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Risk Management Consulting Market

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The expectations of clients from the financial services industry have continued to escalate. Consultants to this vertical must now provide more services, broader geographic presence and experience, increased scope - all in addition to industry knowledge. New market entrants, and the trend toward "industrializing" financial services are forcing consultancies to leverage talent, solutions, and best practices from other industry sectors' practices.

IT Consulting Marketplace 2008-2010: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts

Kennedy forecasts demand for IT consulting to grow at a compound annual rate of 6.0% through 2010. In the US expect IT services spending to slow — and capacity at IT providers to continue to expand potentially pushing fee levels down. Significant variability exists in growth rates of the 10 IT Consulting Services analyzed. More on this research…

Fees, Utilization and Key Metrics in Consulting 2008

As predicted by Kennedy, consulting firms have regained traction in fee levels across the profession. Clients companies experienced fee increases of more than 3% in 2007 and are facing increases of over 4% in 2008 according to recent analysis. Additional findings from this research indicate that consulting clients are increasingly inclined to engage in larger, and ever more complex and costly engagements. More on this research...
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BAS Firms Primed for Subprime Windfall
We hesitate to characterize consultants as ambulance chasers, but Business Advisory Services (BAS) firms, especially those that provide financial risk
management, forensic accounting, and litigation support services, readily admit they are keeping their eyes on counter-cyclical opportunities resulting from the subprime meltdown. more…
Outsourcing's Steep Learning Curve
The demand for outsourcing continues to be strong in the US and across the globe. Although the subprime turmoil may slow deals coming out of the US financial services sector, the economic slowdown seems to be driving an increased client focus on the cost savings that can be achieved from outsourcing. more…
Online Consulting Gains Momentum
Online solutions for delivering consulting services are being launched at a quickening pace. Some firms are doing this to maintain ongoing relationships with clients after engagements end. Others promote the convenience of online knowledge transfer for busy managers. Revenue generation includes annual subscriptions, per-hour charges, and pay-as-you-go fees. more…
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Changing UK Public Sector Consulting Opportunities
Public sector consulting in the UK may not experience the high growth rates of past years, but it is likely to remain a sizable market. Recent growth reflects the macroeconomics in the UK of major growth in public sector expenditure over the last four or five years. more…
Addressing Asia Clients' Talent Issues
Most of the HR consulting demand in Asia Pacific is coming from high tech, pharmaceuticals, and financial services – organisations in intellectual capital-based industries where most of the capital is in the heads of the people companies have employed. more…
Improving Workforce Planning
Workforce planning can be defined as identifying the work that needs to be done, the people who need to be in the jobs, and the hiring or training and development plan to get people ready to perform that work. It effectively involves combining talent with business needs. more…