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Field notes from the operating layer.

Perspectives from our partners on programme delivery, operating-model design and investment-platform change.

Editorial illustration for: Renewals run on red lines
Operating Model

Renewals run on red lines

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Editorial illustration for: The dual record
Operating Models

The dual record

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Editorial illustration for: The accountability map that outlives the certificate
Operating Model

The accountability map that outlives the certificate

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Editorial illustration for: When the machine inherits the controls
Operating Models

When the machine inherits the controls

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Editorial illustration for: The rulebook that keeps the underwriter in the chain
Operating Model

The rulebook that keeps the underwriter in the chain

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Editorial illustration for: When the process becomes the product
Operating Models

When the process becomes the product

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Editorial illustration for: Who decides what a risk is worth
Operating Model

Who decides what a risk is worth

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Editorial illustration for: When your fund administrator changes hands
Operating Models

When your fund administrator changes hands

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Editorial illustration for: What Zurich bought when it bought Beazley
Operating Model

What Zurich bought when it bought Beazley

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Editorial illustration for: The end of the five-day operating model
Operating Models

The end of the five-day operating model

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Editorial illustration for: The broker is becoming the London market's operating system
Operating Model

The broker is becoming the London market's operating system

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Editorial illustration for: The two-rail operating model: what tokenisation in production means for asset management operations
Operating Models

The two-rail operating model: what tokenisation in production means for asset management operations

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Editorial illustration for: What the next Miami hurricane will encounter
Operating Model

What the next Miami hurricane will encounter

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Editorial illustration for: Budget for the 70: why the largest share of AI value has no line item
Operations

Budget for the 70: why the largest share of AI value has no line item

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Editorial illustration for: Simplification is not subtraction: where complexity goes when the operating model sharpens
Operations

Simplification is not subtraction: where complexity goes when the operating model sharpens

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Editorial illustration for: Two markets are writing the 2027 stamp
Operating Model

Two markets are writing the 2027 stamp

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Editorial illustration for: The harness is the operating model: why AI projects fail in the layers around the model
Operations

The harness is the operating model: why AI projects fail in the layers around the model

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Editorial illustration for: When war risk stops being a wording problem
Operating Model

When war risk stops being a wording problem

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Editorial illustration for: 7 December is the first exam for Europe's T+1 operating models
Operations

7 December is the first exam for Europe's T+1 operating models

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Editorial illustration for: SBF season is now an operating model exam
Operating Model

SBF season is now an operating model exam

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Editorial illustration for: The golden source is an operating model decision, not a technology project
Operating Model

The golden source is an operating model decision, not a technology project

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Editorial illustration for: Open year profit release: the operating model behind the cheque
Operating Model

Open year profit release: the operating model behind the cheque

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Editorial illustration for: The outsourcing boundary is a design decision, not a procurement decision
Operating Model

The outsourcing boundary is a design decision, not a procurement decision

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Editorial illustration for: Accountability that works on paper is not accountability: the PRA's HDI fine, decoded
Regulation

Accountability that works on paper is not accountability: the PRA's HDI fine, decoded

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Editorial illustration for: AIFM reform is a target operating model reset, not a compliance cleanup
Operating Model

AIFM reform is a target operating model reset, not a compliance cleanup

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Editorial illustration for: Why the SM&CR Overhaul Is an Operating Model Problem, Not a Compliance One
Regulation

Why the SM&CR Overhaul Is an Operating Model Problem, Not a Compliance One

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Editorial illustration for: T+1 settlement will break your operating model — here's how to find out before it does
Operating model

T+1 settlement will break your operating model — here's how to find out before it does

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Editorial illustration for: Why this year's QMB carries more weight than usual
Operating model

Why this year's QMB carries more weight than usual

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Editorial illustration for: What DyGIST tells us about market resilience — and why it matters beyond the stress test
Regulation

What DyGIST tells us about market resilience — and why it matters beyond the stress test

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Editorial illustration for: Unicorn projects — and why most transformation programmes never become real
Programme management

Unicorn projects — and why most transformation programmes never become real

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Editorial illustration for: The importance of understanding process ownership in change initiatives
Operating model

The importance of understanding process ownership in change initiatives

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Editorial illustration for: Why a business blueprint matters — and how opmodal helps bring it to life
Strategy

Why a business blueprint matters — and how opmodal helps bring it to life

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