Cap Gemini Consulting - Investment Banking Area - Case Note

Capgemini - Services

New Technologies - Decision Making


The Capital Markets industry continues to be significantly impacted by:
A rapidly changing business environment,and The volume and rate of speed in which new technologies become available.

For organizations to remain competitive and profitable they must adapt to this changing business climate.

The selection of new technologies and industry-leading practices (“solutions”), in
conjunction with the timing of such solutions,will significantly effect an organizations competitive position.

The winners of tomorrow will have to answer the following questions:

Which solutions available today are most relevant to my current business needs?
Which solutions available today are most relevant to my long-term plans?
How adaptable are the solutions to my future requirements?
Whether it’s speed of execution, reduced time to market for new products and offerings or simply the horsepower required to create new products and services based on sophisticated near real-time analytics, speed is a prerequisite
to success.

When considering the following list of industry trends, speed becomes increasingly more important, but speed alone is not the answer.

To remain competitive, market participants must simplify and optimize processes,
adopt the best technologies, accelerate implementation time, remove or reduce the
complexity, remain flexible to changing needs and/or demands and realize financial savings and a greater return on investment dollars.













Capgemini handled an assignment to develop a global strategy for its retail asset management business, covering both mutual funds and defined contribution pensions of an European investment bank.