In Support of Digital Content…
I have wanted to add these thoughts to our Feed for a long time: Though I suspect that nothing of...
The Dawn of Operational … Beta?
If you’ve heard of the term operational alpha, then you likely know that it is a trending concept – similar...
Context Machine: Introducing a Techno-Operational Benchmarking Framework for Asset Managers
Executive Summary Riding the wave of the FinTech juggernaut, technology now permeates all aspects of the financial services ecosystem; front-to-back,...
Broker Tech Spend Speaks Volumes
Broker spending on technology is one of those topics that rises to the top of the headlines from time to...
JPMorgan’s Massive Collaboration Experiment
Sitting in on the Symphony Innovate 2017 conference last week in New York, the figure that stood out for me...
Man or Machine: Who Are The Real Trading Champions?
Despite dramatic changes to the fortunes of quantitative trading strategies of late, they still represent the extremes of “technology leverage”...
Bulge Bank Headcount Index: Rare Uptick in Q2
It’s only happened twice since the peak, recorded nearly 6 years ago (at the end of Q3 2011): Alphacution’s bulge...
Automation May Require More People
Here’s a quick jolt of provocative thought, just in case your brain – like mine – has become a little...
Operational Clues: Asset Managers Shifting Strategies
You can track shifting asset class and/or strategy allocations over several years for a long list of asset managers, and then add...
Technical Leverage in Context
Alphacution defines technical leverage as the difference between revenue per employee (RPE) and technology spending per employee. In the parlance...