Consultancy

Market Drivers

• An evolving industry – undergoing rapid transformation
• Increasing regulation - Initiatives such as Basel II, etc.
• Globalization - heavier trade volumes and 24/7 operations
• Instrument Commoditization – less margins, sophisticated instruments, more competitive pricing.

Business Drivers

• Revenue growth - to increase revenues with less margins
• Risk management – more stringent regulations and to manage risk early
• Cost control – In particular banks seek to:

• Keep headcount low – run processes more effectively by managing exceptions.
• Increase productivity – enable existing staff to work more efficiently
• Decrease system costs – by using efficient systems to reduce deployment costs.

• Analytics – Analysis of the market, history, etc. to decide on the price in the competitive market

What we can do?

• Review of existing processes
• Gap analysis
• Revision of existing processes
• Development of new processes
• Implementation of modified/ new processes

The benefit to the clients

• Better processes
• Globally standard practices
• Adequate internal controls
• Compliance facilitation
• Achieving the market and business goals/ drivers
• Alignment of IT strategy with business strategy