Distribution Technology ranked as a leading European vendor in Wealth Management
Celent publishes Ranking the European Vendors of Wealth Management Technology 2009 report. DT has been ranked as one of the leading technology vendors in Europe in a report published by Celent. Ranking the European Vendors of Wealth Management Technology 2009 report was authored by Senior Analyst Isabella Fonseca. For more information on the report, please click here, where you will have to register your details.
The purpose of the report is to profile the major European software vendors within the wealth management industry and rank their performance across the following criteria: 'breadth of functionality' and 'advanced technology'. In Celent's profile of DT, it states 'The enterprise architecture used by these applications also enables clients to customise their solutions and integrate them easily with existing or future third party applications. Additional strengths lie in the simplicity and usability of Distribution Technology's user interfaces, which are easy to learn initially and easy to use throughout the advisory process.'
'Distribution Technology's solutions allow wealth managers to be more productive and customer focused, whilst controlling regulatory compliance across all client needs. Over 22,000 advisers use our technology which is available on-demand or on-premises.' Further comments from Celent include 'In current implementations, Distribution Technology applications often link to CRM systems. Both in-house and ASP hosting options are available, though the ASP deployment method is actively marketed by Distribution Technology as a "Software as a Service"(SaaS) option. SaaS allows customers to access solutions on demand which reduces deployment and implementation time dramatically.'
Events - Dates for your diary
Pension consolidation: profitable business or a compliance nightmare? DT will be hosting a Pension Consolidation Seminar on theThursday 2nd April at the Mercure Point Hotel and Conference Centre, Edinburgh. Jon Everill, Director of Proposition, Bluefin will present on the opportunities and challenges that the independent sector are facing in consolidating pensions. Ray Chinn, Head of Pensions at LV=, will present his perspective on the future of individual pensions. Finally, Simon Farrant, Director of Financial Planning, Distribution Technology, will discuss the regulatory landscape that faces the individual pensions marketplace.
Distribution Technology User Group The next meeting of the User Group will take place on Thursday 19th March at Foreign & Colonial's offices in London. This is an open forum for our existing users to discuss the issues they face and feedback on how our technology can help and be developed. If you would like to take part in the User Group please contact:
The Distribution Technology team
The team has expanded with the appointment of a new Product Development Director, Martyn Allez who will also be part of the Senior Management Team of Distribution Technology.
Martyn is an extremely accomplished senior manager with extensive expertise in financial services and technology. Prior to DT, Martyn held senior roles at Capgemini and before that Temenos Systems, the world's largest provider of back office banking software.
Whilst at Temenos, Martyn was responsible for a number of their strategic product developments, including the original development of the Temenos Core Banking (TCB) internationally. Prior to Temenos, Martyn was a Senior Programme Director at Lloyds TSB and so knows our market and indeed our clients well. Martyn has a strong technical background and started his IT career as a programmer.
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