{"id":5703,"date":"2024-02-09T22:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2024-02-09T22:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T22:29:29","slug":"the-2024-agenda-for-asset-and-wealth-management-firms-is-end-to-end-enterprise-modernization_020924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/the-2024-agenda-for-asset-and-wealth-management-firms-is-end-to-end-enterprise-modernization_020924\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 agenda for asset and wealth management firms is end-to-end enterprise modernization"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2023, HFS Research released a seminal study on the state of innovation in the financial services market\u2019s asset and wealth management<\/a> (AWM) segment. In it, we spotlighted the poor digital hygiene lurking behind years of M&A and expansion efforts. More is definitely not the same as better.<\/p>\n

We continued the AWM deep dive with the industry\u2019s first study focused on assessing the best service providers for asset and wealth management firms across IT and business process services: HFS Horizons: The Best Service Providers for Asset and Wealth Management, 2024<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for asset and wealth management (AWM) firms to get serious about transformation. The buy-side has been flush with profit and largely loyal customers for decades, propping up poor digital hygiene. Serial merger and acquisition activity has been passed off as modernization for far too long. Changing customer needs, new business models, and expanding offerings in the quest for alpha require modernization investments to enable the future of this sector. AWM firms will get there with the help of their service provider partners.<\/p>\n

The HFS Horizons: The Best Service Providers for Asset and Wealth Management, 2024<\/em><\/a> report evaluates the capabilities of 22 service providers across the HFS asset and wealth management value chain based on a range of dimensions to understand the why, what, how, and so what of their service offerings. It assesses how well service providers are helping their asset and wealth management clients worldwide embrace innovation and realize value across three distinct Horizons: Horizon 1, optimization through functional digital change; Horizon 2, experience through end-to-end enterprise transformation; and Horizon 3, growth through ecosystem transformation.<\/p>\n

Exhibit 1: AWM enterprises leverage the HFS Horizon model to pick their optimal service provider partners based on needed outcomes<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Note: All service providers within a Horizon are listed alphabetically.
\nSource: HFS Research, 2024
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The AWM market is amid massive change across client, business model, and offering facets; end-to-end enterprise transformation is required for progress<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The enterprises and service providers interviewed for this study painted a clear picture of a market in transition. HFS notes three big buckets of change:<\/p>\n