September 2006 Volume 6, Number 3 Read back issues of FundSERV Quarterly
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FundSERV |
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| A message from Alan Hutton, president of FundSERV: Reducing risk is an integralpart of FundSERV's mission |
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| At FundSERV, we recognize that our customers have a regulatory obligation to maintain access to, and liquidity of, their clients' investments. As the industry's principal gateway, it's our job to make sure that they can meet that obligation... | |||||||
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| Lessons from the 16th World Conference on Disaster Management — Disasterplanning: Part of the new business as usual |
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| "Although experts are constantly sounding the alarm about impending disaster and the need for disaster planning, most companies still don't get it." That was one of the key messages from the 16th World Conference on Disaster Management held in Toronto in June... | |||||||
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| Redundant connectivity to bring greater reliability |
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| With a strategic goal of removing risk, time and cost from customer business interactions, FundSERV continually strives to identify and strengthen its links to and between industry participants... | |||||||
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| New CFO recalls logic behind FundSERV |
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| In the early 1990s, declining returns on GIC products marked the beginning of an investor love affair with mutual funds. Then in its infancy, the mutual fund industry was ill-equipped to deal with the dramatically increasing volumes... | |||||||
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| Coyotes face biggest test |
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| The great pitcher, Nolan Ryan, once said: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." That moment came for the FundSERV Coyotes when the playoffs for the Toronto Mutual Fund Softball League began... | |||||||
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| Changes at FundSERV |
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| Alan Hutton, president and CEO of FundSERV Inc., has announced the resignation of Stuart Reynolds, vice president of customer relations, effective September 8... | |||||||
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| Production freeze dates |
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| Due to resource commitments and high volumes, no new fund manufacturers, distributors or intermediaries will be added to the FundSERV network during year-end processing (December 16, 2006 to January 4, 2007) or the first 60 days of the RSP season (January 20, 2007 to March 8, 2007)... | |||||||
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| FundSERV Network Performance |
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| Year to date systems and network totals... | |||||||
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Electronic Standards Group (ESG) |
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| Bringing XML out of the shadows: A primer for executives in the dark |
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| Perhaps you've been hearing about XML for a while. Perhaps developers or other I.T. staff have just started making noises about it. What do you need to know, and how does it relate to FundSERV?... | |||||||
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| How the Helpfile came to be |
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| Although called a "helpfile," it isn't one in the traditional sense. The name is derived from the electronic standards' first seven releases, which used a Microsoft WinHelp format — most often used for application online help... | |||||||
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| Evolving the ESG's people and processes |
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| Whenever the Electronic Standards Group (ESG) has had decisions to make on industry standards or issues, FundSERV has always been at the table facilitating the process... | |||||||
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FUNDcom |
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| FUNDcom — the next generation |
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| FUNDcom Phase 5 may sound like the latest release of a Star Trek movie, but in fact, it's really a valuable tool used to quickly and easily access information from more than 30 fund manufacturers... | |||||||
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