InvestOps Asia 2025 Blog

As investment firms scale globally, operations leaders are facing two simultaneous pressures: ensuring seamless service delivery across time zones, and future-proofing their internal data ecosystems. For firms based in Asia but operating globally, we find the balance between outsourcing and in-house capabilities as well as institutional knowledge and AI is becoming more strategic than ever - after our chat with Stephen Hull, COO, Zerobridge Partners.

Ahead of the second annual InvestOps Asia, we’ve been speaking with senior operations executives across the buy side to shape a conversation rooted in today’s realities: shifting regulations, evolving workforce expectations, and a complex “build vs buy” landscape. The recent conversation with Alex Shaik (Partner, ADM Capital) is already pointing to key themes that will dominate the discussion this year.

The industry is now at the cusp of a new era of intelligent automation - one that promises improved efficiency, consistency, and scalability. The potential? Nothing short of a revolution in how investment teams could collaborate to drive better portfolio performance. Let's explore how forward-thinking firms are exploring intelligent automation to help consolidate fragmented systems and streamline operations while boosting security, control, and governance.

The APAC regional digital banking market alone will exceed $8 billion by 2026, rising at 20% CAGR from 2022 per Allied Market Research. The message is clear - evolve now or risk extinction. As we explore the next-gen operating models, we'll see how automation, AI, and digital convergence don't just reshape operations but redefine financial services leadership.