Total Portfolio View: The Real Cost of the "Almost Integrated" Portfolio Stack
Summary
Most buy-side firms have integrated technology stacks, but integration alone does not create a true total portfolio view. As data moves between systems, discrepancies, and latency emerge. A unified front-to-back platform provides real-time portfolio visibility, enabling better cash management, oversight, decision-precision, and, ultimately, performance.
Kristoffer Furst
Kristoffer Fürst is the General Manager, Front Office at Arcesium, responsible for go-to-market, product, and technology for the Front Office division. Kristoffer founded Limina, the cloud-native P/OMS acquired by Arcesium in 2026, which he led as founder/CEO for over a decade. Before Limina, he spent his career in trading automation, front-office risk, and quantitative development across fixed income and derivatives at Handelsbanken and Brummer & Partners.
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