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Post-trade operations is evolving beyond its status as a stepping-stone to the front-lines of trading. As the front office slashes staff, the back office is quickly becoming an attractive career path for new entrants into the financial services sector. But to succeed takes a unique mindset and skills beyond just pulling the trigger on a trade.
When Josh Brodman first dipped his toe into post-trade operations, he wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It was 2005 and Brodman, then a junior majoring in finance at Binghamton University, had just secured an Ops internship at a hedge fund with roughly $6 billion in assets under management (AUM). “I was looking across the...
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