swarmpoint
SwarmPoint LLC combines practical experience of operating business processes with a sound base of organizational and technical understanding. This combination causes implementable proactive actions to be proposed and effective structures and systems put in place allowing the organization to meet its goals. ...
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EVENTS
San Diego, CA, 23-25 March 2009
The latest insights into creating and sustaining an agile process-powered organization. Aligning business strategy and IT to maximize operational performance.
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Washington, CD, 9-11 March 2009
Guidance on managing business in a data rich world. Strategic use of data for decision making and to boost performance.
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January 25-28, 2009, Weston, FL
Against a backdrop of growing economic uncertainty, financial institutions of every size are facing significant risks and changes. The familiar landmarks used to chart risks are becoming increasingly obsolete. To succeed in this changing global environment, you need a new and more complex map. Each year, bank insurance risk managers rely on the ABA Insurance Risk Management Conference to help them navigate emerging global threats with up-to-the-minute reports and tools.
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NEW YORK
A monthly event where startups demo to New York's tech community (technologists, investors, entrepreneurs etc)
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NextWeb meets once per month to view and discuss the latest Internet technology, including Web 2.0, Social Networking,
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STANDARDS
Business Process Modelling Notation
Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) by the OMG is the standard symbology for the visual elements of the business process.
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Model Driven Architecture
These specifications will lead the industry towards interoperable, reusable, portable software components and data models based on standard models.
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Electronic Business XML
ebXML enables enterprises of any size, in any global region, to conduct business using the internet.
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PROCESS MANAGEMENT
Business Process Management (BPM) through Process Mapping is a management technique which looks at business activities as a series of processes handling items of work. In understanding business activities as a series of processes it becomes possible to
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INDUSTRY VERTICALS
Swarmpoint's consultancy services server the following industry verticals:
Capital Markets
- Prime Brokerage
- Hedge Funds
- Equity Markets
- Fixed Income
- Asset Management
Functions
- Securities lending
- Order management
- Execution systems
- SWAPS and other derivatives
- Client reporting
- Payment systems
- Cash management
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SWARMPOINT BLOG
Regulation of Financial Services
After any serious hurt there is a call for immediate action in the political sphere. People look to politicians to protect them, and politicians are happy to encourage the notion. This rush to action overlooks the fact that even the management of the investment banks hadn't understood the situation in time to avert their own losses. They are all very capable, highly functioning individuals but wer
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US Investment Banking Contraction
With Lehman and Merrill Lynch joining Bear as past proud names of Wall Street, and contracting their businesses, it is apparent that there is a significant contracting of US institutional finance. The government financed support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac resulted in the government financing of over half of the US mortgage business. The next two largest players in the mortgage market were Lehma
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Senate threatens IRS derivatives crackdown
The Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations has published a press release about a report which appears not to be available online. This relates to the common practice of trying to lawfully minimize ones taxes by investing in ways which are subject to lower tax rates. A normal business practice. Unfortunately the committee is representing this as tax dodging and maligning the industry.
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ORGANIZATIONS
A rich set of resources
BiPM operate a bulletin board with a number of resources for anybody involved with Business Intelligence or Performance Management tools and practices
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The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes
ICMCI Mission and Vision: The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes was founded in 1987 'to promote a closer working relationship between all management consulting institutes or organizations primarily dedicated to the registration or certification of individual management consultants.'
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Project Management Institute
The Project Management Institute has an active New York chapter with regular meetings
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PROJECT TYPES
STRATEGY
- Strategy Review
- Roadmaps
- Product Strategy
- Strategy Workshops
PERFORMANCE
- Business process mapping and metrics
- Business intelligence and dashboards
- Project management and audits
- System documentation and assessment
CHANGE
- Transition Planning
- Acquisition and restructuring,
- Legacy replacement,
- Vendor reselection
- Outsourcing assessment and governance
- Proposals which quantify business benefits
- Enterprise vendor or major system selection
- Due dilligence for acquisition or investment
- Business process integration
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NEWS
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and LCH.Clearnet Group (LCH.Clearnet) have signed an agreement to merge the two companies. The merged company would create the world's largest clearing house, which would operate a user-owned, user-governed model, with LCH.Clearnet moving to an at-cost based structure comparable to DTCC's within three years.
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Wall Street bonuses could tumble 41.3 percent next year, which would even top the plunge that occurred one year after the World Trade Center collapse, the state Assembly said on Wednesday.
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BNY has launched a service to allow enterprises to outsource their Treasury Services
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OPPORTUNITIES
Recruitment
For details on SwarmPoint employment, consulting and executive search click here
Job Board
Morgan Stanley serves institutional and investment banking clients around the globe. The Firm provides clients with investment banking advice on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings and privatizations. Morgan Stanley manages private partnerships that invest in venture capital, real estate and other private equity opportunities.
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Cox Communications, Atlanta
The role covers complete financial and business analysis to support Cox Communication's roaming coverage business decisions at both a consolidated and local market level as well as preparing financial models to support scenario planning
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Job Board
JPMorgan Chase has a presence in more than 50 locations worldwide and offers an exciting variety of career opportunities globally. Apply for jobs, explore different career paths, create job search agents for email notifications of available positions and learn more about all of our lines of business, as you consider joining our exceptional team.
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