Automation “Not the Holy Grail” For Buy-Side Trading Desks

Panellists at this year's TradeTech conference in Paris discuss the important of maintaining the human element of trading over the so-called "Holy Grail" of automation.

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The decision to adopt automated processes will ultimately be reliant on how an asset manager chooses to execute its investment strategies.

As asset managers across the industry ramp up their preparations for the arrival of Mifid II, automation has been a top priority across many front, middle and back offices on the buy side.

The benefits – reduced costs, the removal of manual processes and streamlined workflows – are both apparent and enticing for many asset managers, particularly when it comes to regulatory-related operations, but not everyone believes automation is necessarily a golden ticket to success.

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