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Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010	Knowledge-Based Outsourcing: Driving Deeper Insights Outsourcing is fairly commonplace in the world of pharma. Tracking, monitoring, and trend evaluation is not enough. Companies must now do more than assess what happened and why.
Wall Street & Technology November 29, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	CIO Challenge As hedge funds soar, winning their order flow has become more vital than ever. To compete for that business, brokers and other providers need to offer hedge fund managers wider access to markets and trading products, and break down silos to improve integration.
Wall Street & Technology April 30, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	Unexpected Surge in Trading Volumes and Volatility Raises Infrastructure Concerns for Hedge Funds The market decline of Feb. 27 has prompted hedge funds to rethink their trading infrastructures to ensure they can cope with higher volumes and volatility.
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 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.
Wall Street & Technology November 23, 2009 Greg MacSweeney	Investors Demand Hedge Fund Transparency Institutional investors are already demanding more transparency from hedge funds. Not to be outdone, regulators are readying new rules for hedge fund reporting.
Wall Street & Technology January 11, 2007	Leading Fund Administrators Are Building Out Their Fund Administration Services A rising number of hedge funds and fund managers to outsource middle- and back-office functions, thus allowing investment managers to focus on what they do best: turn profits for clients.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2005 Maria Wakem	Hedge Fund Accounting San Francisco-based Advent Software released Advent for Global Hedge Funds, a trading, partnership and fund accounting solution for large, complex funds.
CIO November 14, 2012 Stephanie Overby	IT Services Get Closer to Home IT chiefs find that domestic outsourcing (as opposed to offshoring) is becoming more attractive as it delivers advantages such as agility, speed and innovation
Insurance & Technology December 6, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell	Insurance Outsourcing Reaches New Levels of Maturity While many insurers are still struggling with the management of offshore resources, industry leaders are crafting long-term global sourcing strategies for strategic competitive advantage.
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Maria Santos	Attracting Order Flow Given the amount of trading activity hedge funds generate, competition for their order flow is heating 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
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The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Lessons From Amaranth There's a lot to learn from the hedge fund's prodigious collapse. Amaranth's stunning demonstration of the speed with which a hedge fund can come undone will certainly have cooled investor enthusiasm for other such offerings.
Wall Street & Technology May 15, 2006 Anthony Guerra	The Best of Both Worlds Consumers often face a difficult decision choosing between two similar items. It's only natural, then, that the manufacturer of each product would try to adopt the best features of the other. Such seems to be the case these days with mutual funds and hedge funds.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Chris Costanzo	Making the Most Out of Trust Of all the processing functions that a bank performs, trust seems most ideally suited for outsourcing.
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.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Complexities of Offshore Outsourcing This is not a simple issue, and perhaps companies should not base the decision on whether to offshore jobs simply on expected cost savings. Instead, many other factors should be considered.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Paul Allen	Trading Gets Exotic As the search for higher returns and diversification has sparked a surge in alternative investments, financial firms are working to establish a technology infrastructure capable of managing an acceptable balance between risk and reward.
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.
Food Engineering April 1, 2008	Outsourcing requires homework There's no doubt that outsourcing can save money and take the pressure off several business tasks -- if executed properly. But many companies don't do homework first, according to this Deloitte Consulting 2008 report.
CFO December 1, 2004 Don Durfee	Buyer Beware More companies than ever have experience with outsourcing. So why are deals still failing?
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Maria Santos	Bringing in Business Attracting hedge funds as customers is a priority this year for the majority of sell-side firms. As hedge funds approach $1 trillion in assets, these non-traditional investment vehicles have become the latest buy-side heavyweight.
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn	How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image.
HBS Working Knowledge October 6, 2003 D. Quinn Mills	The Problem with Hedge Funds Hedge funds are the New Big Thing -- and that's bad for the average investor, says professor D. Quinn Mills. An excerpt from Wheel, Deal, and Steal.
Global Services July 30, 2007 Amrita Singh	Re-engineered Globally As outsourcing moves up several notches from writing code and answering calls, companies such as Boeing, Rolls Royce, Smiths Aerospace and General Motors are betting on getting their engineering components designed abroad.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Leola Ross	Hedge Funds Are Suffering And How They Can Recover Some say hedge funds, which sprang into prominence and popularity in the wake of the 2000 stock market crash, are on the decline. But before we doom the entire hedge-fund industry, we need to examine what has gone awry and assess whether there is hope for the future.
Managed Care June 2005 Ed Silverman	It's a Small World After All: Outsourcing Makes Inroads The entire managed care industry is desperate to cut costs and is beginning to turn toward a controversial method to do just that.
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.
CIO June 13, 2011 Stephanie Overby	No. 1 Gripe with Outsourcers: Lousy Service An outsourcing survey finds CIOs need to improve vendor management.
U.S. Banker August 2008 Jim Bolton	The Strategic Case for Outsourcing Back-Office Chores It's more critical than ever that banking executives weigh further efficiencies and fresh initiatives to retain and attract customers. This is where business process outsourcing increasingly enters the picture.
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.
Global Services October 31, 2008 Mike Beals	Governance Tools Can be a Game Changer A successful outsourcing initiative requires the implementation of a disciplined outsourcing lifecycle methodology. To make this methodology work, both the customer and the service provider must together design an approach to govern the relationship using the right governance tools and guidelines
Bank Technology News June 2007 Geeta Sankappanavar	Financial Services Outsourcing: Not If, But When BPO companies now offer a way to achieve the cost and quality advantages of strategic global outsourcing without the risks of losing control of the operation and without the investment costs of setting up their own offshore centers.
CRM February 2, 2004 Ginger Conlon	The Great Outsourcing Debate The debate has its own benefit, that of providing information and opinion on both sides that could help companies decide what's right.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Laura Cohn	Europe's Pension Plans: Switching Over To Hedge Funds More institutional investors are going for higher returns -- and higher risks.
Bank Technology News December 2004 Holly Sraeel	Outsourcing Gets a Closer Look. But is It Different? The strategic value of outsourcing has always been the source of some debate in banking. The question is, "Is it different than in years past?" Good question, and the answer depends on the size of institution.
Global Services January 1, 2008 Blackman & Schweyer	Buy-side Sourcing Careers The sourcing industry is being seen as a lucrative career path by many professionals. While the basis for a successful sourcing career is already established, firms now need to develop structures and development practices to foster the characteristics that define it.
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On Wall Street November 1, 2008 Gwen Moran	Hedge Fund Havoc After a lackluster first half, investors are questioning whether now is a good time to buy low in the hedge fund world or, with the looming threats of a prolonged downturn and tighter regulation, is it time to cut their losses?
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Phil Fersht	Judgment Calls The worst mistakes companies make when they evaluate outsourcing -- and how to avoid them.
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Financial Advisor February 2004 Evan Simonoff	The Other Side Of Hedge Funds Some advisors are using hedge funds to minimize risk, not boost returns.