Citco Middle Office Solutions Report - Q1 2025

Demand for outsourced collateral and trade operations support rocketed to record highs in the first quarter of 2025, the latest data from The Citco group of companies’ (Citco) Middle Office Solutions team showed.

9 May 2025 - Amid a switch in market sentiment towards the end of the quarter which saw equity markets retreat from highs, managers accelerated the outsourcing of a variety of middle office functions to Citco to support their future growth.

The quarterly figures showed a 10% climb in collateral margin volumes versus the previous quarter, while there was a 16% jump in trade operations volumes. The number of treasury transactions matched the previous quarter, but the value of those transactions rose 4%.