Leading BUSINESS change WITH ALADDIN & efront

Implementation

Our team of Aladdin SMEs safely execute the aligned delivery plan, enabling the Aladdin and eFront target operating model, ensuring timely decision making, risk mitigation and business adoption of the change.

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Aladdin and eFront Implementation Services

Aladdin Enterprise Implementation

Pre-contract, Early Wins and Green Package
Business Process Reviews and Target Operating Model design
Configuration, User Acceptance Testing and Model Office
Conversion, Parallel cutover, and Early Support
Offering continuous improvement
ADC and Semantic Data layer integration
Aladdin Accounting and Performance implementation
Integration to downstream reporting

eFront Implementation

Programme management tailored to a client’s needs, including programme leadership, project management and PMO services.
Support including pre and post project activities.
Pre-contract and Statement of Work advisory services.
Requirements documentation and scoping across the full suite of eFront functions.
Future State design through leveraging best practice and standard approaches.
Data Architecture design to integrate eFront seamlessly into a wider technology stack.
BPR support and advisory services.
End-to-end support including data migration, testing and training.

Whole Portfolio Solution

Advise and evaluate potential solutions, including Aladdin’s Whole Portfolio Solution (WPS), as well as other market offerings.
eFront setup review to determine the readiness to integrate with the WPS or another solutions such as Data Lake with reporting tools.
Scalable operating model design to maximise operational gains from an integrated eFront and Aladdin (or other) solution.
Optimised data Architecture design to ensure a streamlined, scalable and accessible dataset.
Project Management and Implementation services to deliver a WPS.

Investment Compliance

We offer clients transformational end-to-end OMS implementation services, with investment compliance as a core offering. Our practitioners are industry leaders in Investment Compliance, bringing key capabilities in:

Investment Compliance Operating Model
Compliance Data Model
Rule Coding
Rule Testing
Health Checks and Audits

Success Stories

Testimonial - Aegon Asset Management

Strata supported Aegon Asset Management’s BlackRock Aladdin transformation journey.

Strata helped us to design an optimal operating model and followed through with execution, testing and go-live activities.
Their proficiency in grasping the macro perspective, but also being able to drive execution at a micro level with a diverse set of stakeholders was evident and helped to ensure best-practice utilisation of the Aladdin platform.

ANGEL PAYNE

Aladdin Transformation Lead

Testimonial - Resolution Life

I wholeheartedly recommend Strata to anyone seekeing specialist investment data consulting services.

Their professionalism, innovative approach, and proven results make them a standout choice in this space. Their dedication to understanding our needs and delivering tailored solutions has set them apart in the consulting landscape. Additionally, the collaborative approach they take fosters a seamless and productive working relationship, making every interaction both enjoyable and highly effective.

JON ALLEN

Head of Investment Planning and Controls

Testimonial - M & G

The Strata team are game changers when it comes to data and analytics and have consistently delivered complex and ground-breaking solutions for M&G in true partnership style. From data modelling through to data surfacing and visualisation, they have collaborated and added real value to our front office stakeholders, in turn moving the dial on how we model and report on ESG.

Strata's formula of combining deep investments knowledge, internal and vendor data expertise and technical capabilities delivers high impact results, and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to take their use of data to the next level.

DION KRAANEN

Director of Analytics

Testimonial - Newton Asset Management

Strata have integrated seamlessly into many areas of Newton's Aladdin implementation project, providing deep subject matter expertise on the system and valuable experience of the challenges and pitfalls learned through their prior implementations.

John Snow

CTO

Testimonial - Swiss Re

Strata have extensive knowledge and expertise on both complex OTC products and the Aladdin system, which they have utilised to great effect. The impact of their strategic approach and dynamic team on the Swiss Re business means we are already seeing a significant return on investment.

DIRK WIGGER

Deputy Head, AM COO Strategic Solutions

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Case Studies

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Aladdin Implementation – Case Study AAM

“Strata supported Aegon Asset Management‘s BlackRock Aladdin transformation journey. Strata helped us to design an optimal operating model and...

Aladdin Accounting Implementation

THE CLIENT A Global Asset Manager (UK, US, APAC) requiring an Aladdin Accounting Implementation The Ask To have one Global Accounting Platform...

eFront Invest Implementation

THE CLIENT EMEA based Asset Manager with portfolios across all Private Market asset classes. An eFront Invest user for over ten years, with a highly...