SimCorp continues to gain share in Australia’s funds management software market, after being chosen to replace a Bloomberg/Princeton frontoffice/backoffice combination at QBE Insurance group.
Over the next 18 months, Simcorp will progressively become the central system for the QBE investment division, beginning with accounting and investment operations, moving on to portfolio management and dealing, then adding performance analytics. Simcorp already has three Australian clients – Macquarie Funds Management Group, Challenger Financial Services and its assorted subsidiary boutiques, and the NSW Treasury Corporation. A contract with the Monetary Authority of Singapore was won and is serviced from Simcorp’s Sydney office.
The $34 billion Brighter Super is set to shift a significant proportion of equities assets in MySuper from passive to active management. Chief investment officer Mark Rider says the move is possible because of the scale created by mergers, and the fund will be looking to its newly appointed active managers to generate performance through the cycle by taking idiosyncratic risks.
Darcy SongJanuary 21, 2025
