Constant Change
Once well protected by national legislation, capital markets are in the midst of a radical change driven by globalization, shorter development cycles of ever more complex financial products, and the resulting emergence or consolidation of trading and transaction platforms. Many stock exchanges, clearing houses and securities depositories have gone public themselves, and consequently turned into acquisition targets. New shareholders have been pressing for higher earnings and lower costs.
Trading desks, mid- and back-offices of financial services providers catering to capital markets must understand and embrace those changes as early as possible. They also have to meet new industry standards and regulatory requirements on risk management and investor protection, among others.
Critical revenue drivers include a proactive business strategy as well as organizational, operational and technological transformation. In an environment marked by unique business opportunities, fierce competition and the need to cut costs, agility and flexibility are of the essence. Consileon’s consulting approach helps capital market players to master those challenges and tap into new sources of revenue by offering
- business strategy adjustment support
- requirements analyses and preparatory studies
- research and market studies
- business case development.
Information technology does not operate in a vacuum. For IT to become a key driver of success, companies must continuously realign their business models, organization, processes and systems.
Micha Sigloch
Since our consultants undergo continuous methodological and practical training, they are able to deliver results on any level of detail. We support our German and international customers’ cost-cutting initiatives by facilitating
- post-merger process and systems integration
- straight-through processing
- assessment of outsourcing projects, recommendation of partners
- process reengineering
- cost analysis
- quality assurance.
We help our clients manage complex changes. Just as our business consulting, our IT service portfolio has been optimized to deliver quick and measurable returns. It includes
- programme and project management
- IT governance and strategy
- IT architecture management
- specifications and implementation support
- recommendation of standard software
- simulation and acceptance testing
- accomplishment of operational readiness involving internal and external stakeholders.
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