Capital markets firms are operating amidst massive disintermediation of services and the simultaneous commoditization and specialization of investment products. How will financial services firms transform their organizations and operations in the coming years to address these trends and challenges?

At Blue Square Consulting, we see the emergence of five key themes across the financial services landscape:

1) Risk Management and Compliance: in order to increase the value, institutions must prioritize and integrate risk initiatives and compliance burden.


2) Agile Architecture: Standardize, increase agility and integrate application functionality across different technologies

3) Convergence of Information: Institutions can profit by integrating information on risk, customer, compliance and finance, using rigid data warehouse architectures with innovative tools

4) Analytics to Action: Analyzing and reporting on risk information, provide metrics and performance indicators to better monitor how institution is performing

5) Security: The massive sea of information requires the effective protection and management of digital information to preserve its integrity and comply with privacy regulations