Advisory and Research
If you’re thinking about your business strategy, we can help you plan ahead in the fast-changing world of finance. We’ve helped many clients think differently about a wide range of business challenges – from tapping into new markets to responding to shifts in regulation or developing an edge over competitors through greater automation.
Our expertise is supported by our in-depth research into the industry issues that matter right now. We also regularly host roundtable discussions where we invite key industry figures to share their views on the key issues of the day.
Increasingly, clients are recognising the value of our research capabilities and commissioning us to do research on their behalf. We help them with a variety of questions, from understanding how they compare with their competitors to discovering more about how their own clients see them.
So whether you need practical help or just want to bring some fresh thinking to the challenges you are facing, you can be sure that someone at Investance has the ideas and insights you need.
In partnership with Pershing Limited, a BNY Mellon Company, Investance produced a white paper exploring the dramatic shifts in the European Fixed Income landscape. Published in March 2010, the research pointed to the emergence of 'New Merchant Banks' and the increasing blurring of boundaries between the traditional securities services providers.
Since the financial crisis, product control has come under the spotlight as firms look to introduce a tighter overall control framework. Our white paper explores the challenges facing the product control function – and concludes that the leading banks will start to demand a more integrated product control framework.
Our COO survey asks if a changing industry landscape demands a new set of skills and priorities from the business manager or COO. Do they now need to be as comfortable with payment systems as they are with basis points?
In the last couple of years, leading banks have invested heavily in cash management, while also focusing liquidity management as balance sheet concerns have risen to the fore. This research piece looks how business, operations and finance can contribute to a more joined-up approach to cash and liquidity management.
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