Alain Houard, Vice President, Marine & Offshore Industry, Dassault Systèmes, said, “For years, AITAC has been a software partner of Dassault Systèmes supporting its 3DEXPERIENCE platform customers and now we’re taking this long and fruitful partnership to the next level. AITAC’s long-term experience, expertise and team of naval architects and engineers will help us to extend our marine and offshore portfolio’s capabilities and support customer deployment projects.”
“We have always been passionate about transforming the way marine and offshore companies use 3D and we work hard to provide our customers with the best experience of a 3D master approach. Dassault Systèmes has always been a fantastic partner for us, and we truly believed this is the only company able to take this market to the next step,” said Marc Journeux, AITAC co-director. “Now our team is excited to join Dassault Systèmes to accelerate the pace of innovation.”
Dassault Systèmes will also acquire 40% of AITAC’s marine and offshore engineering office, AITAC d.o.o., in Croatia, which provides engineering and naval architecture services to major shipbuilders.
“The key driver of digitization in the years to come will be changing client behaviors, under which financial services will evolve from being supply-led to demand-led. This means that wealth management is at the dawn of a new transformation, more far reaching than anything experienced before. Digitization is not the first choice or the last choice; it is the only choice. The future belongs to those with a clear vision for their business in the digital age,” said Amin Rajan, CEO of CREATE-Research.
Guillaume Dufour, Vice President, Financial and Business Services Industry, Dassault Systèmes, said, “We commissioned this study to measure the expected impact of digital technology on the asset and wealth management industries in the next ten years and its perceived role in sustaining or transforming business models. We will continue supporting financial institutions in their digital transformation with industry solution experiences such as our ‘Innovation Factory’ to digitize processes, strengthen governance, accelerate time to market and reduce regulatory-related costs, to better serve a changing customer base.”
Some of the survey findings include:
- 54% of asset managers have adopted social media tools, while 56% of wealth managers have already adopted new digital platforms
- Digitization accelerators include the rise of low-cost passive funds, increasing cost pressures, the market entry of fintech and Internet giants, and a new generation of digitally-savvy investors
- Only a minority of those surveyed expects external disruptors to carve out niches; the majority foresees a competitive landscape of alliances, with proprietary platforms being developed
You can find all of the results detailed in the full report. Discuss in the Dassault forum at 3DPB.com.