Contributor: Alfred Sanders
Corporate finance organizations are facing unparalleled pressure to improve operations. To be competitive, they’re looking to better manage the financial supply chain, integrate and standardize processes, achieve a return on technology investments, and manage risk while improving margins and reducing costs. ... read more
Contributor: Paul Tiede
The U.S. healthcare reforms mandate new consumer exchanges that can affect consumer purchasing trends. Recent reports indicate that consumers will evaluate healthcare options independently from employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) plans. These trends indicate a shift away from ESIs to exchanges providing choice, convenience and affordability. Many consumers will also evaluate ESIs against new exchanges, as most lower-income and part-time workers will engage public or private exchanges.... read more
Contributor: Alfred Sanders
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) standards requirement contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act has been largely overlooked in light of other priorities contained in the law. Yet, it is potentially a change that will require a significant amount of system and data changes for the industry. LEIs are a new concept that would provide industry regulators with additional transparency and risk management of exposure by being able to match open positions of individual legal entities across multiple market participants.... read more
Contributor: John Avery
In recent years, Brazil has carved out a position as one of the ten largest economies in the world, with an investment grade credit rating on its sovereign debt and expectations of sustainable, long-term growth. In fact, it’s been widely reported that Brazil has become the sixth largest economy in the world, surpassing the UK for the first time. All of this sustained growth comes at a price to the banks and other large capital markets players in Brazil who are trying to manage the ever increasing costs of running their IT and operations departments. A significant driver of this growth and demand for IT and operations efficiency is the continued flow of foreign capital into Brazil.... read more
Contributor: Mark Gialo
Financial services firms rely on different technology products to support their business. A retail brokerage franchise may require specialized products for client onboarding, trade surveillance, and back-office accounting. A capital markets firm may require specialized products for credit risk and securities lending. The systems they choose play a specific part in a larger enterprise technology infrastructure, which may contain proprietary applications comingled with vendor solutions.... read more
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