SmartStream Technologies
Start Searching...

Research Papers

Corporate Actions Processing in the Financial Services Industry

The Corporate Actions survey was conducted by Lepus Research over a four month period and completed in 2013. The purpose of the survey was to ascertain the state of the market for automation of corporate actions processing using vendor solutions among buy-side as well as sell-side institutions.

PDF document
pdf 412.0kb
Download

TLM Corporate Actions rated highest In TowerGroup study

TowerGroup recently invited SmartStream to participate in their vendor assessment along with every major vendor in the corporate action's space. Following the analysis SmartSream's TLM Corporate Action was rated the top solution in 3 out of 5 categories - unmatched by any other vendor.

PDF document
pdf 226.0kb
Download

Post Trade Forum: Standards v Technology for Corporate Actions Risk Mitigation

B.I.S.S. Research and Finextra have collaborated to produce a series of post trade forums. In this third debate a panel of industry experts discuss the risks and estimated losses inherent in mismanaging large volumes of corporate actions' events. Download the paper to read the analysis's opinions and conclusions for yourself.

PDF document
pdf 257.0kb
Download

GT News: Bank Treasury Survey

SmartStream and gtnews conducted a bank treasury survey in June 2011 to elicit insight into current bank treasury strategy and how banks are adapting to new market conditions. The questions focused on top priorities in treasury, intraday cash and liquidity management, and the level of straight-through processing in an organisation’s daily processes.

PDF document
pdf 3078.0kb
Download

Verrazano Consulting Solutions: Establishing the present value of 'Global Enterprise Reconciliation (GER)' solutions

The term 'Global Enterprise Reconciliation' has been used to highlight the value of reconciliation solutions within organisations, to customers and stakeholders, and to all third parties with which they do business with. This analysis was put together to assist organisations in making more informed decisions with their reconciliation system.

PDF document
pdf 984.0kb
Download

A-Team Research: Standards adoption in corporate actions processing

What are the attitudes towards adoption of messaging standards for corporate actions? This paper reveals how ISO 15022 has fared in the US, UK and Europe and the gathers of the views of leading firms on if and how ISO 20022 can improve automation efforts.

PDF document
pdf 720.0kb
Download

A-Team Research: Progress in the automation of Corporate Actions

Prior to the financial crisis, cost reduction and operational efficiency was on the critical agenda, however recent survey's have highlighted new business drivers for the automation of Corporate Actions.

PDF document
pdf 300.0kb
Download

B.I.S.S. Benchmarking Report: SmartStream's leading corporate actions solution

B.I.S.S. 2009 Benchmarking Research Report - an independent industry panel that accredits corporate action vendor.

PDF document
pdf 574.0kb
Download

Butler Group Technology Audit - TLM OnDemand

Analyst research firm, Butler Group reviews TLM OnDemand, SmartStream’s fully managed, highly secure Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. This technology audit report includes key findings, an overview of product strengths and detailed product analysis.

PDF document
pdf 621.0kb
Download

SaaS and Financial services - A Marriage Made in Heaven

Research by analyst group IDC reveals that software as a service (SaaS) is already well established in the US market, with European and Asian organisations embracing SaaS model in the financial services sector.

PDF document
pdf 318.0kb
Download

Celent: Post-Trade Processing in Japan - Back and Middle Office at Brokerage, Banks, and Asset Managers

Celent research in conjuction with SmartStream, looking at the current levels of automation across various asset classes, including derivatives, equities, foreign exchange, cash, and fixed income.

PDF document
pdf 258.0kb
Download

How to reduce post trade processing costs for OTC Derivatives

Extract taken from Celent's report OTC Derivatives Operations: The Path to STP

PDF document
pdf 217.0kb
Download