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The Role of Continuous Controls Monitoring and Auditing in GRC
August-2010
A business in control is the starting point for most people in business. Without being in control, it becomes impossible to achieve long term ambitions and execute on strategy. Senior management, employees, shareholders, suppliers are looking for means to achieve long term prosperity. Recent market developments have clearly shown this can only be achieved by businesses in control.
The Value of Process Management in GRC
August-2010
In this white paper, the value of Process Management in GRC is discussed. Four main aspects will be presented: Setting up an integrated GRC framework, implementing GRC in an organisation, improving business performance and GRC as the driver for BPM.
The Cost Savings of Certified for Reuse Tape Media
May-2010
The cost of tape media is one of those significant budget line items that is causing IT directors to comment, "How can such small pieces of tape be costing my department so much?" The truth is these little pieces of media cost up to £50 each, and new and even a medium size organisation can require hundreds of new pieces of media each year.
The Right Information to the Right Person at the Right Time: Making it a Reality
May-2010
Unfortunately, many organisations have made heavy technology investments in powerful enterprise reporting and information delivery tools, only to find the goal of 'the right information to the right person at the right time' remains elusive; something, somewhere, went wrong... (see attached)
To Protect and Detect: An Evaluation of Compliance System Requirements for the Securities Market
April-2010
Many financial services firms have been failing to comply with post MiFID Regulations and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD) because of aging legacy systems reports a new white paper commissioned by Business Systems (UK) Ltd and published by B.I.S.S. Research. The operational and technological problems faced by compliance officers combined with the intolerable burden of compliance and accurate reporting caused by disparate systems and databases are highlighted as significant contributing factors.
The Business Case for Automating Document Driven Business Processes
December-2009
This white paper provides a compelling case for taking an enterprise approach to automating document driven business processes. Find out how document capture is quickly moving toward mainstream adoption and how the shift from scan-to-archive to scan-to-process is profoundly changing the strategic importance of capture as an enterprise standard.
The Next Big Thing
November-2009
Before the credit crisis, lenders started to look more strategically at outsourcing as a value creator rather than as a pure cost reduction exercise, and then in the depths of the downturn the strategy became more one of keeping costs down to survive.
The Value of a Comprehensive Integration Solution
May-2009
Many enterprises are currently spending more on integration-related projects than they need to because they do not have an integrated and comprehensive tool set in place, and this leads to inefficiencies and suboptimisation of resources assigned to solve the full range of integration tasks. Comprehensive integration solutions represent a more manageable strategy for most enterprises to obtain the integration capabilities they require. Integration suites have been available in the marketplace for some time, but most lacked the full range of capabilities until early- to mid-2008. Forrester believes that enterprises with diverse integration needs will find these updated products well-suited to meet their increasingly complex application and process integration needs.
Tower Group Report: Global Exchange Consolidation
May-2009
This 12-page TowerGroup report analyses the rapidly consolidating exchange market, examines the implications for investment managers and traders and identifies five global powerhouses that are positioned to dominate the industry
The Antidote to Information Overload
May-2009
In recent years the industry has struggled with a massive influx of investment information – sell-side research, e-mail, independently produced analysis, news, internet content, earnings calls and more. In addition, the marketplace today demands greater transparency, objectivity and accountability. An organised approach to investment research is a competitive necessity, and potentially compliance imperative
The Benefits Of Automation For The Front Office
May-2009
The increase in ultra high net worth families around the world — especially in the emerging economies of Asia, the Middle East and Latin America — makes family offices a growing force in the global investment market. But if family offices are to live up to the high expectations of their client families, they must offer an exceptional level of service. To meet these service expectations, family offices need to have a sophisticated technology infrastructure in place, an area where, frankly, the industry has been lagging to date. This informative white paper highlights the efficiencies and client service improvements that family offices can reap from a robust and reliable technology framework
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