Unprecedented compliance issues require mutual fund and retirement industry executives to stay ahead of the regulatory obligations governing many aspects of their business. This, coupled with the challenges of omnibus and the subsequent lack of transparency into the underlying data, make it difficult for mutual fund leaders to achieve their marketing, communications, sales and product development goals.

We discussed this landscape of the mutual fund and retirement industry with executives from leading companies who are responsible for global transfer agents, operations, compliance and technology. Overwhelmingly, these were the top areas of focus that emerged.