Industry Insights

Managing a brand in today’s dynamic media landscape is a major challenge. Research and the statistical analysis of big data can be powerful tools to help marketers identify new ways to strengthen their brands and drive sales.

We asked 260 procurement professionals, in 14 industries worldwide, about the problems and priorities they face. Our findings, summarized in this exclusive survey report, feature the four key trends shaping the procurement landscape today.

Cognitive technology is transforming the way firms do business. In this article we explore how forward-looking companies around the world are putting cognitive technology to work across a range of business functions.

The digital stack is an interlinked set of technologies that create value for your organization, customers, partners and co-competitors.

China is in the lead in the global digital environment. Read our article to find out why companies across the globe should pay attention to this country’s digital revolution.

Consumer behavior is changing fast, business environments are increasingly volatile, and more and more marketplaces are going digital. In this turbulent landscape, it’s no wonder that securing organic, profitable incremental growth is the single most important challenge facing corporations today.

Brexit – a work in progress, with everything still to pay for. This industry insights examines the economic and commercial impacts of Brexit, including the key factors you should consider if your portfolio covers UK firms.

Identifying opportunities for workplace efficiency is not a matter of choice in the modern, competitive professional services industry anymore. Automation has a distinct role to play in increasing efficiency and reducing employee involvement in monotonous, time-consuming tasks. But what does it take to successfully streamline research and analytics?

Retaining promising junior bankers has become a high priority for investment banks. Automation has demonstrable advantages in terms of increased efficiency and reduced costs, but what about the potential for increased satisfaction?

The efficiency increases of mind+machine gains impact businesses on the scale of their operations. The time-to-market of solutions will drastically come down and so will the costs, and the potential reach will increase multi-fold thanks to such innovations.

Sell-side research is seeing a range of disruptive changes that are currently redefining the marketplace. Delivering reports that provide newer and deeper insights are needed more than ever before. Is the use of intelligent automation a defining factor in this race to survive?

Index users and providers are facing greater scrutiny due to the expansion of financial regulations covering the index industry. Discover what are the options for index providers and users.

Are you part of the global pharma conversation? Do you have the systems in place to join it? More and more pharmaceutical and healthcare companies are finding the need to actively engage with patients, physicians and key opinion leaders.

Assets under management by robo-advisors are on the rise and both startups and industry leaders are investing in this new technology. But what does that mean for human financial advisors?

Compliance with BCBS 239 is not only mandatory for systemically important banks (SIBs), it also has tangible business benefits. Why then are so many banks struggling to meet the requirements for compliant risk data aggregation and reporting?

Maintaining efficient and compliant customer engagement and communications in the financial services industry can be challenging, but modern, dynamic workflows are changing the face of publishing.