Delivering on the promise of interoperable tech for investment management

Are institutional investment managers positioned well for the future with their current technology deployment strategies? Secular trends towards passive and systematic investing, competitive fee pressures, the increased complexity of demands from clients, and structural market and regulatory changes are forcing C-suite executives to continually evaluate their core technology stacks. How firms respond to these headwinds will be a leading indicator of their success over time.

The pandemic has underscored —and accelerated— the potential for technology to redefine industry-wide infrastructure and to further scale operating models. Just a few years ago, front-to-back platforms took center stage as asset managers sought all-in-one solutions that would attempt to simplify their technology landscape and cover more of the investment lifecycle with fewer providers. However, it soon became clear this approach presents its own set of issues.

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