Making every dollar count

What is the cost of change in 2026? And how are firms building their investment plans? A clearer view of securities operations budgets.

Making every dollar count in 2026 – key findings

A clearer view of how firms are balancing cost, resilience and transformation in securities operations in 2026, in partnership with Broadridge and ISSA.

Based on input from 297 market participants worldwide, these key findings examine the cost of securities operations in 2026, where budgets are rising, how legacy platforms continue to absorb spend and which areas of change are driving the strongest operational pressure.

What you’ll learn:

how securities operations budgets are changing in 2026
where legacy platforms still absorb the greatest share of cost

why market infrastructure change is increasing operational pressure
how firms are approaching system replacement and transformation priorities
where investment patterns differ across firm types

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Making every dollar count