Tag: Automation

Buy side August 31, 2018 11:24 AM GMT

Reducing the human touch

Buy-side priorities have been historically dominated by regulatory concerns, but a survey of senior FX buy-siders carried out by Worldwide Business Research suggests that automation is now taking over. Hayley McDowell examines the benefits, challenges and progress as asset managers look to reduce the human touch on trading desks.

Buy side June 15, 2018 12:10 PM GMT

Buy-side to outsource more compliance functions over next five years, study finds

New report suggests that spending, automation and outsourcing of compliance functions at buy-side firms will increase over the next five years.

Buy side March 15, 2017 12:50 PM GMT

Automating manual processes top priority for buy-side desks

Areas like fixed income and collateral management are already partly automated, but buy-side faces challenges when automating traditionally manual processes.