q&A: Why Asset Managers Should Consider Inbound Marketing in Their Mutual Fund Strategy
Ultimus’ Director of Distribution Strategies, Kevin Guerette, sat down for a quick Q & A session with Stacy Havener, Founder and CEO of Havener Capital, a sales and marketing agency representing undiscovered mutual funds from some [...]
Finding and Developing Your Story
For investment advisers focused on managing a portfolio, the idea of developing public relations and marketing materials is not always top of mind, a high priority, or an easy undertaking. During Ultimus’ Client Summit [...]