JP Reis consultants were called in to map out a five-year strategic plan for a national telecom supplier. Having anticipated a largely technical challenge it became apparent, after numerous management interviews, that the client organization had considerable technology know-how.
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Feb
Feb
JP Reis were called upon at short notice to remediate a growing list of outstanding Audit points surrounding an ageing trading, intercom and global voice recording infrastructure of a Tier 1 Investment Bank.
17
Oct
Oct
Volatility and uncertainty drive profit generation in some capital markets. The same cannot be said when investing in trading infrastructure. It is shrewder to take an informed, incremental approach to your technology decisions or you may be seeing red 12 months down the line.
15
Oct
Oct
A national bank engaged JP Reis to perform a Technology Audit on its voice recording platform which the business side of the organization deemed to be unfit for purpose.
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Jun
Jun
JP Reis assisted the commissioning of over 3500 trading turrets at a client location in a 16-week window. This was an incredible number for such a short timeframe and meant over 2,500 traders could start work in their new office on the Monday morning with no downtime.
10
Feb
Feb
I have a very simple philosophy on projects: There are good projects and bad projects. Everyone looks good on good projects and on bad projects everyone looks bad. Throughout my career I have encountered situations where something has gone wrong and people revert to the ‘but it wasn’t my fault’ response. Those of you who […]
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Jan
Jan
This blog should be a retrospective. Sadly it’s not. The exemption on mobile voice recording in FSA regulation PS10/17 was lifted in November but the surrounding issues are not resolved. Some institutions have achieved compliance but that is not enough. We discussed this topic in May when Marc Henson explained that the key discovery […]
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Nov
Nov
JP Reis consultants helped to merge two project streams for a large US airline, post merger. The result was increased efficiency and improved user experience for dispatch staff.
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Aug
Aug
Due diligence is a hot topic in hedge fund management. The process is becoming increasingly demanding and can last as long as six months. That’s a lot of valuable time to have invested in non-core activity if it comes to nothing. There is no requirement for the potential investor to inform the hedge fund manager […]
