Case study: Unlocking real-time insights from fragmented global data

A leading UK-headquartered asset manager with $25bn in AUM

A leading UK-headquartered asset manager with approximately $25bn in real estate AUM, investing across global alternatives.

The client struggled to consolidate complex, multi-jurisdictional data into timely and actionable insights.

The challenge
  • Multiple data sources, formats, currencies, and languages

  • Limited digitisation across regions and providers

  • Slow, manual consolidation impacting decision-making

  • Email-based invoice approvals creating inefficiencies

  • Reactive processes leading to missed risks and opportunities

The solution
  • Multi-format data ingestion (XLS, PDF, CSV) without manual conversion

  • Automated data aggregation: normalisation, enrichment, deduplication

  • “Map once” configuration to standardise data across sources

  • Workflow-driven invoice approvals with automated reminders

  • AI/ML-driven anomaly detection with real-time alerts

  • Global scalability across languages, currencies, and jurisdictions

  • Flexible data outputs (API, CSV, database) with Power BI/Excel integration

  • Managed services supporting onboarding, validation, and governance

The results
  • Real-time, consolidated dashboards with drill-down capabilities

  • 60% faster invoice approval cycles

  • Improved decision-making through predictive insights and alerts

  • Reduced errors and enhanced governance

  • Seamless integration with downstream reporting and analytics tools

How can we help?

Driving insight, control, and performance

 

  • Create a single, trusted view of global portfolio data

  • Accelerate decision-making with real-time insights

  • Enhance operational efficiency through workflow automation

  • Enable proactive risk management with predictive analytics

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while supporting the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. For over two decades, we have continually disrupted the industry through our investment in innovation and talent.​

Today, we set the pace in fund and asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross-asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

 

 

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