Capital Markets

Our capital markets research focuses on how technology can best be leveraged by industry participants including financial institutions such as investment banks, broker/dealers, investment managers, asset managers, hedge funds, and asset owners as well as trading venues and market infrastructures.

We help our clients create competitive advantage, increase efficiencies, comply with regulation, and innovate business models and workflows. We also provide data, tools, and research to support vendor selection and competitive landscape analysis.


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Celent analysts offer a breadth of insights and benchmarking data based on proprietary market research across technology and market structure/regulatory trends. We cover a number of emerging technologies from advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation to cloud, open source, blockchain, distributed ledger, digital assets, and quantum computing.

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Capital Markets: Technology Trends Previsory 2025

Striking the Right Balance Between ROI and Innovation in Capital Markets
Recorded on November 21, 2024

When it comes to technology decisions, financial institutions continue to face new challenges in capital markets while striving to maximize return on investment (ROI). However, this must be balanced with a need to support innovation. It's no longer just a question of adopting the latest tech trends, but rather making strategic decisions that drive transformation and provide optionality for the business. This forward-looking Previsory Report series identifies key upcoming business trends driving technology strategy and investment across asset management and securities trading in 2025. 

Watch our on-demand webinar to help formulate winning tech strategies that align with your business best, giving you a competitive edge.

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Dimensions: Capital Markets IT Pressures & Priorities 2024

Based on a survey of 200+ executives from capital market sell side and buy side firms, our webinar reveals the forces driving technology planning and their implications for the upcoming year. The 2023 survey revealed that both buy and sell side firms are increasing their IT spending, focusing on transformative change and cloud adoption. Are these trends set to continue? Or will the Gen AI phenomenon reshape investment strategies? Find out in our 2024 edition.


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Monica Summerville heads Celent's Capital Markets practice and is based in the firm's London office. Monica is a seasoned financial services ind…

Ruslan is a Senior Analyst based in Tokyo, specializing in Corporate Banking and Capital Markets. With over 16 years of experience in the financ…

Cubillas Ding is a Research Director with Celent's Capital Markets division, based in the firm’s London office. His expertise lies in global fin…

Janey is an Analyst in Celent’s Capital Markets group based in Celent’s London office. Her work has a strong focus on data analysis and visualiz…

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