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Outsourcing...
Objective:
Small
and mid-sized financial firms in the NYC region can
obtain off-shore economies of scale.
Method:
Tactically
analyze the investment process workflow. (diagram)
Identify structured elements that collect evidence and compile
information.
Engineer
research production to provide timely, completed work to decision
makers.
Outcome:
Investment
team delegates less-complex elements of investment process, increases
focus on high level activities.
Most
investment professionals use a disciplined, repeatable and scalable
process for generating and evaluating ideas. The components of
the process vary from mundane and mechanical to subjective and
complex. Sometimes this work is easily produced, delivered and
archived -- sometimes not. Effective managers need this content
queued and complete for a smooth investment process.
Inside a small firm,
responsibilties run the gamut. One person may be the CEO,
Portfolio Manager, Capital Raiser, Trader, Compliance Officer, Risk
Manager, Operations Manager, Coffee Maker... team members in small
firms wear all the hats.
MwV brings decades of direct
employment experience - buyside, sellside and info-vendor side -
to strategically guide small firms to intelligent outsouring of
analyst research production. Client investment team members then
increase focus on higher priorities, performance and
profitability.
A good outsourcing platform can:
- produce a custom, complex
'morning paper'
- produce daily
'proprietary research' on portfolio holding
- optimize content and
workflow for the 'daily process'
- deliver pre-defined idea
generation material
- assemble content for
investor communication solutions
- allow executives to
perform more executive duties and fewer junior analyst duties
A good outsourcing platform is:
- designed to the decision
maker's specifications
- secure, proprietary and
dependable
- customized to changing
situations
- flexible, intuitive and
interactive
- constantly evolving
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