Optimizing Multi-Strategy Data Operations by Balancing Build-and-Buy
Case Study Highlights
Balanced Build and Buy to Scale Faster
Combined enterprise-grade technology with targeted customization to support proprietary use cases, without the cost or drag of a full internal build.
Data Complexity to Operational Efficiency
Unified 20+ data sources into one platform, reducing manager onboarding by approximately 60–80% and shrinking reporting cycles by up to 70%.
Built Once, Scaled Continuously
Created a single, trusted data foundation that supports new strategies and managers with lower marginal cost as the business grows.
Optimizing Multi-Strategy Data Operations by Balancing Build-and-Buy
A market use case on how a leading alternative investment manager partnered with Arcesium to balance build and buy decisions in their data strategy, achieving enterprise-scale efficiency while maintaining flexibility for proprietary requirements.
Market Challenge
Alternative investment managers face a critical decision when scaling their data operations: build custom systems internally or adopt off-the-shelf platforms. Building in-house allows for differentiation but requires significant ongoing investment and operational overhead. Off-the-shelf solutions accelerate deployment but often lack the flexibility to support complex, multi-strategy, multi-manager organizations. For a $30 billion AUM, US-based alternative investment manager, rapid expansion across multiple businesses created acute data fragmentation. Business units operated with siloed data sets and bespoke reporting processes, driving inefficiencies, reconciliation challenges, and version-control risk. The firm needed an enterprise solution that combined industrialized infrastructure with the ability to extend where differentiation mattered.
Arcesium's Solution
Arcesium implemented a hybrid data operating model that unified fragmented systems into a single, enterprise-wide data environment while enabling selective customization for proprietary requirements. By centralizing and normalizing data from more than 20 internal and external sources, Arcesium created a single source of truth accessible across multiple teams.
Market Benefits
By adopting a balanced build-and-buy approach with Arcesium, the firm transformed data operations from a manual, fragmented process into a scalable foundation for growth. Manager onboarding effort reduced by approximately 60–80%, with new strategies onboarded in hours rather than days. Reporting cycle times shortened by 40–70% through automated ingestion, normalization, and multi-view reporting.
