Investment accounting transformation: key findings
Where product complexity, NAV resilience and platform fragmentation are reshaping investment accounting.
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Developed with FIS, these key findings examine how investment accounting is changing as firms face more complex products, tighter cycles and growing pressure on NAV resilience. The findings show where structural strain is building and how operating models are beginning to shift.
Growth is shifting away from equities
Product mix
Growth is moving into more complex products, changing the pressure profile for investment accounting.
Firms are shifting towards private credit, project finance, cryptocurrencies and structured products in search of alpha.
NAV pressure is building
Valuation
Fund valuation is becoming more difficult exactly where growth is strongest.
52% also say NAV issues are now affecting commercial distribution relationships.
Fragmentation remains widespread
Platforms
Platform fragmentation remains a structural issue at the point where firms need more control, not less.
86% expect to accelerate NAV production by 2028, increasing pressure on already fragmented models.
Investment accounting is coming under pressure from several directions at once. Product growth is shifting into more complex markets, dealing and settlement cycles are tightening, and expectations around NAV resilience are becoming harder to absorb with fragmented platforms and manual workarounds.
Where are the biggest pressure points in investment accounting today? How are firms responding as valuation complexity, platform fragmentation and commercial pressure on NAV production continue to build?
These key findings, developed with FIS, draw on industry responses on product and asset class change, valuation pressure, fragmented platforms, tighter operating expectations and operating model redesign. They provide a clearer view of where pressure is building and where structural change is already under way.
The research highlights:
42% of asset managers are moving away from equities: firms are shifting towards private credit, project finance, cryptocurrencies and structured products in search of alpha
40% face significant valuation issues in the fastest-growing regions: product and market expansion is increasing operational strain around fund valuation
Nearly 70% operate across multiple valuation platforms: fragmented architecture remains widespread across the industry
52% say NAV issues are affecting commercial distribution relationships: valuation resilience is now affecting more than internal operations alone
86% expect to accelerate NAV production by 2028: firms anticipate faster expectations and greater pressure on operating model readiness
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