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Industrializing IT - Creating a More Efficient IT Model for Investment Banks

The paper highlights that investment banks spend twice as much on information technology IT as their commercial and retail counterparts on a revenue percentage basis. The perception is that the higher IT costs result from the information-intensive and technology-dependent nature of the industry. The reality is global investment banks do...

Tags: Strategy, Accenture Ltd., information technology, IT cost, industry

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VCs are not Degenerate Risk Takers (plus GEM and GolfServ)

One of the most prevalent mistakes early stage entrepreneurs make is to totally and completely miscalculate the role of venture capital in their business aspirations. This column looks at current trends in venture capital, profile some Chicago-area companies, and get the inside skinny from Chicago-area investors. Speaking of early stage...

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Investment, venture capital, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, investor

White papers 2003-05-31

United States: The Perfect 401(k) - A (K)oncept Plan

This article will stimulate thought by many sponsors. Most of these ideas will not fit every employer. However, heed the admonition from a twelve-step support group and "take what you can use and leave the rest". These concepts lead to desirable outcomes if the participants do little to affirmatively control...

Tags: 401(k), Retirement plans, Investment, 401(k) plan

White papers 2003-04-15

Barclays Private Equity in Financial Services

Over recent months the financial services sector has been faced with major changes to the regulatory framework, an insurance industry in a state of flux following the US terrorist attacks and subdued M&A and equity markets activity. Deals have nonetheless continued, including a number of private equity transactions led by...

Tags: Financial services, Investment, Barclays Plc., private equity, investment banking, terrorist attack, M&A, financial, financial service, equity, marketing, job

White papers 2002-06-07

Hedge Funds: Bubble or New Paradigm?

To some, hedge fund investing is a bubble, to others absolute return strategies is a New Paradigm in asset management. Reality is probably somewhere in between. On one hand expectations of high positive absolute returns from hedge funds when equity markets fall are probably too exaggerated. On the other hand,...

Tags: Investment, Financial services, hedge fund, bubble, asset management, equity, asset, strategy

White papers 2001-11-21

Additional Resources

Tata Communications Expands Connectivity to Africa

Launches MPLS, IP, IPLC and Ethernet Services with South Africa's Neotel, Facilitates Growth of Telecom in Region SINGAPORE -- Tata Communications (NYSE:TCL), a leading provider of the new world of communications, announced today the further expansion of its network reach into Africa through an arrangement with Neotel, South...

Articles 2008-06-10

Michael Budnick Joins Dynamic Energy Capital

What will it actually take to make renewableenergy a global reality? The answer matters to every one of us, more sotoday than ever before. "One answer is, major government and institutional investments," saidMichael Budnick, the newly recruited Executive VP of National Sales for Dynamic Energy Capital , aglobal...

Articles 2008-06-10

U.S. science policy needs to heed global realities

I have just returned from Singapore and Shanghai, where I visited life science research sites at universities, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and Singapore's Biopolis. These institutions, and the government support behind them, invite complex reflections on the situation in the United States. The United States is home to academic,...

Articles 2008-06-07

The risks when investing in properties overseas

LATELY, I've been barraged with a particular question on property: folks want to know what I think about investing in properties overseas. I know where these people are coming from. They've seen the advertisements in the media - both on the television and in the newspapers -...

Articles 2008-06-01

Buy New! Buy Now! The Building Industry Association Launches Advertising Campaign to Encourage Those Sitting on the Sidelines to Buy a New Home Now

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. -- Read today's headlines and you'll likely get conflicting messages about the real estate market. Today's homebuyer is confused and, more often than not, waiting on the sidelines to see how the housing market unfolds. But by doing nothing, many homebuyers waiting for prices to...

Articles 2008-05-22

MGIC Investment Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.025 Per Share

MILWAUKEE, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation's Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.025 per share. The dividend is payable June 16, 2008, to shareholders of record on May 27, 2008. About MGIC Investment Corp. MGIC (http://www.mgic.com/),...

Articles 2008-05-15

WiMax could bring dramatic changes, wherever you are; As consortium works to blanket U.S., could connected 'toasters, TVs and car keys' be next?(Digital)

Byline: ABBEY KLAASSEN Wimax sounds like something Neo would use to communicate back to Morpheus in "The Matrix.'' In reality, it could bring a decidedly sci-fi experience to everyday living. And thanks to a group of high-profile backers, the fledgling technology is coming...

Articles 2008-05-12

Keep investment costs under control

High investment costs remain out of sight and out of mind when overall returns are strong. Why sweat decimal points when basking in 20 percent gains? But when returns turn meager or slide downward, as they have in 2008, hefty expenses become visible and painful. ...

Articles 2008-05-11

Solar bubble to burst in 2009 due to excess supply

A new study forecasts a slowdown in the worldwide solar-energy industry over the next few years as supply outstrips demand. A Lux Research review shows that oversupply of solar modules will hit next year. The industry has been on an upward roll...

Articles 2008-05-09

Winning gifts; make your donors feel like winners

Winning gifts; make your donors feel like winners. Wilson, Thomas D. John Wiley & Sons 2008 316 pages $34.95 Hardcover HV31 Consultant Wilson, whose specialization includes fundraising techniques, advocates a people-centered approach that takes...

Articles 2008-05-01

Don't spend money; save it: the Bush administration wants us to spend our way out of recession, but that won't benefit the national economy any more than it would improve our household budget

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Somehow it always comes down to economics. In good times, the politicians play and play, and everyone figures that there is nothing that could go wrong. Suddenly we are all looking at the reality of recession. Investment is falling. The externals are even scarier: dollar and...

Articles 2008-04-28

Nortel Virtualization Solution Simplifies Network for Instant, Secure Launch of Unified Communications

Enterprises' ability to realize every last dollar from their network investments by instantly adding new services the moment they are needed is now a reality with a new network virtualization solution from Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT). Nortel's virtualization solution makes it possible for the many previously separated elements within enterprise...

Articles 2008-04-28

Leading Global Macroeconomics Firm - RGE Monitor - Opens Office in Asia; Appoints Douglas A. Jaffe to Spearhead Efforts

NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- RGE Monitor.com RGE, a global economic and financial analysis firm founded by world-renowned economist Dr. Nouriel Roubini, announced today that it has opened an office in Hong Kong, building on the company's growing success in the Asia-Pacific region. This is RGE's first...

Articles 2008-04-21

Better safe than sari?

Fashion At some point in our lives, most of us will suffer from a style syndrome best described as "holiday hangover". Blame it on the heat, blame it on the cocktails, but during our time abroad, traditional local fashions - be it hippie-chick sarongs in Bali or...

Articles 2008-04-20

Safe as houses? Don't you believe it

THE ANALYST This week, I am departing from the usual topic of fund reviews to take a look at the housing market, which has major implications for UK investors. Rising house prices make people feel richer (although I don't think this is at all...

Articles 2008-04-19