- Software consulting for IT initiatives at asset management firms
- Technology consulting: AI/ML, big data, blockchain
- Digital transformation consulting for asset management firms
- IT infrastructure consulting, including cloud consulting
- QA consulting
- Project management consulting
- Software product consulting, including SaaS consulting, for companies developing asset management software products
IT Services and Solutions for Asset Management Companies
In financial IT since 2005, ScienceSoft provides comprehensive IT consulting, software engineering, and support services to asset management firms. We create secure, high-performing solutions that help asset managers enhance operational efficiency, drive higher profitability of investment decisions, and simplify regulatory compliance while staying within IT budget limits.
The quality of ScienceSoft's services is confirmed by one of the world's top 3 asset managers with $5T+ in AUM.
Custom Software Solutions for Asset Management Firms
ScienceSoft engineers all-in-one systems that transform the entire asset management process, as well as specialized solutions that automate particular operational areas. Here are some of the asset management apps we deliver:
Solutions for asset management operations
Software aimed to help asset managers construct and manage pooled, diversified investment portfolios in line with clients’ financial goals and risk appetites. Such solutions support data-driven portfolio creation and automated position monitoring. They offer comprehensive portfolio performance analytics and can provide rule-based and AI-supported portfolio rebalancing.
Software that consolidates technical and fundamental asset data and alternative datasets (ESG, geopolitical, etc.) to drive evidence-based investment decisions. It automates data ingestion from internal and external sources, applies machine learning (ML) to recognize investment signals, and offers interactive dashboards for easy navigation of research data.
Order management systems
Software meant to streamline the entire trade workflow — from order creation to execution — across equities, fixed income, derivatives, and other asset classes. It can be integrated with brokerage systems, custodian systems, and institutional investment platforms for automated order submission and settlement and continuous trade monitoring.
Transfer agency software
Software that automates investor account management and capital distribution for AMCs operating mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, and other pooled investment vehicles. It enables automated shareholder recordkeeping, dividend payments, and reporting across multiple fund structures and jurisdictions.
Risk management platforms
Solutions that enable centralized, real-time monitoring of risk exposures across asset managers’ complex portfolios. Such tools often leverage advanced analytics to identify, quantify, and forecast investment risks. Users can model the outcomes of various investment scenarios, simulate external risks (e.g., market-specific regulatory shifts), and run automated portfolio stress tests.
Performance attribution analysis tools
Software used to automatically evaluate portfolio performance against pre-defined benchmarks and identify major drivers of returns and risks. It analyzes asset managers’ investment choices, investment styles, and decision-making timings, automates multi-factor attribution calculations, and generates attribution performance reports.
Software aimed to automate asset managers’ accounting operations across multiple funds. It handles asset valuation, fee and expense allocation, region-specific tax calculation, and financial reporting. Custom systems can be designed in compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, or local regulatory frameworks as required by jurisdiction.
ESG analysis and reporting tools
Software that automates investment evaluation against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria to support sustainable portfolio construction. Such tools aggregate third-party ESG scores, vet investments against preset ESG screening parameters, and produce regulatory-ready assessment reports.
Solutions for general service operations
CRM systems for asset managers
A collaborative digital workspace to manage interactions with institutional and retail clients, track client communication history, and coordinate client-related asset management activities across teams. CRMs centralize client data and documents, automate due diligence and reporting, and support targeted marketing workflows.
Software that automates the creation and distribution of tailored client reports (look-through reports, investment performance breakdowns, benchmark comparisons, fee summaries, K-1 forms, ESG reports, etc.). It automatically aggregates report-relevant data across asset manager systems and offers rich data visualization options.
Multi-language digital platforms that provide asset management clients with secure self-service access to portfolio performance data, capital account statements, and service documentation. They feature configurable dashboards for easy data navigation and enable live messaging between clients and asset management professionals.
Software that consolidates disparate data relevant to asset management activities into a unified, secure repository and handles data preparation for analytics and reporting. It automates data integration, cleansing, normalization, validation, and enrichment processes and provides transparent data lineage for compliance needs.
Solutions that analyze asset managers’ company-wide operational, financial, and risk data and produce insights for strategic and tactical business decision-making. They automate the calculation and reporting of chosen business performance metrics and can incorporate AI components for accurate predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Compliance management solutions
Software used to monitor asset management operations’ compliance with the company’s internal code of conduct, investment eligibility restrictions (e.g., AML/OFAC requirements), and jurisdiction-specific regulations (SEC for the US, SAMA for the KSA, MiFID II for the EU, etc.). It automatically spots and reports compliance breaches.
AI-powered solutions
Intelligent document processing systems
Software that combines optical character recognition (OCR) and robotic process automation (RPA) with AI-fueled image analysis techs to enable straight-through processing of asset management documents. It automatically extracts and structures document contents and validates the data for accuracy and compliance.
LLM-supported investment research tools
Advanced solutions that leverage large language models (LLMs) to consolidate massive volumes of multi-formal asset, market, investor behavior, and investment sentiment data. Such tools retrieve and summarize information relevant to the asset manager’s research query and present the insights in a requested report format.
Generative AI copilots for asset managers
Intelligent chatbots that assist asset management professionals in information search, client interaction, portfolio optimization, and reporting tasks through intuitive conversational interfaces. They instantly process textual and voice employee inquiries and communicate the requested information in regular human language.
Blockchain solutions
Solutions that enable automated execution and recordkeeping of asset management operations on the blockchain infrastructure. Smart contracts can automate multi-step workflows across client onboarding, investment ordering and settlement, interest and dividend payouts, reporting, and operational compliance control.
Solutions that let asset management firms represent the fractions of tradeable assets (equities, funds, real estate, etc.) as digital tokens that reflect asset ownership and value. Tokenized asset issuance, storage, and trading occur automatically on the blockchain according to the company’s specific rules coded in smart contracts.
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IT Services for Asset Management Companies
Technology and business consulting
Software engineering
- Full-cycle engineering of investment solutions for asset management firms
- Architecture design for complex asset management solutions
- Proof of concept and MVP delivery
- Software integration
- Testing and QA for solutions under development
- UX and UI design for asset management apps
- DevOps services for ongoing development projects
- Team augmentation (with software engineers, architects, testers, consultants, PMs, etc.)
Software modernization
- Legacy app modernization
- Cloud migration services
- Software rearchitecting (e.g., monolith strangling to microservices)
- Code review and refactoring
- Tech stack modernization
- Software evolution with new features
- Software integration
Managed IT services
Security and compliance services
- Cybersecurity consulting
- IT security audit
- Security testing (incl. black, gray, and white box penetration testing, social engineering simulations)
- Establishing application security and network protection: implementing SIEM, IAM, UEBA, firewalls, and more
- Compliance consulting: NYDFS, GDPR, SEC compliance, and more
- Compliance assessment
- Managed security services