TowerGroup Research Reports

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The State of Reference Data Management: Results from the 2008 TowerGroup Reference Data Survey By: TowerGroup TowerGroup conducted surveys of securities firms in 2002 and 2005 to assess the impact of reference data on their business, the priority they assigned to reference data projects, their use of commercial vendor content, and \| more...	9/15/2008	$1,750.00
Aligning Business Continuity Planning and Risk Management Strategies in the Insurance Business By: TowerGroup Spurred by ratings agencies, insurers are rapidly enhancing their enterprise risk management capabilities. Larger carriers are appointing chief risk officers; smaller ones are creating effective risk strategies in a less formal hierarchy. The risks insurers \| more...	9/15/2008	$1,750.00
US Immigrants Represent Marketplace Opportunity for Insurers That Respond to Cultural Differences By: TowerGroup The US insurance industry has traditionally invested much of its marketing and product development capacity attracting customers who are US born, suburban, and frequently of high net worth. A handful of carriers have recognized the \| more...	9/15/2008	$1,750.00
Noncash Is King: Electronic Payments Growing Faster Than Inflation and Quickly Diversifying By: TowerGroup Noncash payments continue to grow in popularity in the United States because of their convenience and broad acceptance both online and at the point of sale. Their continued growth in dollar volume at rates faster \| more...	9/15/2008	$1,750.00
Global Transaction Services in 2008: What Banking Crisis? By: TowerGroup With the overwhelming focus of the global financial services industry in the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008 on the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch, the success of global \| more...	9/15/2008	$1,750.00
UK Faster Payments: Just in Time, but More than Enough By: TowerGroup This TowerGroup Research Note looks at the Faster Payments Scheme launched in the United Kingdom in May 2008. It reviews the "story so far," explaining why the service was introduced by looking at existing payment \| more...	9/15/2008	$1,750.00
The US Regulators Issue Identity Theft Prevention Rules: Cutting Through the Red Flags Red Tape By: TowerGroup In November 2007, US bank regulators issued the Red Flags Rules requiring financial institutions to implement a program to prevent identity theft by November 1, 2008. Many institutions believe they already comply because they implemented \| more... Search inside this report	9/1/2008	$1,750.00
Microsoft and Core System Vendors Position Windows for Large Banks: If You Build It, Will They Come? By: TowerGroup Although large banks use Microsoft Windows-based systems for critical services, only a few of them rely on the platforms for core processing. Leading global core vendors now offer Windows-based versions of their core processing systems. \| more... Search inside this report	9/1/2008	$1,750.00
Calling All Vendors: Analyzing the OTC Derivative Collateral Management Technology Providers By: TowerGroup Managing counterparty credit risk has never been more important than today, when battered financial institutions face a turbulent market. Collateral management desks are under intense pressure to prevent losses resulting from the failure of a \| more... Search inside this report	9/1/2008	$1,750.00
Back-Office Reconnaissance to Prepare for the Symbology Wars By: TowerGroup Report Coverage The securities industry has been working to change the way securities are assigned identifying symbols. Although these efforts are not as highly publicized or widespread as the euro conversion or Y2K changes \| more... Search inside this report	8/18/2008	$1,750.00
Fee Management Solutions: The Who, What, and Why of Managed Account Fees By: TowerGroup Report Coverage As accounts and assets increase in the managed account market, the fees the industry will charge these accounts are expected to become more varied and complex. Therefore, it will be even more \| more... Search inside this report	8/18/2008	$1,750.00
Mobile Banking and Payments, July 2008: Leaders, Laggards, and New Trends By: TowerGroup This TowerGroup ViewPoint presents the TowerGroup Mobile Banking and Payments Roundup for July 2008. The snapshot analysis of important happenings in the world of mobile finance for July evaluates key developments in mobile banking and \| more... Search inside this report	8/18/2008	$1,750.00
Trends in Regional and Global Trade: The Role for Banks in the Next Decade By: TowerGroup Report Coverage Global trade in goods and services has experienced historically high growth rates since 2002. Despite current negative economic conditions in the United States and elsewhere and barring catastrophic economic collapse affecting multiple \| more... Search inside this report	8/11/2008	$1,750.00
The US Housing Reform Bill: A Good Solution, But Not Perfect By: TowerGroup Report Coverage This TowerGroup ViewPoint assesses the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, signed into law by President Bush on July 30. It reviews the key elements of the law, identifies the \| more... Search inside this report	8/11/2008	$1,750.00
Next-Generation Annuity Straight-Through Processing: NAVA/IBM Common Reference Architecture Model By: TowerGroup Report Coverage In July 2008, NAVA, the Association for Insured Retirement Solutions, and IBM announced the release of the STP Common Reference Architecture Model. Enabled by service-oriented architecture (SOA), it is designed to \| more... Search inside this report	8/11/2008	$1,750.00
The Three New Business Models in the Buy-Side OMS Market: Does Ownership Structure Matter? By: TowerGroup Report Coverage A look at the buy-side order management system market (OMS) over the last few years reveals dramatic improvements in core functionality, extension of the OMS into new areas like post-trade support, connectivity \| more... Search inside this report	8/11/2008	$1,750.00
P&C Insurance Billing and Payments: Merely "Lights On" or Competitive Advantage? By: TowerGroup Report Coverage A common saying among sales organizations is "Nothing happens until someone sells something." To be accurate, the saying should probably be "Nothing happens until someone pays for something." The sale is \| more... Search inside this report	8/4/2008	$1,750.00
Expedited Online Bill Payments: A New Revenue Stream for Financial Institutions By: TowerGroup Report Coverage In 2002, Bank of America announced free online bill payment for all new subscribers, and by 2004, free bill pay was the norm at the top US FSIs. Offering an online \| more... Search inside this report	8/4/2008	$1,750.00
Integrating Risk Management in Financial Services: Do It Now or Die! By: TowerGroup Report Coverage This TowerGroup Research Note discusses the critical need for financial services institutions (FSIs) to reexamine the risks that they bear and to rethink the way they manage those risks. Despite the \| more... Search inside this report	8/4/2008	$1,750.00
OTC Derivatives Collateral Management: Improve the Process to Reduce Risk By: TowerGroup Report Coverage Bear Stearns collapsed. The debt and equity markets are tumultuous. The smooth operation of the credit markets depends on faith that counterparties can pay their obligations. The fundamental underpinning of the \| more... Search inside this report	8/4/2008	$1,750.00
Their Lordships Are Right: UK's Banks Should Always Bear the Risk of Online Fraud By: TowerGroup Report Coverage The United Kingdom's House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has recommended a revision in the UK Banking Code to provide bank customers more protection against losses arising from Internet fraud. \| more... Search inside this report	8/4/2008	$1,750.00
The Brokerage Middle Office: Maxims for the Global Millennium By: TowerGroup TowerGroup Take-Aways The brokerage sell-side middle office is struggling to keep up with new trading venues, new geographies, and new instruments in an environment of cost control. The current structure of the middle \| more... Search inside this report	7/28/2008	$1,750.00
The Proliferation of Mobile Devices in FSIs: Getting Smarter About Smart Phones By: TowerGroup TowerGroup Take-Aways As mobile e-mail enablement is relegated to table stakes in financial services, financial services institutions (FSIs) are shifting their focus to mobile-enabled business process optimization for better efficiency and customer service. \| more... Search inside this report	7/28/2008	$1,750.00
Green Is the New Black: The Business Case for Environmental Initiatives in US Financial Institutions By: TowerGroup TowerGroup Take-Aways Financial services institutions (FSIs) that seize a leadership role in shaping environmental best practices will gain competitive advantage in the still-emerging green business landscape. FSIs can gain a critical role in \| more... Search inside this report	7/28/2008	$1,750.00
DTCC and Markit Partnership: Adding Crucial Infrastructure to OTC Derivatives Processing By: TowerGroup TowerGroup Take-Aways The partnership between DTCC's Deriv/SERV and Markit will be a critical turning point in the development of a single, global operating infrastructure for the full range of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. The \| more... Search inside this report	7/28/2008	$1,750.00
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