Posts Tagged ‘capital markets’

Understanding your clients is paramount. The more you know about them, the more effective you can be at winning their business. For the fifth year in a row, Gartner reports that business intelligence (BI) and analytics has remained the number one priority for financial services companies. In fact, the research firm forecasts that the BI […]

We periodically take a closer look at the trending topics we are seeing in the financial services based on the work we are doing with clients, and the conversations we are having with industry leaders. According to Gartner, growth is the number one goal among senior-level executives in the financial services industry. How can they […]

The American Financial Technology Awards were announced on Monday evening in New York. A full-write up of the award winners will be forthcoming, but here is the list of the leaders in financial technology for 2015: Best Global Deployment – Nomura Securities Best Risk Management Initiative – Citadel Best Analytics Initiative – The Northern Trust […]

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) is responsible for protecting retail investors and assessing market-wide risks, but now is shifting its attention also toward figuring out how to leverage data analytics to identify potential for illegal trading activities, conflicts of interest or other misconduct, according to a recent article by ThinkAdvisor, Compliance Data Analytics: Do […]

Compliance has become a strategic and executive-level imperative for financial services organizations. Capturing data to meet regulatory requirements in reporting, risk management, and compliance is timely, expensive and challenging because it requires gathering, enhancing, and reporting the required data from multiple data sources. Thomson Reuters’ sixth annual “Cost of Compliance” study was just released this past […]

If you had not heard about the latest NFL scandal with the New England Patriots leading up to the biggest football game of the season (the Super Bowl) surely you did during some of the coverage of the game. National news took time out of their normally depressing nightly news to cover the latest developments in Deflategate. I’ll preface […]

Digital has permeated almost every facet of our lives as consumers in an “always on” connected world. In fact, it’s even impacted how we, as a company, serve our clients across industries based on their top priorities and challenges to better reach and serve their customer base – and the financial services industry is no exception. Over on our new […]

There will undoubtedly be a wide range of financial services predictions and banking trends that will surface throughout the year which will make planning your organization’s top priorities in 2015 increasingly difficult. However, one thing is certain – risk and compliance continues to move to the top of the executive’s agenda. As financial institutions continue to experience an onslaught of cybersecurity threats, […]

The clock is ticking as we are fast approaching the end of 2014 and are already focused on what’s ahead in 2015. Before we take a jump ahead into the next calendar year, I thought I’d give readers a look back at some of the great content produced this past year. Visit our Thought Leadership section […]

The role of corporate finance in financial services firms has evolved as the demands for balancing growth, regulatory compliance and risk management become increasingly important. According to CFO Magazine and an AlixPartners survey, 71 percent of finance executives polled said their companies need to have access to more robust business information. What’s driving this demand? Firms must be able […]

New market forces and key drivers have forced financial services companies to redefine the way they do business with consumers and corporate clients. To enable long-term competitiveness, firms are thinking about new ways of thinking, innovation and executing winning business and technology strategies around: growth and profitability, new business models, risk management and efficiency and […]

Banking organizations continue to face a changing regulatory landscape. Compliance failures can result in stiff financial penalties and reputational damage that can negatively impact an organization. Some bankers may view compliance as a necessary evil. An opposing point of view is that regulatory exercises are an opportunity to achieve organizational growth.  While most organizations are focusing on improving the efficiency, […]