Helping Clients Build World-Class Businesses At SS&C Advent

What are the main contributions do you think you bring to the wealth management industry?

Our solutions and services enable our clients to build world class organisations. We also pride ourselves on having a highly skilled team that can assist and advise as needed. It is also important to us to have strong representation in all of our regions.

Recognition from wellestablished and respected publications are validation of our approach and commitment to the market. It is invaluable to all of our key stakeholders, both internal and external, to see our solutions and services acknowledged by highly regarded independent observers.

Understanding the local nuances is key to being successful. We continue to invest and innovate, to continually improve our clients’ options and empower them to be successful. Our aim is to optimise our clients’ potential and allow them to create thriving businesses. Only by focusing on the client and market needs can we match our own ambitions and standards.

How do awards such as this make a difference to your firm and your colleagues?

Recognition from well-established and respected publications are validation of our approach and commitment to the market. It is invaluable to all of our key stakeholders, both internal and external, to see our solutions and services acknowledged by highly regarded independent observers.

Winning awards in the region reinforces our capabilities and demonstrates our commitment to continued success for our customers.

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.

What does success look like to you –can this be measured in hard numbers, or in qualitative ways, or both?

To us, true success is in assisting in our client’s success. Focusing on having strong, flourishing and happy clients will ensure the other metrics are met. As a long standing and market leading vendor we do have the requisite oversight on financial, and quality metrics, as these are core elements of a healthy business.

What position would you like your firm to hold in its sector in five years’ time?

Our aim is to continue to grow and to be one of the leading vendors in the market. We strive to be seen as a respected and valued member of our clients’ communities and to bring expertise, ideas, innovation and world class solutions to serve the market. We also aim to be an employer of choice wherever we have a presence.

Marc Schwarz Relationship and Business Development Director SS&C Advent