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An Industry Perspective: Reference Data Management
It is well understood that Reference Data Management (RDM) is a critical component in supporting the core business processes of financial institutions. What is surprising is the length of time that fundamental RDM issues have remained high on Wall St. CIO agendas without much in the way of real progress being made.
   
   
Payment Processing Industry
Payment Processing, an extremely crucial segment of the financial services industry, has witnessed a dynamic shift from paper to electronic payments in recent years. Checks as a payment instrument has been giving way over last few years to card payments and E-money payments. Volume of e-money transactions by non-banks in 2007 showed a remarkable rise of 40 percent from a year ago.
   
   
Finance & Accounting Outsourcing
Financial services firms have increased emphasis on cost cutting and operational efficiency, driven by the prevailing conditions in global financial markets. One area that has gained attention of both clients and service vendors is outsourcing of Finance and Accounting functions. Clients are driven by the pressures to reduce costs and cut headcounts, and are increasingly accepting the customized service from FAO industry.
   
   
Asset Management Outsourcing Phase - 2 Middle-Office Functions Buyers Perspective
As the financial industry continues to face challenges, FSOkx has identified how recessionary pressures are transforming the asset management industry. The grim economic scenario has pressurized asset management firms to rework their cost structures to gain even the smallest cost advantage opportunity.
   
   
Outsourcing in the Asset Management Industry
Outsourcing of middle-office functions is a growing trend among Asset Management companies. This report by FSOkx is the first part of a two-part report on the topic. It covers the sector from the service provider's perspective. The report talks about the drivers and challenges of the sector, what issues occupy the minds of senior executives, and what trends are transforming it.
   
   
Recruitment Process Outsourcing: Beginning of a Transformation
Companies have always outsourced some of their recruitment activities, but the process is becoming more specialized as competition for the right skill sets intensifies among employers. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), a subset of Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO), is emerging as a favored solution for managing the talent crunch. RPO began in the IT industry, but is now increasing in popularity within the retail, finance and insurance, and engineering sectors as well.
   
   
KPO Trends In Financial Services Sector
Financial services sector is a thriving sector and yet the pressure to exhibit consistent and gainful performance is unrelenting. Business leaders are exploring newer techniques to achieve operational efficiencies.The premise is 'what cannot be achieved by singular in-house efforts can be achieved by delegation of work', which in popular and business parlance is known as outsourcing.
   
   
Reference Data Management Trends and Vendor Overview
In a rapidly growing global economy, financial companies have taken to the M&A way of growing. However, this has saddled companies with unstructured data pertaining to stakeholders, products and services. Without a bridge between disparate data, organizations are left to fend with chunks of information silos. Add to it the challenges posed by compliance regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, anti-money laundering and more recently, MiFID.
   
   
Wealth Manager's take on Outsourcing
This research study is based on a survey conducted by Wipro Technologies and FSO Knowledge Xchange (FSOkx) in late 2007 to understand: * The changing face of the Wealth Management industry in the face of expanding opportunities, greater competition and more demanding customers. * Wealth managers outlook towards outsourcing and visible trends for the future.
   
   
The Rising Rupee - An Outsourcing Perspective
This report studies the impact of the rising Rupee on the outsourcing industry as we know it. India the undisputed market leader so far needs to maintain its competitive edge to prevent its competitors from getting ahead. Already battling concerns like attrition, increasing wage rates and data security concerns, the Rupee rise has given another reason for American companies to think beyond India.
   
   
Financial Services Outsourcing - Big Deals and a Big Boom
This report presents a breakdown of the top financial services outsourcing deals struck between January 2007 and June 2007. The FS Outsourcing research team has tried to analyze the implications of these deals on the overall global financial services outsourcing market. The deals have been segmented based on parameters like the deal size, prominence, coverage and a host of other factors.
   
   
Hedge Funds and the Role of Outsourcing
The report showcases the in-depth study on the stance taken on outsourcing different processes by high-level managers at a variety of institutions that manage or support hedge fund investing. We have based the findings of the report on a survey conducted in March 2007 by FSO Knowledge Xchange (FSOkx) in partnership with global law firm Milbank, consulting services and solutions provider Capco and FAO Research.
   
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