The Securities Services Advisory Group (TSSAG) has welcomed Solve Business Consulting, a management consulting company based in South Africa, as its latest member.
Solve Business Consulting has serviced the local financial services industry by offering advice and execution services across a range of business needs including operating models, business architecture, system selection and implementation, Global Investment Performance Standards and other regulatory requirements.
TSSAG chairman Mark Kerns says: “We are delighted to welcome Solve Consulting to our expanding Group. We look forward to collaborating with them given their long and successful track record in large operational and strategic initiatives for financial services firms in South Africa and across the continent.”
Lionel De Nicola, an executive director of Solve, adds: “We are very excited to join TSSAG, a network of organisations and individuals who have similar and complementary service offerings to the financial service industry, in a global context. We look forward to contributing to the overall pool of knowledge and experience, and to getting access to like-minded experts”.
Last week, Lawrence Au, former head of Asia Pacific (APAC) for BNP Securities Services and general manager, APAC at Northern Trust, joined the advisory group.
Based in Hong Kong, Au is an independent consultant based and offers consulting services on securities services, custody, fund administration, pension funds and fiduciary services.
TSSAG launched in August last year with the aim of connecting industry professionals from various global bases through a forum of regular interaction and communication.
The board is made up of the founding member firms, which are Adapa Advisory, AlfaSec Advisors, Araliya Management Consulting, HornbyChapman, Pivot Consultants, Pivot Consulting, PDH Consult, Soterium, and the Value Exchange.
NEO Consulting and hd financial consulting also joined TSSAG in September last year.
