ISIS Asset Management, one of the UK`s top 10 asset managers with over lb60 billion sterling in funds under management, has signed a major agreement expanding the use of DST International`s business solutions throughout its entire fund management operation.
DSTi is the world leader in business solutions for the investment management market. The products included in the new agreement are HiInvest, DSTi`s front-office solution; HiData, DSTi`s data management solution; HiMessaging for company-wide STP (straight-through processing); and HiPortfolio, DSTi`s back-office solution to support its outsourcing services for Friends Provident.
Once HiInvest has been expanded across the complete fund management and central dealing operation, ISIS will use DSTi`s products for almost all its front- to back-office process control systems.
"In recent times ISIS has successfully partnered with DSTi in the specification and development of HiData and HiPerformance, in addition to our long-standing commitment to HiPortfolio," comments ISIS IT director Ewen Melling.
"We have now extended this relationship to include HiInvest as the front-office system of choice for order management and decision support. This decision was based on DSTi`s track record at RSA (Royal Sun & Alliance) Investments, and DSTi`s commitment to the ongoing development of the product suite."
DSTi`s asset management systems have been designed to satisfy all the functions and facilities required by fund managers, dealers, settlement staff, custodians and record keepers operating as international asset managers, from front-office simulation and modelling functions, through dealing and settlement to custody and corporate actions.


