SmartBiz IT Research Library

WEBCAST - Join this webcast to learn how Enterprise Architecture integrated with Portfolio Management is empowered to integrate your strategic goals into your organization's capital planning, business planning and technology architecture activities. In this way, your strategic planning outputs become actionable.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Systems | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Resource Management | IT Management | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Portfolio Management (IT Management)

WHITE PAPER - This guide is intended to help advisors who are considering going independent or who have already struck out on their own to better understand and navigate their technology options.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Reporting Software | SMBs

ANALYST REPORT - This Impact Report examines some of the key trends within the U.S. ATS market, and provides clear categorizations of some of the platforms vying for market share. This Impact Report also provides U.S. equities market share estimates and future projections.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: September 3, 2007


Topics:  Budgeting | ERP | Financial Management | Financial Services | Market Trends | Portfolio Management (Finance)

SOFTWARE DEMO - Learn more about this integrated portfolio and client relationship management system: an end-to-end solution for accounting and reporting, client servicing and marketing.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Accounting Software | Client-Server Software | CRM | Marketing | Office Applications Software | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Reporting Software | Systems Integration Services

WHITE PAPER - This document is designed to help firms understand their data conversion options. It outlines what data is critical and must be converted for compliance purposes and business continuity, what data is not critical, the relationship between data conversion and reporting, and what to look for in a new technology provider relative to data conversion.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | Data Migration | Investments | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Best Practices | Budgeting | Customer Service | Market Trends | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Workflow Management Coalition

WHITE PAPER - This Securities and Exchange Commission Exam Survival Guide provides you with the actions you can take to prepare for an SEC exam so that when the call comes, there is minimal stress and disruption to your firm.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Audit Trails | Best Practices | Compliance (Finance) | Disaster Recovery | Documentation | Information Management | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Regulations | Risk Assessment

WHITE PAPER - This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Business IT Alignment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Order Management Systems | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Workflow Software

WHITE PAPER - Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper will discuss challenges facing companies and how to respond.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Balanced Scorecards | Capital Expenditures | CFOs | Economic Environment | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Investments | Portfolio Management (Finance)

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how client relationship management (CRM) technology can help mutual fund wholesalers and institutional asset managers address these core industry challenges and effectively foster.
Posted: February 20, 2009 | Published: February 20, 2009


Topics:  Asset Management Services | Collaboration | Consultants | CRM | Mutual Funds | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Software

CASE STUDY - CAPITAL Card Services wanted a solution that could help automate compliance, improve best practices and reduce unplanned work to meet this requirement it turned on to Tripwire as a result Capital was able to reduced unplanned work by 75%.
Posted: September 25, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Auditing (Finance) | Best Practices | Change Management | Credit Cards | Financial Services Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Security | Security Systems