Asset servicing remains under pressure as firms continue to face high cost, manual complexity and limited operational progress across the lifecycle. The question is whether the industry is finally starting to address these structural issues, or whether the same challenges are simply reappearing in new forms. 

In this episode of Xchange, Barnaby Nelson, Martin Lawrence and Mark Brannigan discuss the current state of asset servicing, how the problem statement has or has not changed over the past decade, and what may be needed to improve efficiency and reduce cost across the industry.

The episode highlights:

• Whether the asset servicing challenge has changed in any meaningful way

• How the industry might start to move the dial on cost and operational improvement

• Why US Treasury central clearing may deserve more attention than it is receiving