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Wall Street & Technology June 13, 2006 Paul Allen	CIO Challenge Lately, it seems that one investment management firm after another is outsourcing back-office functions. But as providers expand their service offerings beyond the back office, how do CIOs determine which functions to keep in-house?
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Anthony Guerra	Integration After decades of technology development, Wall Street firms find themselves with multiple business lines running dozens of applications that don't speak the same language.
Wall Street & Technology March 21, 2006 Tim Lind	Counterparty Data Challenge Knowing the total relationship a financial institution has with its customer and its counterparty is key -- but only if the data is trustworthy.
Bank Technology News February 2002 Joseph McKendrick	Leave Computing to Us Outsourcing hits its stride in banking...
Insurance & Technology June 28, 2010 Nathan Golia	Accenture, Asprea Sign Outsourcing Agreement Asprea, a UK-based Aviva subsidiary, turns over claim validation and fulfillment to Accenture.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005	Finance -- On Balance Senior executives, especially in this Sarbanes-Oxley era, remain hesitant to outsource finance functions. Done selectively, however, such outsourcing might actually benefit governance and compliance. A recent survey of 203 senior executives reinforces this premise.
Bank Systems & Technology February 21, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Comerica Awards BPO Contract to Accenture Accenture will provide COmerica with outsourced management of its procurement operations.
Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Paul Allen	The Evolution of Outsourcing Though most trends in the financial services industry tend to be U.S.-led, fund management outsourcing has been more of a U.K. and continental European phenomenon to date, with a raft of high-profile deals hitting the headlines in the past two years.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Tim Beyers	Accenture's Outsourcing Bet Will the consulting firm's transition pay off?
Wall Street & Technology October 25, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	BPO Draws Broader Appeal Faced with ever-increasing pressure to cut costs, more investment firms are tapping business process outsourcing.
Wall Street & Technology May 25, 2005 Paul Allen	Slow and Steady Though notable strides have been made toward straight-through processing in many areas of the transaction life cycle, when it comes to automating corporate actions, the progress is more akin to staggering into a headwind - slow and hard.
Bank Technology News September 2009 Mike Scheuerman	Outsource the Small Stuff Small financial institutions typically struggle with their IT infrastructure. Often, the answer is outsourcing.
Wall Street & Technology November 18, 2005 Leslie Kramer	CIO Challenge: Business Process Outsourcing As Wall Street firms reevaluate their core competencies, once-strategic business processes are now being outsourced. But deciding which processes to outsource and managing the provider relationship remain critical to success.
Bank Technology News December 2004 Jeremy Quittner	A Reversal of Fortune? What may look like a reversal of fortune for providers of outsourcing services in financial services, appears to be something of an anomaly.
CFO May 1, 2007 Randy Myers	Going Away The doubts that finance executives once had about offshoring are quickly disappearing as savings and process improvements become too good to pass up.
Global Services March 6, 2008	Enabling Better Business & IT Alignment What will set apart great business leaders is the ability to adapt to and manage change well. Here are some tips for selecting and managing multiple IT service providers
Bank Systems & Technology February 24, 2010 Steve Martin	Is Banking Ripe for Outsourcing? Several trends in the outsourcing provider space are altering the outsourcing value proposition for banks.
Registered Rep. September 29, 2008	Wachovia, The Bank, Saved by Citi; What Will Happen To Wachovia Securities? Firm Says The AGE Integration To Continue Unaffected Citigroup apparently thinks its got enough financial advisors: Citi declined to buy the retail brokerage business -- Wachovia Securities (and A.G. Edwards) -- and the asset management unit (Evergreen).
Bank Systems & Technology August 1, 2007 Nancy Feig	New Rules for Bank Outsourcing and Offshoring New deal models and business imperatives, as well as opportunities in emerging markets, are inspiring banks to reevaluate the types of outsourcing and offshoring arrangements they make.
Registered Rep. March 18, 2005 Will Leitch	Wachovia: On the Recruiting Warpath Wachovia Securities, the third-largest brokerage in the country, has announced an "aggressive" new strategy: the creation of the Individual Investor Group, entirely devoted to the recruitment and retention of individual brokers.
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	Room for Improvement Insurers should be more aggressive in managing outsourcing's risks and reaping its rewards as part of an overall sourcing strategy.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	Stock of the Week: Accenture A breakdown from a former employee, current fan.
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Gaining the Outsourcing Edge Whether they consider outsourcing applications, infrastructure or business processes, insurers have a myriad of reasons to contract out portions of their operations.
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Russ Banham	Scaling New Heights Accenture's contract with BT Group lets finance and accounting outsourcing take a real seat at the strategy table -- perhaps for the first time.
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Fersht & Sappenfield	Preparing the New Organization for Life After Outsourcing The cost and performance benefits of outsourcing are now generally recognized, but the range of benefits varies widely. And, much of this variability can be attributed to the company's ability to effectively transition to the new organization.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2005 Ben McClure	Accenture: Performance Delivered The IT consultants delivered in Q1, but the outlook dashes upside hopes.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2006 Nancy Feig	Wachovia Upgrades Training and Reviews With SumTotal When Wachovia grew to more than 86,000 employees in 2000, bank executives decided to bring employee training in-house.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Weighing Customization Against 'Bank-in-a-Box' Solutions The ability to customize IT platforms could help small banks differentiate themselves, but they must be careful not to bite off more than they can chew. Partial outsourcing may do the trick.
Wall Street & Technology December 28, 2009 Michael Lobosco	Evaluating Outsourcing Options The technology and capabilities of outsourced portfolio management systems offer functionality that is comparable to their installed counterparts. But not all outsourced solutions are created equal.
Global Services November 29, 2007	The Future of Deal Structures Business the world over is getting savvier -- and that also goes for outsourcing, as market trends today portend some notable shifts in IT and Business Process Outsourcing deal structures for 2010.
Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Maria Santos	IT Budgets Looking Up For U.S. securities and investment firms, 2005 marks the end of cost cutting and tight IT budgets, according to a report by the new Boston-based research firm Aite Group.
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 David I. Sheinfeld	The Commoditization Of F&A Outsourcing With finance and accounting outsourcing providers cropping up on every street corner, the pressure is on for companies to distinguish themselves and their offerings to stay competitive.
Registered Rep. June 8, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Wachovia Accelerates Hiring in Private Bank Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers.
Registered Rep. November 30, 2005 Kristen French	Wachovia Shaves Payout, Levels Charges on In-House and Outside SMAs After simplifying it's payout structure earlier this year, Wachovia Securities announced that it would make some more tweaks in 2006 and raise ticket charges on some in-house money-management products to match those of third-party products.
Bank Technology News February 2003 Michael Sisk	Outsourcing Goes On-Demand Bankers like JP Morgan Chase's John Schmidlin, CTO of enterprise services, are increasingly looking to outsourcing firms to help them slash inefficiencies in commodity services and gain the upper hand in more strategic business partnerships.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Accenture Shares the Wealth Rich cash flow has led this leading consultancy to initiate a dividend for the first time. With an established brand, a large stable of talent, and excellent cash flow generation potential, Accenture still looks like it could be a value today.
InternetNews August 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Financial Service Providers Should Outsource More To improve the bottom line, financial firms should send IT work out.
Entrepreneur October 2003 Chris Penttila	Close the Loop If you're outsourcing projects right and left, make sure the information you need is rolling back to you.
Registered Rep. January 13, 2003 Gaffen & Geracioti	Wachovia-Prudential: For Real This Time? Can you say Pru-chovia? Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities are very close to an agreement to join forces, one that was scuttled earlier in the year, reportedly due to differences in who would control the unit.
Registered Rep. May 31, 2007 Kevin Burke	Wachovia Buys A.G. Edwards for $6.8 Billion, Creating New Rival to Merrill, Smith Barney The deal puts Wachovia among the top three competitors in retail brokerage -- in terms of both assets and advisors -- and retail banking.
Registered Rep. July 23, 2008 John Churchill	Wachovia Earnings Down; Stock Up 27 Percent In Two Days While Wachovia Corp. was busy posting bad numbers, its two retail financial advisory units -- one for high-net-worth financial planning and the other for retail brokerage, including A.G. Edwards -- did relatively well.
U.S. Banker April 2003 Glen Fest	Going with the Flow Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson's deal with Prudential has tongues wagging and rivals paying close attention. The newly combined brokerage, nets the bank greater access to trillions of dollars that will pass from one generation to another over the next 10 years. Move over Merrill?
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IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Brad Kenney	Outsourcing Strategies: Four Keys to Manufacturing IT's Future What to outsource, and what to hold close? Keep these keys in your pocket to unlock a more competitive, business-centric IT organization - both inside and outside your walls.
CIO November 17, 2008 Albert Lee	How to Choose the Right IT Outsourcing Provider Selecting an outsourcing provider can be difficult, but these project management tips will help you pick the right vendor to meet your current and future needs, and ensure the success of your project.
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