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• If You Build It, Will They Come?

  BNET - 2004-03-26

  From the executive summary: ‘With affluent investors and growing fortunes dangling in front of them, firms need to parlay their wealth-management technologies into a winning lineup. Yet, instead of turning to their tried-and-true technology departments to help them win the game, many firms are hoping that outsourcing and vendor partners...

  Tags: CMP Media, Outsourcing, Team Management, Games, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Personal Technology, Finance

• A Risky Operation

  BNET - 2003-11-17

  According to a survey from software-solutions provider Trema, which interviewed 100 asset managers and found more than 50 percent ranked reduction of operational risk as of medium to high importance. Only five percent said it was not. It is not surprising operational risk has jumped to the forefront. A spate...

  Tags: Risk, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CMP Media, Corporate Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Law, Regulations, Asset Management, Strategy, Security, Business Operations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Operational Planning, Management

• It's Innovation That Counts

  BNET - 2003-10-01

  From the executive summary: ‘Alignment between IT and business-side executives may sound basic, but CIOs and financial executives alike see it as the key to getting emerging-technology initiatives approved, funded, and rolled out. ROI and total cost of ownership are still the tools of the trade, but they should not...

  Tags: Innovation, CMP Media, Executive, Roi/Tco, Leadership, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management

• Options Markets Hold Hidden Dangers

  BNET - 2003-07-17

  The article talks about a product that gives a firm an edge by looking at the options market, in addition to stock prices and fundamentals, to assess the future credit risk of firms it follows. It does this by using a proprietary model called Credit Option Adjusted Spread COAS. The...

  Tags: CMP Media, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance

• Getting Them To Stay When You Can't Pay

  BNET - 2003-07-17

  From the executive summary: ‘In a tough market, where pay freezes have been in effect for up to two years, technology budgets have been cut to the core, and comrades have been laid off, what's a CIO to do? How does he or she keep staff motivated and productive during...

  Tags: CMP Media, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Surviving Sarbanes-Oxley

  BNET - 2003-06-01

  From the executive summary: ‘True business value comes from strengthening finance, accounting, and performance-management processes. The goal of Sarbanes-Oxley Act is to force companies to think about their response to internal and external pressures and to provide checks and balances on the response. If business processes and disclosure practices are...

  Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CMP Media, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• Financial Management: Merge Ahead

  BNET - 2002-09-01

  From the executive summary: ‘Throughout the merger or acquisition process, challenges arise across all areas of the company, many of which depend on information systems. Competitive environments mandate that the deal be done quickly and correctly. CIOs and their IT departments can take the opportunity to become stakeholders in the...

  Tags: Financial, CMP Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Financial Planning, Management

• Diversity Training For Your Dollars

  BNET - 2002-04-01

  From the executive summary: ‘It has been seen that larger gains are available from investments in obscure or emerging countries, where the main risks stem from local conditions rather than the state of the global economy or global financial markets. Diversifying into these seemingly unstable markets can actually lower the...

  Tags: Risk, CMP Media, Training, Financial Accounting, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management

• How To Do The Right Thing

  BNET - 2002-02-01

  The article talks about the most of the people who want to act ethically, but corporate incentives and group dynamics can lead them astray. They need accountability and transparency. Creating and sustaining an ethical corporation is not as difficult as one might think; it is actually easier than some of...

  Tags: CMP Media, Accountability, Financial Accounting, Business Ethics, Finance, Leadership, Management

• Banks Hampered By Lack Of Customer Data, Study Finds

  BNET - 2002-01-02

  Although many financial institutions can analyze profitability at the organizational and product levels, the inability to adequately mine customer accounts has kept them from incorporating consumer behavior into these calculations, according to a study. The study gathered market intelligence on such topics as the financial institutions' use of profitability technologies...

  Tags: Bank, Financial, Financial Company, CMP Media, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance