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Feast in the Front Office, Famine in the Back Office – Competitive Advantage in the Middle?

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In the capital markets industry, the front office has seen much growth and innovation in recent years supported by substantial technology changes. At the same time, the back office has seen very little investment. While it’s been a feast in the front office and a famine in the back office, can investment in the middle office now bridge the gap to help firms achieve an edge over their competition?

TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN POST-TRADE SECURITIES – A VIDEO INTERVIEW

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In the following video interview with Finextra, I discuss several trends and challenges facing the middle and back office in the securities industry today. Some of the key topics covered in the video are: What an increase in cross-border or “borderless” trading may mean for the middle and back office. The focus on increasing interoperability [...]

ACHIEVING AUTOMATION IN FIXED INCOME PROCESSING

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Author: Alex Walker, head of post-trade securities, SunGard

Fixed income has historically been an OTC market, and most of the purchasing has been of high value/low volume trades. Middle- and back-office processes have typically been relatively manual and boutique, with many Excel spreadsheets and fax messages. Until now.

If you are …