Articles & Resources

Positioning to Win: 2015 Global Private Equity Survey

Explores the rapidly evolving link between PE firms and investors, both poised to capitalize on an opportunistic environment.

Operational Expertise Makes the Difference

Deals today have high valuations and leverage. Outsized returns will be hard for PE/VC firms. Operating partners help port co grow in tough

How Innovation Benefits the Financial Systems

OCC's initiative will address the view that it's too hard for new ideas to get through the regulatory approval process.

Career Bankers Are the Industry's Biggest Threat

"What is the biggest impediment holding the banking industry back?" The answer may be the people within the organization. Research shows ban

The Fintech 2.0 Paper: Rebooting Financial Services

Banks and fintechs can succeed only as a collaborative endeavor. working together as partners. Wisdom, expertise, trust and a banking licens

Raising Your Digital Quotient

High-performing digital companies have risk-taking culture, put best people on it and move quickly to implement initiatives. Leaders are inv

Transitioning to Standard Software: Lessons from ERP Pioneers

Banks and ins cos are at an inflection point with aging proprietary IT systems. Standard s/w may bring savings in time and costs, and create

Innovations in Capital Markets Technology

Focusing on Open Source Communication Networks, Unstructured Data Analytics and Intelligent Search.

Privcap Report: PE Value-Creation Stories

Ten case studies show PE improves portfolio companies - a smart thesis, sourcing approach, and/or operational improvement led to success.

Survey of API Initiatives at Banks

What prevents banks from launching initiatives to open their APIs and application programming interfaces.

Redress the Balance

The next logical step is greater use of partner ecosystems and industry utilities. A wide range of service offering will gain traction.

Complexity Measurement: Assess and Quantify the Complexity of Banking Systems

Capture banking systems' Key Complexity Indicators (KCIs). Helps stakeholders balance major decisions. Show progress against multi-year tran