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Infographic The Future of Trading: Infinite Possibilities
For years, outsourced trading sat on the sidelines of firms’ buy‑side operating models, viewed as a stopgap for small or emerging managers without the scale to run an in‑house desk. That perception has shifted, and cost is no longer the sole driver.
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Cutter's ResearchReport Front-to-Back Solutions: State Street Alpha
Investment managers are considering the breadth of functionality available on unified platforms (front-to-middle, middle-to-back, or front-to-back). This research examines State Street Alpha, one of the most commonly used unified platforms.
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Cutter's ResearchArticle The Next Generation of Performance Measurement and Attribution (PMA) Solutions: Meeting the Demands of Private Markets Investments
Allocations to private market investments have steadily increased in recent years, as institutional investors look beyond traditional investment vehicles to diversify their portfolios and generate higher returns. Yet day-to-day operations can pose a challenge for asset managers and asset owners investing in these more complex assets. Data for private investments is often unstructured and stale, with latencies of over three months a fairly typical occurrence for managers’ quarterly reports.
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