Marc Schröter on Reimagining Front Office (Part 4/4)
- Ebbe Kjaersbo
- Mar 26
- 2 min read
In part four, Marc Schröter explains why SimCorp's move into the front office was a natural extension of its IBOR foundation, and how the combination of Axioma, AI, and a redesigned user experience is reshaping the portfolio manager's workflow.
Key Takeaways
An IBOR without orders isn't a complete IBOR, which is why SimCorp's expansion into front office was a natural step, not a pivot.
The focus is on the full front office process: portfolio construction, risk, and order management as one connected workflow.
SimCorp is integrating Axioma's risk and portfolio optimization capabilities directly into the SimCorp One platform for a seamless experience.
The next frontier is embedding AI into the decision-making process, surfacing the next best action, triggering rebalancing alerts, and giving portfolio managers faster access to the information that matters.
Full Transcript
Marc Schröter:
I think for front office, it's still actually coming a little bit back to what we talked about before. I think it's still about having actually a good foundation for making investment decisions, making sure that you have a full view of your positions, your exposures, including your orders.
So for us it was natural to move into front office. I think orders and IBOR very closely go together. Thinking about an IBOR without orders is not really a complete IBOR.
For us, it's also very much about thinking the full process for front office — from portfolio construction, to risk, to order management. We're putting a lot of effort into combining the strong capabilities we have with Axioma for risk and for portfolio optimization. Combining that with the updated view of the IBOR of the SimCorp One platform.
And then of course, taking a step back and basically reimagining the whole user experience around that. How to make those workflows as seamless as possible? How do you embed AI into the decision making? How do you make sure you can get fast access to information? How do you make suggestions, promotions of what is actually maybe the next best action to do? Building triggers in to say when is the time to rebalance your portfolio, things like that.
This is Part 4 of our 4-part interview series with Marc Schröter. Previously: Marc Schröter on the One-Platform Future (Part 3/4).
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