Top 10 Trends in Capital Markets 2018

November 29, 2017

The Capital Markets industry is ripe for disruption as participants cope with increasing competition and a stricter regulatory environment. Ecosystem firms are leveraging emerging technologies to support their transition to new and differentiating business/operating models that will enable efficiency efforts and profitability goals. However, rapid transformation also introduces the potential for significant security threats to critical components of the capital markets industry. This report explores the top-10 trends that industry participants will face in 2018 and beyond.

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