Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: TowerGroup
Published: December 2007
Product Code: R301-1391Description As financial services institutions steer through uncertain times, pent-up demands for performance, liquidity, and growth dominate the scene. This Research Note highlights trends across the financial services industry with a focus on ongoing developments and issues that require immediate action. It explores key changes for 2008 globally and articulates priorities that will allow FSIs to attain renewed market momentum, efficiency, and innovation. This TowerGroup Top 10 report on business drivers impacting banks, securities firms, and insurance carriers and their top strategic responses and technology initiatives, is supplemented by analysis that drills down on specific business areas.
Table of Contents - Report Coverage
- Analysis of Key Issues
- The Top 10
- Exhibit 1 The TowerGroup Top 10 Global Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, & Technology Initiatives (2008)
- Business Driver 1: Economic, Market, and Regulatory Volatility
- Business Driver 2: Innovation in Products and Business Models
- Business Driver 3: Demand for Performance, Liquidity, and Growth
- Business Driver 4: Emerging Client Demands for Function and Relevance
- Business Driver 5: Margins Compression and Operational Leverage
- Exhibit 2 Impact of the Credit Crunch on Selected Financial Services Institutions (2007)
- Business Driver 6: Creative Fraud and Security Threats
- Business Driver 7: Multidirectional Globalization
- Business Driver 8: Lower Barriers to Enter and Interconnect
- Business Driver 9: Retired, Emerging, and Ethnic Segments
- Business Driver 10: Fresh Advances in Technologies and Capacity
- Exhibit 3 Sample Mapping of a TowerGroup Top 10 Business Driver in Financial Services (2008)
- Recent Trends and Predictions for the Future
- Summary
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