Current Situation
The idea of being everything to everyone in the capital markets is an increasingly antiquated concept. Intense competition among highly specialized product and service providers has eroded margins in many facets of the capital markets by expanding customer choice. Capital markets firms with broad service or product offerings are evaluating their competitive strengths as the cost of doing business causes commodified lines of business to become unprofitable.
Goals and Objectives
Identify areas of competitive strength and leverage technology to optimize product or service delivery and accelerate speed to market in the chosen niche.
Technology Deployed
Cloud, infrastructure as a service, API management software, and microservices
Use Case Summary
Leveraging digital tools to modernize their business models, capital markets firms can lean into their competitive strengths and reap the benefits of specialization in higher-margin lines of business.