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Report Aug 17, 2026

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Jon Chandler

Senior Research Lead

Jon Chandler has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Cutter Associates in 2014, Jon was a senior business analyst for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), where he was involved in a number of projects for the front and middle office, including UAT design and execution for an order management system (Fidessa IMS), the implementation of a web-based due diligence platform (FundInsight), and an enterprise solution to support blended benchmarks. Prior to his project roles, Jon was a principal in fixed income trade operations at SSGA. He has extensive experience with post-trade operations and applications, such as OASYS/CTM, PORTIA, MBSExpert, and FailStation. Jon earned a bachelor of arts in history from the University of Florida and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Recent research assignments and publications include the following:

  • Alternative Investment Systems
  • Cutter Benchmarking: Alternative Investments
  • Cutter Benchmarking: Derivatives and Collateral Management
  • Cutter Benchmarking: Investment Risk
  • Cutter Benchmarking: Performance Measurement and Attribution
  • Derivatives and Collateral Management Solutions
  • Execution Management Systems
  • Managed Data Services
  • Order Management Systems
  • Outsourcing Solutions
  • Performance Measurement and Attribution Systems
  • Portfolio Analytics Solutions
  • Private Debt
  • Risk Management Systems
  • The Evolving Front Office Support Model
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Trading has become more complex, and traders face greater demands and pressure than ever before. While technology is changing what's possible, it's also changing what's expected of both traders and the systems that they use.

This research discusses current industry trends and market pressures impacting buy-side trading. It also covers today's EMS vendor landscape and how these systems support investment managers. Vendor systems include those provided by Adroit, Bloomberg, Factset (Portware), FlexTrade (FlexTrader), LSEG (TORA), SGX (SGX FX), SS&C Advent (RealTick), State Street (Charles River), TS Imagine (TradeSmart), Trading Technologies (TT), and Virtu (Triton).

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