SS&C Advent

GLOBAL SCALE, LOCAL PRESENCE AND INNOVATION

Summit Sood, Regional Sales Manager at SS&C Advent, describes the firm’s success to WealthBriefing.

Summit Sood

Regional Sales Manager, SS&C Advent

Please explain what you think makes your firm successful in its chosen field.

SS&C continues to innovate with integrated solutions covering the entire investment lifecycle, enabling wealth managers to maintain higher client-advisor ratios, attract and retain the best talent, and boost their profitability. Our breadth of business lines, and our global scale aligned with our local presence in all our key markets, allows us to bring multiple benefits to our clients, unmatched by other vendors.

Our dedicated teams are composed of seasoned professionals with a wealth of experience in technology implementations and management, along with front-line knowledge of local regulations, industry practices and evolving market trends. We continue to grow our client base in all regions.

What have been the main obstacles you had to overcome and how did you do so to reach this level?

Our industry is evolving. Client needs, technology and services are constantly evolving, and it is vital we continue to innovate in order to stay at the leading edge and remain a force in this industry. With such diversity in local regulatory requirements, market practices, instrument types and client expectations, a key challenge is to ensure our products and services have the flexibility and specialisation to cope with all these different market demands. Bringing together our world-class technology development capabilities with extensive on-the-ground knowledge helps us overcome the challenge and incorporate the required regional specificities into our solutions.

Where in the world do you operate – are you mainly a domestic player or international?

SS&C is a global operation, with resources and clients in all established markets. It is important to us that we maintain a strong local presence to supplement the global reach. Whom do you look to in terms or ideas and inspiration? What other business sectors do you follow for ideas?

We strive to be seen as active members of all of our client communities. Feedback from clients, prospects and market influencers are all key elements of our innovation. SS&C also has a diverse and multi-skilled team, distributed across our geographical reach. Collaboration is key to our success. We use technology and culture to optimise collaboration and empower teams to drive the business forward.

We continue to demonstrate a client-centric company culture, and we are guided by principles which drive our ongoing success: Commitment to our clients, taking ownership, inspire teammates and innovate intelligently. Our growth is fueled by teamwork, and we reward innovation and professionalism. To quote one our employees: “Our customers rely on us to keep them at the leading edge of technology and services so they can provide better services to their clients.”

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“OUR GROWTH IS FUELED BY TEAMWORK, AND WE REWARD INNOVATION AND PROFESSIONALISM. TO QUOTE ONE OUR EMPLOYEES: ‘OUR CUSTOMERS RELY ON US TO KEEP THEM AT THE LEADING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES SO THEY CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO THEIR CLIENTS’.”