Eight approaches to master new instrument adoption and avoid chaos

Many of us have experienced delays and challenges when trying to master new instrument adoption into a current treasury or investment operating model. Even trying to onboard typical flow instrument types like ETDs or CFDs can be problematic and often
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10 ways to fix fragmented treasury operating models

When trying to fix fragmented treasury operating models, consider the following steps and ideas
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7 steps to review treasury operating model risk optimisation initiatives

In any organisation there will be multiple change projects in your treasury operating model, in this article I want to set out a framework to evaluate this portfolio of projects, in order to extract maximum value with an insight into
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Five common causes of cash and position breaks and how to resolve them

Every firm should understand common causes of cash and position breaks and reconcile expected versus actual cashflows. Breaks in this reconciliation show many underlying complex causes. Resolving these leads to greater efficiency throughout your investment processing environment.  Oversight and control
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Visual Aids in Analysing Treasury Operating Models (Part 2)

As we present these different ways of understanding the current state, we then move into a ‘deep dive’ on specific issues. This is key to finding a better future treasury operating model.
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Visual Aids in Analysing Treasury Operating Models (Part 1)

As we gather information about a treasury operating model, analysing the data in a way that gives clarity and understanding is key. Over time we have developed visual aids to help our clients understand their current operational state.
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What part do you play in a treasury operating model review?

One of things firms worry about is whether a review of their Treasury operating model is accurate. This is completely understandable something we talk about during our initial discussions with prospective clients.
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Treasury Operating Model Review Useful Secrets

In leading treasury operating model reviews, we often get asked how we go about the initial phase of the review. The goal is to make sense of how a treasury operates now, looking at systems, structures, and people. What we look for are risks, whether from existing suppliers or systems, and what impact they might have.
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High levels of treasury liquidity lacking visibility in cross asset operating models

Buy side firms wishing to access treasury liquidity in today’s markets face several challenges. Especially if they are managing a public, private and digital markets diversified fund range, including funds with an immediate or regular liquidity access requirement alongside other
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Cloud data migration simplified with Segue

Increased market volatility due to recent geopolitical factors, shrinking profit margins, and rapidly emerging technologies are forcing investment firms to rethink their technology solutions and deployment options. Migrating client data to a new provider can be time-consuming, and any compromise
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