Thought Leadership

Raymond James Financial
Case Study
14 Apr 2015

With institutional trading being a mature market, the legacy systems that many U.S.-based broker/dealers continue to use are however not keeping pace with today’s quickly evolving technology and business requirements.

Download this latest case study to learn how GBST’s rules-driven pre-settlement processing platform and integrated real-time commission management capabilities have enhanced straight through processing and offered Raymond James Financial a most efficient middle office solution that meets their unique needs.

Turning challenge to opportunity for Aegon UK
Case Study
31 Jul 2014

In response to the impact of regulatory and social welfare reforms, Aegon UK, part of the Aegon Group which is one of the world’s largest listed life and pensions companies, decided to hone in on two key market areas and choose GBST as their partner to compete more effectively in their chosen markets.

Download full report to learn how GBST’s award winning Composer® solution helped Aegon UK get its multi-channel commercial strategy off the page and out to market. Quickly, cost effectively and successfully.

Report on Financial Transaction Taxes by GBST and Deloitte
Case Study
04 Jul 2014

With the introduction of Financial Transaction Taxes first in France and Italy, and soon for the EU, the full complexity of processing taxes is becoming a major operational headache for firms.

GBST’s Financial Transaction Tax solution has recently gone live at a global investment bank, we have taken this opportunity to review what we have learnt from this process and present our experiences and thoughts to you.

Composer® FoFA Readiness Review
Case Study
05 Sep 2012

Independent Review by Praxis Partners – “FoFA Reform Readiness Review” – confirms GBST Composer® market ready to adapt users’ product, administration and operational procedures to meet FoFA requirements.

AEGON
Case Study
28 Aug 2012

AEGON UK, part of the AEGON Group which is one of the world’s largest listed life and pensions companies, offers pensions, life insurance, asset management and financial advice to around 2 million customers in the United Kingdom (UK) and has assets under administration of £57.6 billion.

Penson Financial Services Ltd STARS in their eyes
Case Study
31 Jul 2009

When Penson Financial Services Limited (PFSL) selected Syn~, the clearing and settlement solution of a relatively small software vendor, Coexis, in 2005, “some people thought we were mad”, says Alan Philpot, CEO of PFSL. It was, he believes, among the riskier of the options PFSL was considering at the time, but it appears to have reaped the benefits since.

Australian Bank's IT-Business Alignment Leads to New Product and System Development Process
Case Study
30 Jun 2008

Redundant and aging legacy systems hampered BT Financial Group’s (BT’s) ability to bring to market a new retirement savings account. The bank created a crossorganizational project team that incorporated new design processes, new development tools and reusable technology components, which facilitated a successful product launch.

Unison™ uActive Benefits
Case Study
25 Sep 2012

Recently an existing GBST union client using Unison™ as its in house membership system implemented such a solution and integrated between their web processes and the Unison™ database.