Baloise Asset Management

Baloise Asset Management achieves immediate performance gains with SimCorp SaaS

As a EUR 60 billion AUM asset manager, Baloise Asset Management faced a familiar challenge for any growing asset manager: how to modernize their technology infrastructure without disrupting operations. They needed a solution that would improve performance while freeing their small IT team from infrastructure management. As a SimCorp client for more than 20 years, they turned to us to support this need. SimCorp's SaaS offering provided exactly that - enabling Baloise to modernize their operations while maintaining the platform they knew and trusted.

The solution

Baloise chose to migrate to SimCorp's SaaS offering, maintaining their single source of truth while gaining cloud benefits. The decision was driven by strategic alignment with group IT objectives and the recognition that vendor cloud infrastructure would optimize their small IT team's focus. The cloud migration provided:

1. Enhanced system performance with improved front office satisfaction
2. Elimination of infrastructure management overhead
3. Scalable architecture supporting business growth
4. Open partner ecosystem enabling seamless integration with chosen EMS

The business benefits

Enhanced operational performance The cloud migration delivered immediate performance improvements, with front office users experiencing enhanced system responsiveness and operational efficiency across their investment management workflows.

Strategic focus By removing infrastructure management responsibilities, Baloise's IT team can concentrate on value-added services and business-focused customization rather than operational overhead.

Scalable growth platform SimCorp’s SaaS provides full scalability potential, enabling Baloise to expand their existing capabilities and add new services as their business grows.

Accelerated innovation The open ecosystem architecture enables straightforward integration with their preferred removing any complex system overhauls.