Financial Services Research Institute

The FSRI collaborates with our network of industry professionals to produce FS Viewpoints,our series of timely, thought-provoking and informative publications on current issues impacting the financial services industry.

Newly published Viewpoints

	Viewpoint on prime brokerage This report provides our point of view on the state of hedge funds and prime brokers and a framework to evaluate different scenarios and solutions.
	Banking on change: Technology and operations excellence in the post-financial crisis world This report provides our firm's point of view on the costs and benefits of transforming certain business areas and a framework to evaluate different scenarios and solutions.
	Clearing and settlement—to outsource or insource? Taking a fresh look at available options in light of the financial crisis

All Viewpoints

• Viewpoint on prime brokerage
• Banking on change: Technology and operations excellence in the post-financial crisis world
• Clearing and settlement—to outsource or insource?
• Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy: Lessons learned for the survivors
• Show me the money: Are cyber attacks damaging client trust to the breaking point?
• The new world of bank M&A in the US
• A brave new world for insurance companies
• Stabilizing and reviving the financial system
• Boston, Bangalore, Beijing, Budapest, or Buffalo
• The time is right for hedge funds to reconsider their options for fund administration services
• Comprehensive stress tests (updated in May 2009)
• Exchange and E-Trading system outages: How to successfully manage this risk
• The custody business at a crossroads: Critical choices in a turbulent market
• Achieving finance effectiveness and efficiency: Driving sustainable change within financial services
• Auction rate securities: Meeting the challenge
• Intelligent risk management & compliance cost reduction: Creating a sustainable risk and compliance organization while reducing inefficiency and improving effectiveness
• Current challenges in counterparty collateral management
• Intelligent cost reduction: Developing & executing a program to reduce cost & create a sustainable operating platform
• Financial markets disruption perspectives and actions
• Rogue trading: How to successfully manage this risk
• Identity theft red flags rule