Corporate actions have traditionally been challenged with overly manual processes and have for many years lagged behind other areas of the pre- and post-trade world in terms of automation and straight-through processing (STP). While full end-to-end automation is in many cases unachievable, or even undesirable, there are major areas of the corporate actions process where technology advancement and different ways of thinking can now play significant roles and may drive the next generation of change at a far greater pace. In this article for Asset Servicing Times, Broadridge's Head of Asset Servicing Product Management, discusses the topic.