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Capital
Markets Center of Excellence (CMCE)
Today's
players in capital markets are under intense governmental
and market scrutiny. Financial markets have faced difficult
times recently with changes in regulatory compliance demands,
decline in mergers and IPO activity as well as shrinkage in
commissions and assets under management. Escalations in transactional
volumes and demand for automation and speed have increased
costs of risk. So has an emerging regulatory climate that
demands new levels of control and visibility into risk and
holds your board and executive team personally accountable
for it. Consolidation and increased competitiveness have also
brought new challenges for financial institutions. Accurate
information to manage risk is one of this industry’s
primary concerns.
Our clients
demand domain expertise in the delivery of solutions that
address compliance, risk management, operational efficiency
& cost optimization. Itsumo's solutions leverage the strengths
of a functionally-savvy front office in combination with the
engineered economics of our India back office. Itsumo's quality
is drawn from our experience in the Japanese market.
Itsumo has adopted the Japanese excellence high standards
of innovation and delivery to create our Capital Markets
Center of Excellence in India to reflect the following
attributes:
Exceed Client Expectations-The CMCE
conducts extensive cross-disciplinary in-house training for
Itsumo's consultants, technologists and business analysts
to build a solid foundation in the fundamentals of finance,
project related technologies and business processes. wrapped
in a regulatory compliance-operational risk management framework.
Additional project specific training helps Itsumo's consultants
analyze business needs, identify these needs through gap analysis
and deliver timely and cost-effective solutions.
Limiting Regulatory & Operational Risk Exposure-The
CMCE focuses upon solution delivery that is regulatory
compliant i.e. Basel II, SOX, Patriot, AML, FASB 133 etc.
In this vein, we have established a solutions practice that
is core to CMCE - the Enterprise
Wide Risk Management (EWRM) Practice.
Our solutions are wrapped in our EWRM framework which is premised
upon the principles of the COSO/COBIT methodologies. The compliance
and OpRisk expertise allows us to guide clients through strategic
initiatives such as
• implications of Basel II and SOX within various planned
strategies involving outsourcing.
• impact on a planned strategy or product acquisition
which is due to a lack of an integrated
solution in the vendor's product-based Operational Risk Management
Solution Chain and Coverage.
Accelerate
Project Deliverables-Applied Functional Frameworks,
domain-specific tools and a diversity of project management
expertise enable Itsumo to accelerate project deliverables
through our proven Efficient Delivery Model
(EDM)T. The CMCE Applied frameworks represent
our expertise in specific functional areas of Capital Markets
– Portfolio Management, Treasury, Sales & Trading,
Research, Risk Management, Compliance, and Operations.
Global Reach-With dedicated centers in the
US and India, and plans to expand to Europe and Asia Pacific
regions, the CMCE provides 24/7 delivery of domain expertise
across the globe.
Partner
for Success- It sumo's partnering strategy allows
us to provide the most comprehensive solutions to our Capital
Markets clients by leveraging the expertise of leading Capital
Markets application vendors, law firms, accountancy firms
and other relevant actors. Itsumo not only seeks to partner
with leading ISV's but we also have a product development
model that assists these vendors better their products to
meet changing market needs of their clients. Itsumo's clients
benefit from our extensive resource investment into these
professional and technology associations.
The CMCE commitment to Capital Markets is
reflected through a myriad of advantages, such as
•
highly efficient capital markets consultants and project managers
who effectively understand our clients'
business needs to create a solid ROI with lower
regulatory risk exposure.
• our consultants' capital markets expertise employed
in tandem with our leading edge knowledge
of mainstream ISV product solutions to easily result in
more effectively compiled requirements, to ensure the successful
completion of projects within minimum time
frames and budgets.
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