In order to keep pace with the evolution of the trading desk, buy-side traders are all set to adopt innovative ways to trade traditional assets classes; new listed derivatives and structured products, electronically.
With continuous changes in the banking business environment and the ever-growing competition in the financial services sector, technology and innovation are domains where banks can create opportunities and pose threats.
2010 started with the recovery in process, with financial institutions focusing heavily on risk management to evade any further shocks to themselves and the financial industry.
Vendors give high importance to pre-trade analytics before providing trading tools to the investment community. Although it has become a key part of buy-side’s checklist, it is more of a sell-side marketing tool.
With the recovery of the global economy, financial services firms are struggling hard to sustain themselves. Pressures to achieve immediate and measurable cost reduction are leading financial services firms to outsource an increasing number of processes. Procurement processes are no longer an exception.
In addition to relationships with employees, suppliers and customers, companies need to effectively manage relationships with their outsourcing providers.
The wide range of new regulations after the financial crisis have given way to an emergence of convoluted anti-money laundering (AML) technologies, which have become a necessity to comply with these regulations.
Quarter 1, 2010 not only witnessed escalations in Merger and Acquisition deals but also improved confidence levels of financial firms in economic stability.
Like many other verticals, the financial services industry has also witnessed an explosive growth in its social media marketing activities in the recent past.
In recent days, comments from senior officials and experts have painted a positive outlook for the U.S. economy, but doubts still remain about the strength of the US recovery.
Finance industry executives and investment bankers expect that M&A activities in 2010 rise be roughly the same or slightly above 2009 levels, as investors are likely to remain conservative and risk averse as the global economy recovers slowly.
As the markets enter the first earnings season of 2010, economic indicators from across the world paint a mixed picture as far as the economic recovery is concerned.
“Savings” – a word frequently quoted and synonymous with the economic stability of a country, is gaining popularity among corporates and influencing their decisions.