Practical research for executives making decisions on markets, platforms, controls, operating models and AI. Written by practitioners who have led the work inside financial institutions.
The research library
Each paper works through the decisions, dependencies and delivery implications behind a current operating or technology issue. Papers are free to download with an account.
Private Markets
Private credit growth is exposing operational weakness in borrower data, covenants, valuations, loan administration, liquidity, finance and investor reporting. This paper sets out the operating model needed to scale without adding uncontrolled manual work.
Operating Model · Platforms · Data · Controls
A practical guide for COOs and CIOs on finding where lifecycle friction sits, deciding what to simplify or modernise and sequencing the change without destabilising live operations.
Operational resilience · Operating model · Third-party risk · Delivery
Resilience is not a policy exercise. This paper shows how important services, tolerances, dependencies, testing and remediation fit into an operating model that executives and regulators can evidence.
Market Conduct · Surveillance · Controls
Surveillance fails when firms treat it as a tool implementation. This paper sets out the operating model around the technology: risk assessment, data coverage, scenario calibration, triage, investigations, STOR decisions, management information and assurance.
Capital Markets
The difficult part is not creating the token. It is designing custody, cash, settlement, servicing, controls and integration so the instrument can operate inside existing regulated market infrastructure.
AI & Automation
A useful model output is only the start. Production AI needs ownership, trusted data, workflow integration, access controls, monitoring, support, adoption and measurable value. This paper explains what needs to be in place.
Markets & Trading
T+1 compresses the full trade lifecycle. This paper sets out the earlier operational milestones, the areas most likely to break and a practical readiness path across trade capture, allocations, confirmations, SSIs, funding, stock lending, exceptions and reconciliation.
Markets & Trading | AI & Automation
Where AI can add value in pricing, liquidity, execution and surveillance; where deterministic logic still matters; and what data, governance, testing and production controls firms need before AI can influence a live trading workflow.
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