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Metrics deep-dive · Choosing primary vs guardrail metrics

You own the operations dashboard for a fund administration business. Pick your primary operational health metric and the guardrails around it.

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Primary metric: aged unresolved reconciliation breaks — position and cash differences between the accounting books, custodian, and administrator that remain open past their resolution window.…

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