Aladdin Implementation - Case Study AAM
The Testimonial
“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
The ASK
The programme was established in order to simplify the Asset Management ecosystem and consolidate on to one core platform, Aladdin, bringing middle office functions in-house at the same time.
What we did
Strata were engaged early in the programme to design the future state business processes across front, middle and back office for Public and Private fixed assets, equity and multi-asset portfolios.
End-to-End Aladdin Implementation
- Design, Build, Test, parallel and Cutover, Support & Hypercare.
- Transition / Migration approach – coordination of Aegon teams into the future state, across all regions.
- Aladdin Research, integrating data from Factset from across the US, UK and NL.
- Configuration of EU trade routing to establish STP. Strata took ownership of the Portfolio Master Template.
- Parallel Delivery, support recs teams to resolve stock and cash Rec breaks to get into a safe position to cutover, support of all trade bookings, triage issues working with cross teams for resolutions.
Aladdin accounting and performance
- Designed and implemented global operating model for Accounting, Performance and Attribution.
- Programme Management support for the Accounting and Performance work stream.
- Solutioning Complex Requirements.
- Training the team on best practice and QC resolution & establishing Operational readiness.
- Streamline processes globally in Aladdin IBOR to ensure Aladdin Accounting accuracy.
- Coordinating the set-up of GIPS and Block Benchmarks.
- Official Fund Performance set up and Training.
- NAV Oversight set up and Training.
