Vendor Analysis
published on May 12, 2016
Report Overview:
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes IFDS’s offerings and capabilities in Life, Annuities and Pensions BPS.
Who is this Report for:
NelsonHall’s life, annuities and pensions BPS profile on IFDS is a comprehensive assessment of IFDS’ offerings and capabilities designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of life, annuities and pensions BPS services and identifying vendor suitability for life, annuities and pensions BPS RFPs
- Vendor marketing, sales, and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers
- Financial analysts and investors specializing in the support services sector.
Scope of this Report:
The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of IFDS’ life, annuities and pensions BPS offerings and capabilities, and market and financial strengths, including:
- Identification of the company’s strategy, emphasis, and new developments
- Analysis of the company’s strengths, weaknesses, and outlook
- Revenue estimates
- Analysis of the profile of the company’s customer base including the company’s targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
- Analysis of the company’s offerings and key service components
- Analysis of the company’s delivery organization including the location of delivery locations.
Key Findings & Highlights:
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes IFDS’ offerings and capabilities in the life, annuities and pensions BPS sector.
IFDS is one of a number of BPS vendors analyzed in this comprehensive industry analysis.
The International Financial Data Services (IFDS) group of companies is a joint venture between DST Systems and State Street. In 2008, State Street purchased the Percana Group, a supplier of policyholder recordkeeping software, whose existing offerings were integrated into IFDS’ capabilities, and used with providers of life and pensions (group and individual) and investment products, in both .NET and Java environments. This software is now used by providers of life and pensions (group and individual), and investment products.