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New episode: Onboarding Under Pressure- KYC in the Age of Heightened AML

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Melanie Lopes

Welcome back to another episode of Reseo’s State of the Art podcast. In our previous episode, we explored financial crime and reflected on the implications of the forthcoming European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) for the investment industry.

In this conversation, we turn to client onboarding under growing regulatory pressure. Our guest, Heidi Gunkel, Managing Director and Head of Client Experience EMEA and APAC at RBC BlueBay, joins Pierre-Yves Rahari, Co-Founder at Reseo, to discuss how regulation, technology, and trust are reshaping onboarding and client lifecycle management across the investment landscape. Heidi also serves on the board of the Luxembourg ManCo at RBC BlueBay.

Together, they explore:

How firms are adapting onboarding workflows under heightened AML and KYC requirements.
The role of AI and intelligent automation in improving efficiency and reducing friction.
How client experience teams and boards can make strategic decisions that balance risk, compliance, and service quality.

Guest
• Heidi Gunkel, Managing Director, Head of Client Experience EMEA & APAC, RBC BlueBay

Host
• Pierre-Yves Rahari, Co-Founder, Reseo

Producer & Editor
• Melanie Lopes, Sales & Marketing Associate, Reseo

Thanks for listening to the Reseo State of the Art podcast – you can find us here and on Spotify.

New episode: Regulation Ramp-Up — The Coming AMLA Regulation and Its Impact on the EU and UK

Posted on October 21, 2025October 28, 2025 by Melanie Lopes

Welcome back to a new season of Reseo’s State of Art podcast — where we speak with industry experts about the ideas and forces shaping the future of investment management.

In this episode, Pierre-Yves Rahari, Co-Founder and Director at Reseo, is joined by Giles Swan, a Public Policy and Regulatory Consultant.

Together, they discuss how the upcoming Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) regulation — set to take effect in July 2027 — will reshape the regulatory landscape, and what it means for firms, clients, and compliance practices. They also reflect on the evolving relationship between regulation, technology, and financial crime prevention, and how the industry can act now to prepare for what’s ahead.

Guest:Giles Swan — Public Policy Consultant, Swan FS
Host:Pierre-Yves Rahari— Co-Founder and Director, Reseo
Produced by: Melanie Lopes — Sales & Marketing Associate, Reseo

Thanks for listening to the Reseo State of the Art podcast – you can find us here and on Spotify.

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

Posted on December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 by Eva Keogan

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.

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

Posted on November 26, 2024November 25, 2024 by Eva Keogan

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

Posted on November 5, 2024November 6, 2024 by Eva Keogan

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)

A new State of the Art podcast: Beyond technology

Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 by Pierre-Yves Rahari

We are delighted to share our new State of the Art podcast with you.

Join us for an insightful discussion about innovation within our industry, and beyond. Our guest is esteemed Tech Innovator, Carolina Minio-Paluello, who is in conversation with A-Lab Solutions Co-Founder and Director, Pierre Yves-Rahari.

They explore what is really innovation in the Investment Management industry. Fintech entrepreneurs are biased towards technology solutions. But isn’t it fair to extend the definition of innovation to the products the industry launches on the market? Or to some of the investment techniques that are developed on the trading floor? Or to any other forms of innovation?

Reseo State of the Art is the start of many conversations featuring digitally savvy and visionary guests. Listen in for a unique viewpoint of these different forms of innovation in the industry. You will be guaranteed to hear expert opinion and intelligent insights about all things innovation, for the Investment Management industry and beyond.

Thank you

Guest
Carolina Minio-Paluello, PhD, Tech Innovator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cminio/

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

Production team:
Eva Keogan
Melanie Lopes

Subscribe to us, or listen in here, and find out about our exciting new London based startup which is offering the Reseo solution for fund distributors and investors for funds based in the UK, Luxembourg and Dublin from 2024.

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