As Dust Settles in U.S. Fixed-Income, Leaders Emerge
September 21, 2009
As Dust Settles in U.S. Fixed-Income, Leaders Emerge | www.greenwich.com
Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan emerged from a year of historic crisis as the leaders in U.S. fixed-income trading as a host of regional and foreign dealers capitalized on bulge bracket disruptions to build new ties with U.S. institutions.
Sharp Drop in Hedge Fund Trading Volume
September 21, 2009
U.S. Fixed-Income: Sharp Drop in Hedge Fund Trading Volume | www.greenwich.com
A 40% decline in hedge fund trading volume resulted in a dramatic reduction in hedge funds’ overall presence in the U.S. market.
September 17, 2009
Investing in a down market | www.triplepundit.com
1. Identify2. Strategy3. Execute Everything is in the relationship to your market, your distribution and your distributions client base. It is critical to be well prepared, research the people, places, companies you approach. Success only comes through giving and can only sustain through giving. We need to out-give our distribution channel in the sense of direct market penetration and development. In our analysis we touch on all of these issues and their necessity to succeed in a market.
The emerging trends in branding and corporate responsibility.
September 17, 2009
The emerging trends in branding and corporate responsibility. | scheinerinc.typepad.com
We are now in a “New World” where many rules have changed. We have loss of credibility of the corporations and institutions that speak to us, as well as an increased skepticism in messaging that speaks to an employee, consumer, or customer. We no longer trust an ambiguous graphic treatment or brand claim made by a product or service; instead we now turn to “word of mouth” opinion. Social media channels such as Twitter have redefined and accelerated the way brands and companies are perceived.
U.S. Private Sector Doubts Effectiveness of Response to Crisis
September 2, 2009
U.S. Private Sector Doubts Effectiveness of Response to Crisis | www.greenwich.com
Large companies and institutions in the U.S. discuss their views on proposed regulatory changes.
August 18, 2009
Poll shows most Americans oppose allowing Mexican trucks in U.S | www.thetrucker.com
Mexican's moving freight into the U.S. on their equipment???? Come on be realistic about all this..ie: Drugs/ Illegal immigrants /disease / non-process food / animal products/ poor conditioned transportation equipment /unskilled drivers...this is just to name a few issues that the U.S. would be challenged with but on a much larger scale.
Measurement of performance internally or externally, what's the difference?
August 15, 2009
Six out of 10 CIOs don't measure outsourcing financial effect | www.cio.co.uk
Survey amongst over 600 CIO's shows a lack of insight in the costs and benefits of outsourcing IT. CIO's reporting into CFO's are blamed for this, but did they knew the costs and benefits before they started outsourcing? Large companies tend to forget their history...
July 30, 2009
Lean Now...Lean Forever | www.thewholesaler.com
Part 1 of a two-part interview conducted by Mary Jo Martin, Editor of "The Wholesaler" magazine addressing the application of "Lean Thinking" in wholesale-distribution.
Good news: Off-shoring still growing, bad news: Off-shoring still risky business
July 29, 2009
India's Off-shoring Growth Slows | www.itbusinessedge.com
Growth in Off-shoring continues to grow despite the worldwide crisis, growth has slowed down compared to previous years (to 4 to 7%) but compare slow growth with revenue decline and losses in another industries. At the same time, nothing seems to change the well known fact that a high percentage of the Off-shoring (and Outsourcing) deals do not produce the benefits expected. Some industry observers have reported 30 to 50% different levels of failure rate. How to explain and fix this?
Obvious move of IBM to focus India for moving consulting practices
July 23, 2009
IBM eyes India for new consulting practice | www.business-standard.com
Since last more than a year 50 % of financial and banking business in USA and Uk is going through rough weather due to various reasons such as credit crisis,issues in lending ,liquidity and bankruptcies,hence cannot afford to pay for high end consultancy services to local consultants. The global banking and finance business with increased trend of outsourcing financial services to India and other countries in last 3 to 4 years may have necessitated IBM to take this logical step.
Deliver trust and accountability
March 7, 2010
Proposed Jobs bill by Obama, will it backfire?
February 28, 2010
Monster Buys HotJobs- Does it Matter?
February 8, 2010
Centralized Clearing of OTC Derivatives: Devil in the Details
February 4, 2010
2nd Generation Family Business Continuity Challenged
December 26, 2009