Middle office
- Japanese
- ミドル・オフィス
- Last reviewed
- September 26, 2026
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The middle office is the part of a financial institution that, independently of the trading units, identifies and reports risk and verifies prices produced by the front office, among other tasks. The risk management function is at its center.
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- Booking Errors and Confirmation Mismatches
- P&L Attribution
- The Client Business Flow
- Trade Capture and Approval
- Daily Valuation and P&L Sign-Off
- Daily Risk Management Operations
- Accounting Operations
- Front-to-Back System Architecture
- Trading System Types and Vendor Examples
- The Three Lines Model
- Limit Frameworks
- Independent Price Verification (IPV)
- Conduct Risk