In 2024, capital markets face mounting pressures from high interest rates, geopolitical instability, and disruptive technologies like AI. Firms must balance short-term survival with long-term innovation, planning for both 18-month execution and five-year strategy. Top trends include widespread adoption of AI, the shift to T+1 settlement, new risk paradigms, post-trade automation struggles, and growing demand for private markets. Institutions are also reassessing financing models, navigating crowded fixed income markets, and turning to unstructured data for insight. Regulatory reporting is evolving into a strategic asset through analytics and automation.

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