TowerGroup Research Reports

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The US Mortgage Banking Crisis: Ripple Effects and Global Realities By: TowerGroup The US subprime mortgage crisis developed from a perfect storm of the Federal Reserve's loose policy on interest rates, skyrocketing home prices, and easy money provided by investment banks and money center banks. The \| more... Search inside this report	12/15/2008	$1,750.00
Technology Providers and Professional Services: Going Broad, Going Deep By: TowerGroup Financial services institutions (FSIs) will look to vendors for more services and greater depth of expertise as the financial services industry transforms through 2012. FSIs must be vigilant during times of vendor consolidation to clearly \| more... Search inside this report	12/8/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses and IT Initiatives in European Securities & Investments By: TowerGroup Government and financial regulators will establish principles adapted from the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement to govern global financial markets, and the principles will form the basis of conduct in global capital markets for the foreseeable \| more... Search inside this report	12/8/2008	$1,750.00
Not Your Father's Rolodex, Part 1: An Overview of CRM for Institutional Securities Firms By: TowerGroup Declining business conditions and upheaval in employment are making effective customer relationship management (CRM) in the securities industry more difficult now than at any time in this decade, yet more important. CRM applications must \| more... Search inside this report	12/8/2008	$1,750.00
Not Your Father's Rolodex, Part 2: CRM Vendors Focused on Institutional Securities Firms By: TowerGroup CRM providers have to demonstrate their expertise in the securities industry before prospective clients will take a closer look at the technology architecture, deployment options, and ability to integrate with third-party applications. No single \| more... Search inside this report	12/8/2008	$1,750.00
Risk Management in Offshore Outsourcing for Financial Services: Relearning Lessons of Global Unrest By: TowerGroup Just when financial services institutions (FSIs) are busy coping with the liquidity crisis and unprecedented market volatility, the political risks of an uncertain world reenter the spotlight. Amid a necessary albeit parochial focus on \| more... Search inside this report	12/3/2008	$1,750.00
Can TALF Save US Consumer Lending, or Have Forces Already Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg? By: TowerGroup The establishment of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) by the US Treasury and Federal Reserve Board does not fully address the most pressing issue facing consumer lenders: a prospective lockdown in lending. \| more... Search inside this report	12/1/2008	$1,750.00
Get Smart: ISO 20022 and Large-Value Payments as Leverage for US Chip Card Adoption By: TowerGroup Adoption of smart chips in the United States will not occur until nearly 2020; the drivers will be the potential for a network to carry higher-value transactions and robust customer management tools rather than current \| more... Search inside this report	11/24/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Global Payments By: TowerGroup Market instability defined global events for the second half of 2008 and will remain a key business driver for 2009, affecting the global payments business as an integral part of global financial markets. Top-tier \| more... Search inside this report	11/17/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in European Payments By: TowerGroup Regulation, specifically the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) mandate and the Payment Services Directive (PSD), continues to be the key driver in European payments. The continued turmoil in global financial markets not only makes \| more... Search inside this report	11/17/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Brokerage & Wealth Management By: TowerGroup Wealth managers will increase spending on compliance in 2009 because they cannot risk a major scandal or compliance violation in an environment of heightened regulatory scrutiny following the financial meltdown in 2008. Because of \| more... Search inside this report	11/17/2008	$1,750.00
Product and Operations Changes for Success in Selling Insurance to US Hispanic and Asian Populations By: TowerGroup Despite the current economic turmoil, insurance carriers cannot ignore the extraordinary challenges of growing organically, and they must proceed with plans for identifying and penetrating new and emerging markets. The economic value to carriers \| more... Search inside this report	11/17/2008	$1,750.00
ATM Surcharging in the US Market: The Growth of National Banking Networks Will Hasten Its Decline By: TowerGroup Banks' revenue from surcharges at their automated teller machines (ATMs) will decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 4% by 2012. Consolidation of financial services institutions (FSIs) will contribute to \| more... Search inside this report	11/17/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Investment Management By: TowerGroup The rapid pace of change in the financial markets in 2008 is unlike anything since the 1930s and will have a profound impact on buy-side firms' strategies and technology decisions in 2009. The subprime \| more...	11/10/2008	$1,750.00
Mortgage Loan Restructuring: 20-Year-Old Lessons from the Other-Other GSE By: TowerGroup Individual mortgage loan restructuring will play a major role in the recovery of the global financial services industry. The key questions facing the global top 20 financial services institutions (FSIs), which now hold 50% \| more...	11/10/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Delivery Channels By: TowerGroup The current global economic crisis will force banks worldwide to preserve capital while maintaining the line on deposit levels and revenue generation. Enterprise-wide management in banks will come to the forefront to positively impact \| more...	11/10/2008	$1,750.00
Recapitalizing (but Not Nationalizing) the US Banking Market: It's the White Space That Matters By: TowerGroup In direct contrast to governmental actions in the UK and parts of Europe, the US government has begun the process of recapitalizing US banks by taking preferential yet nonvoting equity stakes in a handful of \| more...	11/5/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Insurance By: TowerGroup The convergence of negative economic factors — a soft insurance market, the financial crisis, the housing crisis — demand new skills and disciplines for insurers to survive the economic turmoil. The crisis of investor \| more... Search inside this report	11/3/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Bank Cards By: TowerGroup Bank card issuers will attempt to stabilize their businesses in 2009 in the wake of widespread industry consolidation, financial stress, and upheaval in the fundamental economics of the payment card business model in 2008. \| more...	11/3/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Securities & Capital Markets By: TowerGroup The pace of change in the capital markets system in 2008 is unlike anything since the 1930s, and the changes will have a profound impact on the strategies and technology needs of the sell side \| more... Search inside this report	11/3/2008	$1,750.00
The Tadawul Stock Exchange: Trusted Trading and Market Transformation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia By: TowerGroup Tadawul, the electronic Saudi Stock Exchange, has climbed to a leading position in the Gulf region with a market capitalization of around SAR1.5 trillion (USD400 billion). The Kingdom's regulatory framework and Tadawul's modern design \| more... Search inside this report	11/3/2008	$1,750.00
Measuring the Securities Industry's Progress on Reference Data, 2002-08 By: TowerGroup The 2008 TowerGroup Reference Data Survey overwhelmingly indicates that projects to improve reference data management are a higher priority for securities firms today than they were when TowerGroup conducted this survey in 2005. Securities \| more... Search inside this report	11/3/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Consumer Lending By: TowerGroup In the worst financial crisis since the 1929 stock market crash, more "shotgun wedding" mergers will be necessary through 2009 to prevent systemic failure of the US financial services industry. Lending sustainability — adequate \| more...	10/27/2008	$1,750.00
2009 Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, and IT Initiatives in Retail Banking By: TowerGroup Economic uncertainty and the crisis in financial markets are sharpening retail banks' focus on preserving capital and competing for deposits. Credit liquidity will be a pervasive issue for banks across all geographies, and economic \| more...	10/27/2008	$1,750.00
Mobile Banking and Payments, September 2008: Leaders, Laggards, and New Trends By: TowerGroup A cautionary tale about regulation comes from India, where the Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines for mobile banking and payments that may stifle innovation and consumer adoption. The downloadable application market continues \| more... Search inside this report	10/20/2008	$1,750.00
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