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Target Operating Model (TOM) Design

Front-to-back investment operating model.

Designing the future-state organizational structure, processes, and technology interactions for a wealth management firm undergoing platform or business transformation.

Market demand
42%
How under-taught it is
75%
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Applies to✓ Wealth✓ Asset mgmt· Banking· Payments
Asset

Front-to-back investment operating model.

Wealth

Advice delivery and service tiers.

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Why generic courses miss it: Wealth-specific TOM components: front-office workflow, middle-office data ops, and back-office custody.

Where the workflow breaks:
  • Wealth-specific TOM components: front-office workflow, middle-office data ops, and back-office custody
  • Sequencing technology changes with organizational design changes in advisor-facing firms
  • TOM validation and gap analysis against current-state process maps
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