Securities and Investments

Celent's Securities and Investments team focuses on information technology and strategy issues affecting brokerages, investment banks, and asset management firms. Celent's research covers the buy side, the sell side, and market destinations.

Celent reports tend to fall into one or more of the following categories: trends analysis, vendor evaluations, case studies, or market data.

Celent offers two securities and investments membership services: Wealth Management, Capital Markets, and Finance & Risk.

Wealth Management

This service focuses on strategies and technologies which firms active in the securities industry use to target retail and individual investors. Celent covers a variety of products and services, including brokerage, mutual funds, retirement services, wealth management, and private banking.

Recent reports include:

Title Date
Capturing the Latin American Segments: A Case Study of HSBC 9/3/2008
SaaS and Financial Application in China 8/28/2008
Trust Company Outsourcing: Assessing Opportunities and Profits in Utilizing Investment Management and Operations Outsourcing 8/15/2008
Le Code de Conduite: Concurrence dans le domaine de l'Infrastructure post-marché en Europe 8/12/2008
The South Korean Retail Investment Market 8/8/2008
Execution Quality in the Nasdaq Market 7/23/2008
The European Family Office Market: Where Is the Opportunity? 7/18/2008
中国SaaS 市场及SaaS 在金融中的应用 7/16/2008
Thin Client and Business Continuity Planning: Evaluating the Potential 7/3/2008
Preparing for the credit downturn 7/2/2008

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Capital Markets

This service focuses on strategies and technologies employed by securities firms to target institutional, as well as for proprietary trading. Celent covers a variety of products and services (equities, fixed income, futures, derivatives, etc.) from both the buy-side and sell-side perspective.

Recent reports include:

Title Date
Trends in Hedge Fund Administration 2008 9/2/2008
SaaS and Financial Application in China 8/28/2008
Le Code de Conduite: Concurrence dans le domaine de l'Infrastructure post-marché en Europe 8/12/2008
Impact of Direct Market Access in India 7/30/2008
証券会社のIT 投資： 不景気の中での模索 7/29/2008
Execution Quality in the Nasdaq Market 7/23/2008
Challenges and Innovation in the Hedge Fund Industry 7/18/2008
中国SaaS 市场及SaaS 在金融中的应用 7/16/2008
米国と欧州におけるダイレクト・マーケット・アクセス（DMA）の進化 7/10/2008
Thin Client and Business Continuity Planning: Evaluating the Potential 7/3/2008

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Finance & Risk

This new service aims to deliver the latest thinking and insights around issues of strategy, operational practices, and the technology underpinnings in order to achieve high-performing finance, risk and compliance functions. To learn more about this service, click here.

To see a research agenda or titles of upcoming Finance & Risk  reports, please contact Andrew Renzella at arenzella@celent.com or +1.617.262.3124.

Recent reports include: 

Title Date
Webinar: Model Validation Best Practices 8/26/2008
The New Liquidity Risk Management Paradigm: Restructuring Foundations for Best Practices 7/15/2008
Thin Clients and Business Continuity Planning: Evaluating the Potential 7/3/2008
Preparing for the credit downturn 7/2/2008
Solvabilité II: Aperçu et Impact sur l'Informatique 6/27/2008
Model Validation Best Practices: Achieving Value-Added 6/20/2008
Optimizing Control Functions: Achieving Lean and Solid in Meager Times 6/13/2008
Solvency II: Overview and Impact on IT 4/30/2008
Beyond Basel II: Evaluating the Financial & Credit Risk Solution Vendors 4/13/2008
Strategic Expense Management in the US Banking Industry 4/10/2008
Pathology of the US Mortgage Crisis 3/31/2008
Managing Risk & Compliance: Responding to New Realities 12/5/2007
Evaluation of Customer Profitability Analytics Vendors 10/9/2007