TowerGroup Research Reports

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Case Study: State Bank of India, World's Largest Centralized Core Processing Implementation By: TowerGroup The State Bank of India (SBI), the largest and oldest bank in India, had computerized its branches in the 1990s, but it was losing market share to private-sector banks that had implemented more modern centralized \| more... Search inside this report	2/2/2009	$1,750.00
Go or No Go: The Status of Buy-Side Back-Office Projects in 2009 By: TowerGroup Investment managers are reevaluating their 2009 back-office projects in light of shrinking revenues, compliance with anticipated regulatory changes, and global expansion efforts. TowerGroup expects investment managers to move ahead with reference data and counterparty \| more... Search inside this report	2/2/2009	$1,750.00
"Green New Deal": FSIs Grapple with Environmental ,Regulation and Risk Management The By: TowerGroup In 2009, economic woes notwithstanding, a series of environmental regulations will begin that will affect all US industries, including financial services, over the next decade. Environmental regulation will generate incremental costs and risks that \| more... Search inside this report	1/26/2009	$1,750.00
Lease or Buy? Why US Banks Are Asking This Question in the Contact Center By: TowerGroup As US banks struggle to achieve a balance between conserving capital and continuing innovation, they are increasingly choosing software as a service (SaaS) applications to bridge the gap. Banks' number of hosted contact center \| more... Search inside this report	1/19/2009	$1,750.00
Insurance Personal Lines E-Commerce: What Do Consumers Really Want, and Is It Being Delivered? By: TowerGroup The key imperative for personal lines Web sites should be to provide customers, both new and current, with consistent points of access through multiple channels for new business quotes, account access, and claims reporting. \| more... Search inside this report	1/19/2009	$1,750.00
Risk Governance for Life Insurers: The Self-Help Plan for a Recovering Industry By: TowerGroup Many life insurers, like their banking cohorts, have taken on too much risk too quickly, while overextending their geographic and product reach and paying little attention to the impact of managing long-term risk. Senior \| more... Search inside this report	1/19/2009	$1,750.00
Teller Automation Vendors: Targeting the Top-Tier Banks in the United States By: TowerGroup TowerGroup estimates that the US market for refreshed teller automation technology, including hardware, software, and professional services, will grow from $152 million (USD) in 2008 to $160 million in 2009 and then decline to $154 \| more... Search inside this report	1/12/2009	$1,750.00
The Silver Lining to the Cloud in the Commoditization of Payments By: TowerGroup The changes that the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) initiative requires of banks are much more fundamental than the introduction of new rules and standards. Banks in Europe have underinvested in payments technology \| more... Search inside this report	1/12/2009	$1,750.00
Repairing the Holes in Basel II By: TowerGroup Financial regulators have revisited the Basel II Accord with indecent haste to strengthen its resilience in a reactive response to the global financial crisis. Adoption of a robustly reconstituted Basel II by the major \| more... Search inside this report	1/12/2009	$1,750.00
Cost Basis Technology for Broker-Dealers: Build, Buy, or Both? By: TowerGroup The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, signed into law in October 2008, requires broker-dealers to track and report cost basis starting in 2011, changing what has been a value-added service into a significant regulatory burden. \| more... Search inside this report	1/12/2009	$1,750.00
Online Brokerage in North America: A Flight to Safety? By: TowerGroup Although North American online broker-dealers reported significant numbers of new accounts in September and October 2008, most of these accounts were traded back and forth within the online brokerage industry. TowerGroup finds that a \| more... Search inside this report	1/12/2009	$1,750.00
Technology for Mortgage Default Management: Concrete Options to Resolve Record Delinquencies By: TowerGroup The risk of litigation by mortgage investors is one factor discouraging servicers from pursuing loan modifications more aggressively; a safe harbor provision to help prevent lawsuits would encourage servicers to offer modifications in more cases. \| more... Search inside this report	1/12/2009	$1,750.00
Two Things That Could Make Matters Worse for the US P&C Insurance Industry By: TowerGroup The US property and casualty insurance industry has been in a four-year soft market that is now rendering unacceptable financial results, and carriers must take action. Historically, carriers have taken large, broad-brush price increases \| more... Search inside this report	1/5/2009	$1,750.00
How Global Are US Asset Managers? Not Much! By: TowerGroup US asset managers must go global in the face of rising competition in the United States, the additional US investors directing assets to passive strategies, and the enormous opportunity for professional money management in foreign \| more... Search inside this report	1/5/2009	$1,750.00
Risk Is Out, Safety Is In: Central Clearing for Credit Derivatives By: TowerGroup Regulators and securities industry participants are eager to implement a mechanism that clears credit default swaps (CDSs). Improving counterparty risk management mechanisms and reducing opacity in the credit default swap market are the main \| more... Search inside this report	1/5/2009	$1,750.00
Let's Get Physical: Challenges of Trading Physical By: TowerGroup As an asset class, physical energy commodities are intriguing to broker-dealers because of their volatility and the opportunity they afford to trade financial contracts as well as the underlying physical good. Trading of "physicals" \| more... Search inside this report	1/5/2009	$1,750.00
Pricing Optimization: A Financial Institution's Guide to Choosing an Implementation Method By: TowerGroup In TowerGroup's recent survey of top financial service institutions (FSIs) that are adopting pricing optimization, early adopters noted benefits such as 10-20% improved profit margins on portfolios using the technology and enhanced pricing precision. \| more... Search inside this report	1/5/2009	$1,750.00
The Urgent Need for Pervasive Performance Management in 2009: Linking Strategy and Execution By: TowerGroup 2009 promises to be a difficult year for financial services institutions (FSIs), which will remain under pressure to shore up profits through revenue generation and increased operational efficiency. The real-time or near real-time reporting \| more... Search inside this report	12/22/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in European Consumer Banking By: TowerGroup The global financial crisis has brought Europe to a crossroads that will determine the speed of integration of its financial system with long-term implications for the cost and availability of consumer finance. Consumer banking \| more... Search inside this report	12/22/2008	$1,750.00
There Will Be Blood: US Financial Services Trends and IT Spending in 2009 and Beyond By: TowerGroup TowerGroup estimates overall US financial services technology spending will decline 3.7% between 2008 and 2009 as firms scrap ineffectual projects and delay new investments until 2010. Cost cutting born of desperation may permanently cripple \| more... Search inside this report	12/22/2008	$1,750.00
Looking to Contain Costs and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Green IT Investments Can Help with Both By: TowerGroup Although financial services institutions (FSIs) have always had altruistic reasons to adopt green initiatives, cost savings will be their primary focus through 2010. Establishing a factual carbon dioxide (C02) baseline creates the foundation of \| more... Search inside this report	12/22/2008	$1,750.00
Teller Automation Vendors: Targeting the Top-Tier Banks in the United States By: TowerGroup TowerGroup estimates that the US market for refreshed teller automation technology, including hardware, software, and professional services, will grow from $152 million (USD) in 2008 to $160 million in 2009 and then decline to $154 \| more... Search inside this report	12/22/2008	$1,750.00
The Global Credit Crisis as a Catalyst for SEPA By: TowerGroup The credit crisis has undoubtedly changed the banking landscape forever; it has also called into doubt the vision of a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). TowerGroup estimates that the banks are already significantly behind \| more... Search inside this report	12/15/2008	$1,750.00
Peeking Under the TARP: Implications of Cost Basis Reporting for Brokers and Investment Managers By: TowerGroup The Troubled Assets Relief Program, signed into law in October 2008, includes a provision requiring broker-dealers and investment managers to track and report the cost basis of individual customers' securities. Handling complex transactions such \| more... Search inside this report	12/15/2008	$1,750.00
Canada Cancels Image-Based Check Clearing: Mission Accomplished? By: TowerGroup The Canadian Payments Association's ambitious check imaging plan involved transitioning its paper payments industry to digital for clearing purposes on an aggressive schedule. Check processing operations having been consolidated at six regional exchange points \| more... Search inside this report	12/15/2008	$1,750.00
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