CISI Technology in Investment Management case studies
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Technology in Investment Management is a CISI certificate-level qualification that tests whether you understand the systems underpinning a modern asset manager, not whether you can code. It suits operations and technology staff at asset managers, custodians and vendors, business analysts moving into investment systems, and investment professionals who interface with platform teams and need to hold their own in requirements and incident discussions. The CISI Technology in Investment Management case studies are 5 cases and about 3,174 words.
1Corporate Actions Data Breaks After Vendor Migration
Northbridge Asset Management, a UK manager with £18bn AUM, migrated its corporate actions feed from Vendor A to Vendor B over a weekend. By Tuesday, 37 open positions across 12 FTSE 350 names showed entitlement mismatches between custody records and the investment book.
681 words, about 3 min2FIX Session Drop at the Open
At 08:00:03 London time, the FIX session carrying 22% of a £12bn equity manager's order flow to Broker X's smart order router stopped acknowledging messages. Fourteen child orders, including three in FTSE 100 names with limit prices, show status sent in the OMS but no fills or acknowledgements.
653 words, about 3 min3IBOR and Accounting NAV Divergence Intraday
A multi-asset portfolio with £850m NAV shows investment book cash £2.1m higher than the accounting book at 14:00 on a trade date. The difference relates to a £25m sterling corporate bond purchase with £410k accrued interest, an FX forward collateral call, and a custodian cash feed that lags by two hours.
635 words, about 3 min4LLM Assistant for Research Summaries
Meridian Investors, a boutique with $6bn AUM, is piloting a generative AI assistant for 40 analysts. It summarises broker research and earnings-call transcripts and retrieves internal research notes from the firm's document store.
580 words, about 3 min5Ransomware at the Fund Administrator
On a Sunday, the fund administrator that produces NAV for 60% of a £9bn manager's funds reports ransomware. Its primary and backup systems are encrypted; restoration may take five days.
625 words, about 3 min