Leveraging RegTech & FinTech for Operational Success

Introduction

As family offices manage increasingly complex portfolios and family interests, finding ways to streamline operations is crucial. While many of us are familiar with financial technology (“FinTech”), more recently there has been an increase in regulatory technology, or “RegTech,” offering innovative solutions to help with regulatory efficiency. Recent reports from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and the UK’s Innovate Finance highlight growing RegTech adoption driven by factors such as complex structures and cost pressures. For family offices, the JFSC’s Innovation Hub provides support for exploring RegTech and FinTech benefits beyond just compliance.

This article guides family offices navigating emerging RegTech tools. It explores key trends, details best practices for evaluating solutions, and shares lessons learned from case studies. The goal is to help offices leverage RegTech and FinTech opportunities for multiple operational areas while avoiding potential risks. With technology’ s help, functions can run more smoothly within growing multi-generational families.

Emerging RegTech & FinTech Supporting Comprehensive Family Office Needs 

RegTech and FinTech solutions are expanding capabilities. For example, blockchain improved oversight of complex stakeholder signatures reflecting evolving family interests. Artificial intelligence also shows promise through automated transaction reviews. Proper governance must guide responsible, explainable AI implementation. Emerging solutions increasingly address a range of needs beyond just compliance.

Evaluating RegTech for Operational Benefits

Thoroughly mapping current workflows across departments reveals efficiency opportunities. Consider both financial impacts and experience enhancements. Solutions should integrate data from multiple internal systems and accommodate bespoke structures. Evaluate levels of configurability and coverage of changing rules. Pilot limited use cases first and gather user feedback before full rollout. Ongoing monitoring ensures benefits realization.

Tips for Successful RegTech Evaluation and Adoption  

When evaluating solutions, thoroughly assess savings potential, client experience improvements, data capture capabilities, customizability over time, vendor track records, controls like security and change management, and the ability to pilot impacts at a smaller scale initially. Continuous performance reviews confirm RegTech enhances instead of hinders operations as designed.

Key Evaluation Considerations

Key considerations for family offices to evaluate when assessing RegTech and FinTech solutions for improved operational efficiency include:

• Map all key operational processes across departments like portfolio management, reporting, compliance, client services, etc. to understand where RegTech could streamline workflows.
• Evaluate both cost savings potential and how the solution may improve client/stakeholder experience through things like faster onboarding or integrated access to documents and records.
• Assess the solution’s ability to capture and integrate data from multiple internal systems used across the family office today. Consider future data needs.
• Understand what level of configurability and customizability the solution offers to accommodate the family office’s unique structures, governance processes and needs over time.
• Evaluate the vendor’s track record of regulatory coverage updates to ensure any solution can adapt to changing rules that may impact operations.
• Consider whether the solution demonstrates adequate data security, privacy controls and change management procedures.
• Pilot the RegTech or FinTech solution on a limited scope process first and gather feedback from staff before a full rollout.
• Establish ongoing due diligence of the vendor’s operations, software quality practices and ability to ensure resiliency of any outsourced functions.
• Continually review performance metrics and operational KPIs to confirm the RegTech enhances rather than hinders efficiency as intended.

Real-World Implementations Benefiting Family Operations

Case studies streamlined areas beyond just compliance, like verifying new members identities and reporting functions. Automation reduces associated manual tasks and costs. More progressive offices gain agility through inclusive RegTech and FinTech planning and iterative optimizations informed by collaborative guidance.

Conclusion

Progressive families proactively explore suitable RegTech and FinTech solutions that support multiple facets of sophisticated, evolving operations. By collaborating with experts, family offices holistically examine support for clients, stakeholders and subsequent generations. RegTech and Fintech maximize long-term family success.

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