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Let’s continue our digital Vendée Globe in 2025

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Charlie Dalin is the winner of this year’s Vendée Globe, the two-month non-stop around the world yacht race that finished last week. Commenting on the experience upon his arrival in the port of Les Sables-d’Olonnes, France, Dalin paid homage to Jean Le Cam, one of his competitors, who stepped out of the race momentarily to rescue a stranded sailor, at the risk of losing precious time and lead in the competition. The rules of the Vendée Globe allow and foster such gestures of collaboration, by giving time back to those competitors who go out of their way to help others in distress.

Reflecting on Le Cam’s gesture, we are reminded of the immense support we received in 2024 to develop Reseo and bring our solution forward on the road of AML/KYC digitalisation. Clients, peers in the industry, team members, investors, directors, regulators, system providers, IT and AI experts, academics, journalists, industry bodies, neighbours, friends and family, and yes, competitors and many more went out of their way to lend support to Reseo’s adventure. For that, we are immensely grateful.  As in the Vendée Globe, everyone has enjoyed and gained from their experience with Reseo.

May this continue in 2025. Collaboration, communication, interoperability, connection. These are the mantras Reseo thrives on, and we believe are the bedrock to digitalising the industry. As we sail through a complex and, in many aspects, uncharted world this year, we wish we will be a Le Cam to one another.

Happy New Year,

The Reseo team

New podcast: How does innovation happen in the Investment Management industry?

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It’s December and we are pleased to share a new episode of the Reseo State of the Art podcast, and our final one of this year.

We are ending 2024 on a high note with an exciting conversation about innovation in the industry, which spans regulation, ESG, AI, and even Space.

Pierre Yves-Rahari is on hand to kick start the conversation, with his first set of questions: How do the best innovators in the industry operate? Do they create as individuals, or are they championed by corporations, or a combination of both? Is there any correlation with the funding model or talent pool available to innovators and what are the implications of for the future of innovation?

We are delighted to be joined once again by guests Mark Cummins, Professor of FinTech and a Principal Investigator within the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL), and Dr James Bowden, Senior Lecturer in Financial Technology, who both hail from the University of Strathclyde.

Presenter
Pierre Yves-Rahari, Co-Founder and Director, A-Lab Solutions (Reseo)

Guests
Mark Cummins, Professor of FinTech and a Principal Investigator within the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL), University of Strathclyde

Dr James Bowden, Senior Lecturer in Financial Technology, University of Strathclyde

Producers

Eva Keogan, Reseo

Melanie Lopes, Reseo

Enjoy listening and don’t forget to come back in the New Year when we go live with our 2025 schedule of discussions about the state of the industry.

Catch up on all our other episodes on Spotify and Apple podcasts.

Why graduates should join startups and engage in industry activities

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As a new graduate in the corporate world, sometimes it may be scary as you’re not used to that environment. However, for your benefit it will give you the ability to grow professionally and personally. It’s one of the most competitive industries when you start applying for jobs as a graduate. Companies require you to have experience but do not allow you to show that you are capable of doing the work even though you have little experience. So, if you have the opportunity to work in a start-up company, I advise you to take it, it will give you:

  1. A new set of skills
  2. Knowledge
  3. Insights and visuals
  4. Opportunities and beneficial advantages for the future

Start-ups such as Reseo have a unique and different way of displaying how the corporate world works. It gives you a different perspective and knowledge of your industry. You will get the full picture of how a business is run daily which is beneficial for you to understand the company’s culture, leadership and much more. It’s a fast paced environment which will help and allow you to grow as you are required to work with many responsibilities simultaneously. This helps you develop various skills such as time management, problem solving, and critical thinking.

1. A new set of skills 

One of the skills that you will have to put into practice is adaptability, which will help you learn and comprehend why it’s important to step out of your comfort zone. When you step out of your comfort zone, it allows you to see your role grow and why you add value to the company. Some other skills that you will develop are networking, making connections, innovation, and confidence especially if you get involved in industry events. Networking and making connections will help you build your reputation, and confidence and prepare you for future opportunities that come across to you. Dealing with new start-ups requires you to be creative and innovative as you bring new ideas to the company and also to the development of your role.

2. Knowledge

Knowledge is a key factor for you to understand and learn when you’re being trained. When working in a start-up, you must ask as many questions as you need to understand. As the business is growing and developing everyone is involved a bit in all of the tasks in the company. Your input and ideas are very useful because of the different perspectives you bring. Engaging in activities and events such as conferences will give you rich and valuable content for you to learn and understand why a business needs to follow a certain business model.

3. Insights and visuals

I got the opportunity to attend some key industry players in the investment industry such as the Irish Funds, ALFI, and the FCA. Attending industry events is important if you’re starting in a senior role because you get a wide variety of panel discussions and speakers. It gives you valuable visuals as you get to see and feel why and how people act/speak and dress a certain way. It provides you with key insights such as trends, challenges, solutions, and new emerging ideas in the industry.

4. Opportunities and benefits

Overall, learning and getting involved by getting out of your comfort zone can also give you beneficial opportunities for the future. It’s important that you build strong relationships with your peers and connections as they are already experts in their area. This may lead to mentoring, advice, career growth/job opportunities, support and guidance in your professional aspirations and journey. All these opportunities prepare you for the upcoming challenges you may come across in your development and growth. It also will be beneficial for your personal growth.

In conclusion, starting from a start-up and attending industry events will benefit you and teach you all you need to know when you enter an international corporation. What do you think?

New podcast: Fintech brings a new perspective to the AML-KYC process value chain

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Welcome to a new episode of the Reseo State of the Art podcast, the platform for conversations about all things innovation for the Investment Management industry.

In this episode we are in conversation with Pierre-Yves Rahari, the Co-founder of Reseo, who is passionate in helping industry players service investors and fund distributors.

He gives us a perspective of the innate complexity of the funds industry across the UK and Europe. He reveals how it is on the cusp of change thanks to various technology solutions we have today, such as Reseo, and a shared vision of how this should work.

Learn about the new collaboration with Multifonds, and how it is a strong example of the way the market is able to collaborate, as we explore a new vision of the fintech-enabled AML-KYC process value chain, and the role played by Reseo.

Guest
Pierre Yves-Rahari, Co-founder and Director, A-Lab Solutions (Reseo)

Presenter
Eva Keogan, Reseo

Producers
Eva Keogan, Reseo
Mel Lopes, Reseo

New podcast on innovation: A collaboration between Multifonds and Reseo for AML-KYC onboarding

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Welcome to the new episode of the Reseo State of the Art podcast, the platform for conversations about all things innovation for the Investment Management industry.

In this episode, we are talking about a real life application of innovation. This is the collaboration that Reseo is undertaking with Multifonds, one of the most prominent system providers in the Funds industry.

Joining our discussion is James Abram, a Multifonds specialist with a background in business analysis within the fund administration and, more specifically the Transfer Agency space and Pierre-Yves Rahari, Co-Founder and Director, A-Lab Solutions (Reseo). Pierre-Yves is particularly passionate in helping industry players service investors and fund distributors, and like James, also has a background in Transfer Agency.

The collaboration has gone from brainstorming an initial idea, to developing a prototype into an integrated solution, with both parties working together to explore ways in which they can find benefits for the players in the funds industry and delivers value.

Reseo and Multifonds have looked at two aspects of a difficult but often overlooked issue in the industry when opening an account in an investment fund; on one side the account opening process, and on the other the AML-KYC verification process.

Thanks for listening.

Guests
James Abram, Principal Presales Consultant, Multifonds
Pierre Yves-Rahari, Co-Founder and Director, A-Lab Solutions (Reseo)

New podcast: A History of Innovation in the Investment Management Industry

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Welcome to the new Reseo State of the Art podcast episode, History of Innovation in Investment Management. We are joined by guests and academics; Mark Cummins, Professor of FinTech and a Principal Investigator within the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL), and Dr James Bowden, Senior Lecturer in Financial Technology, who both hail from the University of Strathclyde.

The nature of our conversation is expansive; we take a look at the history of innovation in Investment Management, to see how the past is connected to the present, and what this means for the future of the industry. Starting with the creation of mutual funds in the early 1900s, we discuss the evolution of investment products, the influence of technology, the impacts of regulation, data and advanced analytics. We are also looking at behavioural finance, globalisation, and the biggest challenges to innovation in the Investment Management industry today.

Listen to our podcast for a lively discussion and highly informed viewpoints.

Presenter
Pierre Yves-Rahari, Co-Founder and Director, A-Lab Solutions

Guests
Mark Cummins, Professor of FinTech and a Principal Investigator within the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL), University of Strathclyde

Dr James Bowden, Senior Lecturer in Financial Technology, University of Strathclyde

News: Reseo e-Business ID solution launches into the Investment Management industry

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April 10, 2024: London-based investment technology startup A-Lab Solutions, today launches its ground breaking AI-enabled corporate investor centric Reseo e-Business ID solution (Reseo) into the market for the B2B Investment Management industry.

Initial rollout of Reseo is set to cover Luxembourg, Dublin, and UK -based funds and their global investors. As such, Reseo will support global distribution for UK, EMEA, LatAm, and Asia.

“Reseo is an industry first universal onboarding acceleration solution and we are delighted to launch into the market. Reseo sits between the Investor, Asset Manager, and Administrator, and is designed to work with existing onboarding platforms across the Investment Management industry. While Reseo acts as the universal travel adapter, seamlessly powering and accelerating onboarding, the Reseo e-Business ID, unique to each client, is the unique passport for funds.” said Pierre-Yves Rahari, Director and Co-Founder, A-Lab Solutions.

It is an accepted truth the industry spends too many hours on paper-based onboarding. Reseo is set to take the pain out of lengthy onboarding processes for the entire investment industry, by catapulting the process into the digital world.

“Reseo, significantly reduces risk while saving valuable time and money. There are many benefits, not least because it is available for industrywide use. We see existing onboarding as a significant yet overlooked challenge for the Investment Management industry and we solve the numerous issues with Reseo. We combat the messy paper headache with a digital solution accessed via an intuitive dashboard.” said Luuk Jacobs, Director and Co-Founder, A-Lab Solutions.

The elimination of paperwork saves time, money, and speeds up account opening times. The Reseo cloud-based solution leverages the latest AI technologies, and by doing so, reduces the document verification timeline from a matter of weeks to a matter of minutes.

To find out more about Reseo

Investment Management industry professionals wanting to contact Reseo to find out more or book a demo should get in contact here:

Pierre-Yves Rahari by phone: + 44 (0) 7454 006638 or by email: psrahari@reseo.global

Ends

About Reseo:

Reseo, the first product from the privately owned London-based startup A-Lab Solutions and, is set to catapult Investment Management servicing into the digital universe. A-Lab Solutions is built on the shared vision, mission, and values of its founders, team and Board of Directors.

A-Lab Solutions is united by trust, with diversity of thought at its core and dedicated to sustainable innovation.

Reseo is a trade mark of A-Lab Solutions Limited, registered in England and Wales.

Registered office: 40 Monkton Street, London SE1 4TX.

Registered company number: 10355088

Press Enquiries:

Eva Keogan

ekeogan@reseo.global

+44 0 7790 841538

 

The dream team: When the Investment Management industry and Regulators see eye-to-eye …

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Funds Congress, which took place in London on February 8, marked the opening of the conference season for the Investment Management industry in UK-Europe. Attendance was remarkable, especially during the live broadcast of Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s podcast, “The Rest Is Politics.” Congratulations to the organisers.

When introducing the two hosts, star broadcaster Kristy Wark referred to them as a “dream team” that managed to avoid being an “odd couple.” This drew genuine big laughs from the audience, but I couldn’t help but draw a parallel with a theme that was recurring during the conference: Investment Managers and Regulators are seeing eye-to-eye on a number of hot industry topics, and for once, complaints on a “regulatory tsunami” were quite muted. Instead, everyone was supportive of one another.

For example, there is a consensus across the continent that private assets will contribute significantly to the financing of the transition to a green economy. As a result, the industry is creatively creating products to attract retail investors towards this segment, which regulators are all supportive of. In our jargon – we like jargon in our industry[1] – this is called “retailisation of private assets.” Furthermore, there is a recognition that asset owners are increasingly scrutinising the ESG[2] credentials of asset managers, using the extensive sustainability data that the latter more and more willingly publish at the request of regulators. When an odd couple turns into a dream team …

But not all is perfect in dreamland. I rephrase. Work is still in progress. There was much discussion on the merits and benefits of digitalisation and AI for investors and the industry alike during the conference, yet, despite a few calls for caution on total reliance on machine intelligence, there was scarce mention of initiatives underway to regulate AI, on which the UK and Europe lead the conversations. It is maybe just a question of timing, as one regulator suggested, but I couldn’t help but notice the gap.

Why do these topics matter to us at Reseo? Because they touch on the core of our mission, which is to blend technology and investor-centric services to ensure continued financial trust while future-proofing the investment management industry for the digital generation. And for that to happen, we definitely need the industry and the regulators to see eye-to-eye.

Let’s hope for more and continued constructive debates in the course of this year.

And here’s to an encouraging start of the year for the industry.

PS – Please send me your favourite industry jargon, at psrahari@reseo.global. I will happily include it in my upcoming article.

 

 

[1] Industry jargon … this could be the topic of a full article in the future …

[2] ESG: Environmental, Social & Governance

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