SYNTHETIC CASE STUDY12,205 TRADES1,465 EXCEPTIONS12.0% EXCEPTION RATE45.0% AUTO-RESOLUTIONMANUAL HOURS -51.1%P95 275 -> 133 MINSLA BREACH 54.1% -> 8.0%CRITICAL CONTROLS STAY HUMANRISK-PRIORITIZED QUEUESYNTHETIC CASE STUDY12,205 TRADES1,465 EXCEPTIONS12.0% EXCEPTION RATE45.0% AUTO-RESOLUTIONMANUAL HOURS -51.1%P95 275 -> 133 MINSLA BREACH 54.1% -> 8.0%CRITICAL CONTROLS STAY HUMANRISK-PRIORITIZED QUEUE

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FINANCE OPERATIONS CASE STUDY

REBALANCING AT SCALE

A synthetic-data study of exception management

Can deterministic, rule-bounded automation and risk-based triage reduce exception-processing bottlenecks during high-volume portfolio rebalancing without automating critical compliance decisions?

Tarun KotagiriAsset & Wealth Management | Investment Operations Analytics

Public sources establish industry relevance. They do not calibrate the synthetic exception rate, staffing assumptions, costs or performance outcomes. The simulation is not an estimate of BlackRock performance.

Public data checked through June 22, 2026.Download analytical workbook

BlackRock Full-Year 2025 Results

BlackRock | Jan. 15, 2026 | public

BlackRock scale and $14 trillion year-end 2025 AUM.

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Aladdin Wealth - Scaled Portfolio Management

BlackRock | Accessed June 22, 2026 | public

Public evidence that high-scale rebalancing and exception-based reviews are relevant portfolio-management capabilities.

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SEC Finalizes Rules to Reduce Risks in Clearance and Settlement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Feb. 15, 2023 | public

T+1 settlement, end-of-trade-date institutional processing and straight-through-processing context.

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DTCC Accelerated Settlement

DTCC | Accessed June 22, 2026 | public

Same-day matching, settlement compression, manual SSI risk and automation context.

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Same-Day Matching Rates and T+1 Readiness

DTCC | July 18, 2025 | public

Public discussion of manual processing, errors, trade failures and delayed settlement.

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BlackRock Aladdin Discover

BlackRock | Accessed June 22, 2026 | public

Public context concerning integrated workflows, scalable architecture, controls and AI-driven exception handling.

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Portfolio Rebalancing Exception Management - Synthetic Model

Project artifact | June 22, 2026 | synthetic-project

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Dataset design, assumptions, methodology, exception taxonomy, queue simulation, sensitivity analysis and reported outcomes.

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