It was good to see so many attended the first two webinars - Strategic Operating Model Design and Managing Outsource Suppliers - in our Autumn-Winter series on operations.

The remaining two webinars in this series, accessible from our website, will offer key insights into: successfully managing major change, and getting the best out of your existing operations.

Our topic on Tuesday 23rd November at 1pm is “Managing major change”.

We have seen from experience that gaining an understanding of how large-scale change has been successfully managed is the first vital step for any company considering this process. Major change, if effected successfully, will ensure that maximum benefits are delivered and that the impact on BAU and product launches is minimised during the change process.

Change can often be an infrequent event for an asset manager, and the required skills are rarely found in-house. An integrated approach with a solutions provider thus becomes essential. This will prove central to securing commitment from all parties to the change process. Moreover, specialist experience will be required for integrating the change programme with BAU and small-scale change as well as setting up the correct project scope and monitoring the benefits.

Discussing these issues often raises many more interesting questions. By establishing a healthy interaction between professionals on this fascinating subject in the webinar we hope to gather together the thoughts and ideas of professionals from across the industry in order to analyse and write about our and their opinions. We very much hope you can join us.

Gordon Easden, financial practice lead, FusionExperience