Year 2017 at FA Solutions exceeded growth targets

During this year we have explored new markets in Asia, Europe, Middle East and North America, and also strengthened our positions in the Nordic home markets. With all these exciting discussions, negotiations, deployments and partnerships ongoing we can’t wait to see what the next year will bring along.

» FA Solutions expanding into Cyprus
» FA Solutions signs a customer in the Bahamas
» Meet FA Solutions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi this May
» FA Solutions goes to Singapore and Thailand with EU Gateway
» FA Solutions signs multiple new customers during the first half of 2017
» FA Solutions seeking for growth in Asia
» FA Solutions in United Arab Emirates on October 16-19

Throughout the year we organised a bunch of interesting Breakfast Seminars and took part in several events around the world. We will also remember 2017 as the year when we held the very first FA User Summit, which was a huge success. We were happy to see everyone who joined us and are looking forward to see you again in our next events!

Read more about the best moments of our events in 2017:

» Meet us at Robo-Investing Europe 2017!
» Family Office Gathering at CFHILL Art Space
» Key learnings from our seminars on MiFID II, GDPR and PSD2

Yet another successful breakfast seminar in Stockholm! The agenda included discussion, demonstration and case stories on how Asset Managers & Private Bankers can nurture customer relationships with modern technologies and smartly automate customer engagement activities.

Our product development team has been working hard to develop our FA Platform even further. In the beginning of the year, our product was facing a comprehensive security testing conducted by a third party and FA Platform survived that test excellently. FA 2.5 was released in June with a variety of new functionalities in investment analytics, private equity and user authentication, and after that we have also launched a totally new user interface for Front Office users: FA Front. The new tool was introduced to our customers for the first time in the FA User Summit

The picture above is a sneak peek to the new user interface FA Front. Stay tuned for more!

» FA Platform succeeds in a penetration test
» FA 2.5 brings improved Investment Analytics, Private Equity management and User Authentication
» FA strengthens its trading connectivities
» FA Solutions launches an AIFMD reporting tool

This year has probably been the year of the most rapid team growth in the history of the company as we have welcomed 12 new employees in the Helsinki and Stockholm offices – and will welcome even more new colleagues in the beginning of 2018. We are close being a team of 50 professionals looking forward to meet all the new colleagues and friends that the year 2018 is going to bring us.

The picture above was taken in Nice, France where the FA team visited in September. We had a sprint of two days for small teams to develop an idea as far as possible, and the winning team is posing in the picture while others are applauding them.

» Say hello to our newest colleagues!
» Introducing new FA team members
» The growing FA Team welcomes Sofie, Jaakko and Patrik!
» Meet our newest colleagues Peter and Sara

We are currently recruiting a Technical Services Specialist!

A fully booked breakfast seminar with 50 participants above the rooftops of beautiful Helsinki. We introduced the new FA Analytics+ tool for portfolio managers with a case example and gave a sneak peek on the upcoming features.

The financial industry is going through many changes currently and during the next coming years. We are constantly developing our knowledge and expertise to support our customers in the times of change.

» Transforming regulatory challenges into opportunities
» Redefining Robo Advice – The latest Robo trends in Europe
» The growth of Islamic Finance – how to stay ahead of the competition?
» MiFIR changes transaction reporting in 4 months – how to tackle the burden?
» Halal Robo-Advisor – an impossible mission or an ignored jackpot?

We were recognised by several medias and even collected an award for being the Most Innovative Software Solutions Provider. Here are some highlights of our success:

» FA Solutions is globally renowned as Trusted Asset Management Solution Provider
» FA Solutions selected as the Most Innovative Software Solutions Provider by Wealth & Finance International
» FA Solutions selected as a finalist in Innovate Finance Pitch360 FinTech Startup Competition

“2017 has been once again a year of great growth. I am grateful to see how the FA Team has united and committed into solving challenges of a growth company together as a team and look forward to see this continuing in the upcoming years too, especially as there are new colleagues joining us.

Year 2018 looks very promising as we will continue to grow in many ways. Our focus is in strengthening our position in the Nordics but also seeking for growth in the newer areas such as Gulf Region and Luxembourg. We are looking into partnerships that could help us out speeding up this process, and establishing local presence in selected markets is also a possibility. We are also forming more partnerships to distribute our product globally.

I wish everyone Happy Holiday Season! I also want to thank each and everyone of you for your contribution to the success of the company. I am very proud of the company and I am especially proud of the Team FA.”

Juha Lehtonen
CEO, FA Solutions