Confluence, a global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, today announced the appointment of Gary Casagrande as Global Head of Investor Communications & Expense Solutions, a newly created position for the firm.

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Gary Casagrande has joined Confluence as Global Head of Investor Communications & Expense Solutions

Gary Casagrande has joined Confluence as Global Head of Investor Communications & Expense Solutions

Casagrande has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. As a recognized industry thought leader, he brings an in-depth understanding of mutual fund operations, regulations, project management, and quality control.

In his new role, Casagrande will oversee a line of business charged with defining and implementing the go-to-market strategy for Confluence's global suite of investor communications and expense management solutions, which include financial, marketing and legal reporting, as well as fund budgeting and invoice payments.

As part of his mandate, Casagrande will work directly with clients, regulators and industry influencers to identify immediate and longer term market demands. Those demands will inform Confluence's product innovation priorities as the company extends its footprint as the leader in converting asset managers' data into knowledge that can be easily shared with investors and regulators.

Casagrande joins Confluence from Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), where he held the position as Head of Financial Reporting and Expense Administration. While at BBH, he was responsible for the overall delivery of financial reporting and expense administration client service as well as strategic product development. Prior to joining BBH, Casagrande served as the Head of the Treasury and Portfolio Compliance group at JPMorgan Chase.

"We are thrilled to have Gary join the Confluence team," said Todd Moyer, Executive Vice President, Global Business Development at Confluence. "The asset management industry is undergoing a dramatic shift, and businesses are much more reliant on stronger data management capabilities than ever before. Gary's deep market expertise and strong industry relationships will play an integral role in ensuring that we continue to identify emerging client needs and deliver innovative expense and investor communications solutions to the industry."

Casagrande is a frequent speaker at industry events, including Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and Investment Company Institute (ICI) conferences. He has also served as a representative on the ICI Accounting/Treasurers Committee.

About Confluence

As a global leader in data-driven solutions for efficiency and control, Confluence solves tough data management and automation challenges for the asset management industry, including performance reporting, regulatory reporting, investor communications and fund expense management. Confluence solutions enable asset managers and third-party administrators to consolidate and leverage data across business operations which results in lower costs, reduced risk, decreased reporting turnaround times and the scalability to automate more processes without additional resources. The platform features solutions to support a wide array of fund types – including mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, institutional portfolios and UCITS funds. Seven of the top 10 global service providers license Confluence products and eight of the top 10 global asset managers have business processes automated through Confluence.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Confluence serves the international fund industry with locations in Brussels, Dublin, Ho Chi Minh City, London, Luxembourg and San Francisco. For more information, visit www.confluence.com.

About Investor Communications Solutions

Confluence investor communications solutions provide automated content creation for a broad set of investor facing regulatory disclosure and marketing documents such as annual reports, semi-annual reports, management reports of fund performance (Canada), Form N-Q, prospectus and fund fact sheets. For many of these reports, automated publishing is available in either one or multiple languages.

About Expense Management Solutions

Confluence expense management solutions provide a sophisticated and accurate alternative to managing fund expenses with spreadsheets. They reduce the time spent on expense oversight with automated solutions for managing fund budgets and tracking expense payments.