A huge wave of technology disruption is heading toward the asset servicing industry. Within a five-year timeframe, robotic process automation (RPA), blockchain, and cognitive systems will have a dramatic change and a profound, lasting impact on service providers' operations.

Executive Summary

These disruptive technologies combined offer enormous potential for asset servicers to create efficiency, reduce risk, and improve the quality of service to clients. Here we describe where these impacts will be felt most, and outline actions that asset servicers can take to ensure they can ride the wave of technology disruption without being consumed under it.

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Performance magazine issue 22, January 2017

Performance is a tri-annual digest, dedicated to investment management professionals, which brings you the latest articles, news and market developments from Deloitte's professionals and clients.

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