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Bank Austria - A Decade's Experience With Mergers
Within the newly formed Group that arose from the two big Austrian banks there were, as can be expected, two completely different worlds in place in terms of systems, processes and products. Bank Austria Group management was kept up-to date with briefings and reports on how the project was progressing....
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial services, Accenture Ltd., decision-making, bank, vision, merger
Case studies
Communication, Decision-Making And The Optimal Degree Of Transparency Of Monetary Policy Committees
This paper develops a theoretical model of dynamic decision-making of a monetary policy committee with heterogeneous members. It investigates the optimal transparency, and the optimal way of transmitting information of committees, by analysing the effects different communication strategies have on financial markets. It is shown that the communication strategy of...
Tags: Decision-making, Committee, Deutsche Bundesbank, Tools & Techniques, Financial Services, Management
White papers 2008-02-11
Risk Management In Strategic Decision Making
Risk management is not new. Insurance companies have been doing it for centuries. Unfortunately, they do not have an exemplary track record, as losses over the past decade have shown. Some risks have been badly managed and others completely overlooked. However, the industry's position has been changing rapidly over the...
Tags: Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial services, SECURITY, Towers Perrin, risk management, risk analysis, insurance, analysis, industry, information technology
White papers 2007-03-01
Risk Decision Making: Whose Call Is It?
A decision-maker will to some degree always apply his or her own personal risk tolerance to a decision. Consequently, if security leadership has been empowered to make major risk decisions, they should try very hard to be as aware as possible of business management's risk tolerances. If security leadership isn't...
Tags: Strategy, tolerance, business management, decision-making, security
White papers 2007-01-01
Risk Management Is A Fundamental Component Of The Decision-Making Processes Of Dongbu Insurance
Risk management is a fundamental component of the decision-making processes of Dongbu Insurance. In fact, the Company's risk management system is integral to all business operations. In line with the Company's risk-management principles, relevant risks are constantly monitored, assessed, and controlled. The Risk Management Committee serves as the Company's decision-making...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Financial services, Strategy, SECURITY, risk management, decision-making, risk
White papers 2006-09-19
Governance Structures and Decision-Making Roles in Inflation-Targeting Central Banks
This paper surveys decision-making roles of governing bodies of central banks that have formally adopted inflation targeting as a monetary framework. Governance practices seek to balance institutional independence needed for monetary policy credibility with accountability required to protect democratic values. Central bank laws usually have price stability as the primary...
Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Tools & Techniques, Financial services, IMF, inflation, decision-making, bank, accountability, survey
White papers 2005-09-01
Real-Time Event Management in Financial Markets
Competition, regulatory changes and market volatility necessitate extremely sophisticated decision making tools for financial institutions to thrive in this complex marketplace. Further, the data volumes that are generated in real-time (e.g., market data) or need to be analyzed (reference data, historical data) have also increased significantly. Today's market needs the...
Tags: Financial accounting, Engineering, GemStone, financial company, algorithm, financial market, financial, analytics, decision-making
White papers 2005-09-01
A Call for Participatory Decision-Making: Discussion Paper on World Bank-Civil Society Engagement
This paper explores the opportunities for more meaningful, empowering forms of participation in World Bank decision-making. First, it examines the challenges of improving public participation in the Bank's institutional governance, and in its operations at global, national, and local levels. Then, it proposes a set of principles and a framework...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Free trade, World Bank Group, World Bank, decision-making, bank, board
White papers 2005-06-15
Navigating Growth in Emerging Markets: Six Rules for Improving Decision-Making Between Corporate and Local Leadership
Multinational corporations MNCs are scouring the globe for growth, and increasingly they are finding it in emerging markets. Real GDP is forecast to rise three times faster in Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRICs" economies) than in the leading developed nations over the next six years - about six...
Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Marakon Associates, emerging market, Brazil, Russia, gross domestic product, beverage, decision-making, leadership, banking, sales
White papers 2005-02-07
Decision-Making in the Digital Age
The amount of information produced by private equity investing can be overwhelming, for the firms themselves and for existing and prospective investors. Private equity investing is undoubtedly a data-intensive activity. Yet most firms and their investors do not have adequate systems in place to convert all that information into knowledge...
Tags: Investment, Financial services, private equity, investor, decision-making, knowledge, industry
White papers 2004-07-01
Capital Market Overview
Broadly defined, risk budgeting is a framework for discussing the many different forms of risk facing institutional investors. It also is an investment "buzzword" that is often overused or misused by the institutional investment community. It has multiple meanings and may be germane to many different investment decision-making processes. This...
Tags: Financial services, Investment, budgeting, capital market, investor
White papers 2004-04-12
New Ranking of Decision-Making Subject Areas for Corporate Real Estate Executives
This study is among the first to uncover specific concepts and skills critical to the general corporate real estate executive. The research targeted a broad range of U.S. and international corporate real estate executives in positions to know the requirements for their assignment. The results rank the three most important...
Tags: Financial services, Cal State Fullerton College of Business and Economics, corporate real estate, decision-making, analysis, tool
White papers 2003-01-01
Financial Accounting: Tools For Business Decision Making
This white paper gives the fundamental meaning of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP apart from stating the objective of financial reporting. There are three qualitative characteristics of accounting information and all the three are defined here. This paper further identifies the two constraints in accounting—materiality and conservatism and brings out...
Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Cash Flow Statement, financial accounting, income statement, accounting, GAAP, financial reporting, decision-making, financial, income, equity, tool
Presentations 2003-01-01
Integrating Risk and Value for Improved Decision Making
The increasingly competitive and constantly changing nature of the financial services industry is beginning to drive many insurance companies to move beyond traditional profitability measures to more sophisticated value models based on cash flows and modern portfolio theory. At the same time, increased volatility in the global financial markets has...
Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, Strategy, SECURITY, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, risk management, insurance company, volatility, financial market, financial service, decision-making, insurance, analysis, financial, industry
White papers 2003-01-01
Decision Making in Financial Services
Securities are constrained from serving this loan market, however, by the prospective borrower’s limited capital, growth issues, and/or historical performance. The main focus is upon loans which must involve a serious decision making w.r.t. financial services.
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Financial services, decision-making, financial service, performance, security
White papers 2001-10-01

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Prudential Delivers Comprehensive Voluntary Benefits Strategies and Services Designed to Enhance Overall Client Experience
Poised to implement expanded enrollment online tools and services in time for 2008 annual enrollment NEWARK, N.J. -- As the role and importance of voluntary benefits continues to grow, with increased cost implications for both employers and their employees, Prudential Financial, Inc.'s (NYSE:PRU) Group Insurance business announced today...
Articles 2008-06-23
Deloitte: IT Takes Two to Tango
A Deloitte report released today reveals that IT departments in Canada's financial services industry need a stronger, more strategic voice at the decision-making table to be considered true partners to the business. In particular, the alignment between IT and the business enables constructive discussions on ways to reduce costs, improve...
Articles 2008-06-17
Longtop Announces Analytical Customer Relationship Management Solution for a Big Four Bank in China
XIAMEN, China, June 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Longtop Financial Technologies Limited ("Longtop") , a leading software developer and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, today announced it is developing a customized Analytical Customer Relationship Management ACRM solution for a Big Four Bank client in China. The...
Articles 2008-06-16
ERP Software helps control costs and manage risk
Featuring embedded workflows that automate business processes, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 helps growing multi-site organizations streamline processes, reduce operational costs, manage compliance, and drive informed decision-making. Shared services functionality facilitates management of complex financial and supply chain processes, while planning and reporting scenarios are offered through integration with Microsoft Office...
Articles 2008-06-12
IBM Unveils InfoSphere Change Data Capture Software to Help Clients Make Timely Business Decisions via Real-Time Data Analysis
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced InfoSphereChange Data Capture, new software that allows organizations to react fasterto changing business conditions, improve response time and access the mostcurrent information for decision-making. Having up-to-the-minute information has never been more critical. Retailersneed it to stock store shelves and satisfy shoppers, manufacturers need itto maintain...
Articles 2008-06-03
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