SEI Investments : Wealth Platform Flows Increase More Than 30 Percent Year-Over-Year In UK

LONDON, 7 Aug., 2015 - SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) announced today significant growth in its U.K. Private Banking business, demonstrating more than 30 percent year-over-year growth as compared to the first half of 2014, according to the company's most recent earnings announcement. Through the SEI Wealth PlatformSM, SEI's U.K. Private Banking business provides core outsourced investment processing technology for leading U.K. wealth management and advisory firms, including Towry, Tilney Bestinvest, and Brewin Dolphin.

The company's total U.K. Private Banking business saw U.K. assets under administration grow by 9.2 percent from £21.7 billion to £23.7 billion during the first six months of 2015. In addition, the SEI Wealth Platform recently achieved B+ status by financial ratings firm AKG, making it now one of the highest-rated U.K. wealth management platforms.

Brett Williams, Managing Director, SEI Wealth Platform, U.K. Private Banking, commented on the strong performance, "We are pleased with our progress year to date and are now working to ensure we remain ready for the next phase of our growth.

"With regulatory and competitive pressures for wealth managers remaining, the U.K. market continues to be strong as more firms see the benefits of outsourcing their technology to companies such as SEI. We believe this trend will continue as wealth management firms burdened by time-consuming administrative challenges seek operational efficiencies. Ultimately, these firms are beginning to see significant benefits to focusing on growing their core business and providing financial advice to their clients."

SEI recently announced that U.S.-based Wells Fargo will adopt the SEI Wealth Platform, the same technology used by the company's existing U.K. clients. "More and more large, international banks and wealth managers are adopting or considering the Platform to better position themselves to meet the future needs of clients," Williams continued.

"We are looking forward to the next 12 months, including moving our location to our fresh, new office space in the Alphabeta building in Finsbury Square, complete with a 12-year lease. Our new larger location, coupled with long-term client contracts and the strengthening of our sales team, demonstrates our commitment to significant growth in the U.K. market."

The SEI Wealth Platform (the Platform) is an outsourcing solution for wealth managers encompassing wealth processing services and wealth management programs, combined with business process expertise. With the Platform, SEI provides wealth management organizations with the infrastructure, operations, and administrative support necessary to capitalize on their strategic objectives in a constantly shifting market. The SEI Wealth Platform supports trading and transactions on 128 stock exchanges in 50 countries and 35 currencies, through the use of straight-through processing and a single operating infrastructure environment.http://www.seic.com/enUK/banks/288.htm.

SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) is a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions that help corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and ultra-high-net-worth families create and manage wealth. As of June 30, 2015, through its subsidiaries and partnerships in which the company has a significant interest, SEI manages or administers $661 billion in mutual fund and pooled or separately managed assets, including $262 billion in assets under management and $399 billion in client assets under administration.http://www.seic.com/enUK/index.htm.