FMIs & Market Utilities
Albany Beck supports financial market infrastructures and market utilities to deliver complex change at pace, strengthen clearing and settlement environments, and build lasting internal capability.
Shorter settlement cycles, clearing reform and resilience mandates are reshaping financial market infrastructure. Rising expectations around margin, liquidity, cyber resilience and real-time data transparency are increasing operational and technology complexity across clearing and settlement ecosystems. FMIs must modernise securely while protecting systemic stability and regulatory confidence.
1. Risk, Regulation and Compliance
What’s Shaping Your World
T+1 settlement acceleration, clearing reform and resilience mandates are intensifying regulatory scrutiny across systemic risk, margin and liquidity management.
Where Delivery Gets Difficult
Reform programmes run alongside live clearing and settlement operations, with near-zero tolerance for disruption and compressed delivery timelines.
The Capability Gaps Holding You Back
Clearing, margin and regulatory SMEs remain in short supply, limiting firms’ ability to embed sustainable reform and resilience capability.
Capability
Deploy Tailored Expertise
PM
Data Analyst/BI
Developer
PMO
Data Scientist
Regulatory SME
BA
Cyber & InfoSec
Clearing SME
QA/Tester
Engineer
Innovation SME
Consulting
Deliver Defined Outcomes
Health Check
Service Mapping
Programme Delivery
Impact Assessment
Impact Tolerances
Testing
Strategic Roadmap
Implementation
Testing
Op Model Design
BI/MI Build
Remediation
Pioneer
Build Internal Capability
Risk, Reg,Complance Analyst Academy
Clearing Analyst Academy
Data Analyst Academy
MI/BI Analyst Academy
Cyber Academy
Delivery Academy
Settlement Analyst Academy
2. Growth & Expansion
What’s Shaping Your World
Expansion into new asset classes, collateral models and digital markets is increasing integration complexity across clearing and settlement platforms.
Where Delivery Gets Difficult
Launching new services within strict regulatory guardrails, while integrating into legacy infrastructure, increases delivery and operational risk.
The Capability Gaps Holding You Back
Product, clearing and integration specialists with deep regulatory knowledge remain scarce.
Capability
Deploy Tailored Expertise
PM
Integration SME
Developer
PMO
Change Manager
Digital SME
BA
Data Analyst /BI
Product SME
QA/Tester
Engineer
Market SME
Consulting
Deliver Defined Outcomes
Strategy
Intergration Delivery
Programme Delivery
Impact Assessment
Strategic Roadmap
Implementation
Go Live/BAU Support
Op Model Design
Testing
Pioneer
Build Internal Capability
Product Owner Academy
Change Management Academy
Digital Analyst Academy
MI/BI Analyst Academy
Data Analyst Academy
Delivery Academy
Technology Academy
3. Technology Innovation
What’s Shaping Your World
Legacy post-trade platforms constrain automation and scale as settlement cycles shorten and digital asset models evolve.
Where Delivery Gets Difficult
Modernisation must be delivered without destabilising live infrastructure, often requiring parallel running of legacy and target platforms.
The Capability Gaps Holding You Back
Post-trade technology, cyber and cloud engineering expertise remains limited, restricting scalable innovation.
Capability
Deploy Tailored Expertise
Tech PM
Data Analyst/BI
Developer
Tech PMO
Data Scientist
App/IT Support
Tech BA
Cyber & InfoSec
Innovation SME
QA/Tester
Engineer
Digital SME
Consulting
Deliver Defined Outcomes
Gap Analysis
Intergration
Programme Delivery
Impact Assessment
Migration
Op Model Design
Implementation
Remediation
Automation
Testing
IT Support
Pioneer
Build Internal Capability
Technology Analyst Academy
System/Platform Analyst Academy
Data Analyst Academy
Testing/QA Academy
Innovation Academy
Engineering Academy
4. Data & Insight
What’s Shaping Your World
Fragmented post-trade data limits transparency and control as regulatory reform and shorter settlement cycles increase reliance on real-time reporting.
Where Delivery Gets Difficult
Remediating legacy data while delivering live reform programmes introduces delivery strain and integration complexity.
The Capability Gaps Holding You Back
Data governance and post-trade reporting specialists remain scarce, constraining automation and transparency initiatives.
Capability
Deploy Tailored Expertise
Data Analyst/BI
PM
Developer
Data Scientist
PMO
Engineer
Data Quality
BA
Market SME
Data Governance
QA/Tester
Innovation SME
Consulting
Deliver Defined Outcomes
Health Check
Data Standards
Programme Delivery
Maturity Assessment
Data Quality
Op Model Design
Implementation
Data Remediation
Data Governance
BI/MI Build
Pioneer
Build Internal Capability
Data Analyst Academy
Change Mgmt Academy
MI/BI Analyst Academy
Delivery Academy
Data Governance Academy
Developer Academy
Innovation Academy
Engineering Academy
5. Client Services
What’s Shaping Your World
Members and participants expect faster, more transparent onboarding and reporting as settlement cycles compress.
Where Delivery Gets Difficult
Improving service quality alongside live clearing and settlement operations introduces systemic and operational risk.
The Capability Gaps Holding You Back
Post-trade client service and operations SMEs with regulatory awareness remain in short supply.
Capability
Deploy Tailored Expertise
Client Support
BA
Market SME
Change Manger
PM
Data Analyst BI
Opperations Analyst
PMO
Developer
Process Improvement
CX Analyst
Engineer
Consulting
Deliver Defined Outcomes
Impact Assessment
Process Design
Programme Delivery
Customer Journey Assessment/Design
Implementation
BI/MI Build
Remediation
Op Model Design
Tooling
BAU Support
Pioneer
Build Internal Capability
Client Support Analyst Academy
Process Improvement Analyst Academy
Operations Analyst Academy
CX Analyst Academy
Data Analyst Academy
MI/BI Analyst Academy
6. Operational Excellence
What’s Shaping Your World
Shorter settlement cycles and clearing reform are increasing pressure on automation, matching efficiency and straight-through processing.
Where Delivery Gets Difficult
Driving optimisation alongside live infrastructure operations increases coordination and integration risk.
The Capability Gaps Holding You Back
Post-trade process optimisation and T+1-aligned operational expertise remains limited.
Capability
Deploy Tailored Expertise
Operations SME
BA
Data Analyst/BI
Opperations Analyst
PM
Engineer
Change Manager
PMO
Developer
Process Improvement
QA/Tester
Innovation SME
Consulting
Deliver Defined Outcomes
Strategy
Process Design
Programme Delivery
Health Check
Implementation
Op Model Design
BI/MI Build
Remediation
STP/Automation
Tooling
BAU Support
Pioneer
Build Internal Capability
Operations Analyst Academy
Process Analyst Academy
Data Analyst Academy
MI/BI Analyst Academy
Change Mgmt Academy
Innovation Academy
Lean/CI/Agile Academy
Technology Academy
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Michael Robertson
Managing Partner: Head of Consulting
Ella Hysom
Client Associate Partner
Joel Dickie
Client Account Director
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