Financial IT: Agile technologies key to future-proofing the back office

Global capital markets are advancing at a staggering pace. While increasing regulation has been the major driving force of change in the past decade, rapid technological advances have also contributed to the rewiring of the marketplace. As capital market firms pour time and money into upgrading their capabilities in front office revenue-generating activities, post-trade operations that constitute the backbone of the financial system have often been overlooked....