All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Business Services

1. Quantitative investing could worsen market volatility. 2. Fiduciaries have a responsibility to assess trading risks. Automated trading strategies could make it more difficult to carry out their duties. 3. Some banks and hedge funds are experiencing losses due to "quant" trading.

The referred  article  speaks  of  the  failures  of  outsourcing, how companies have had to  pay  penalties for  non-compliance  with  statutory requirements  and  why they still  want  to  continue outsourcing. In...

In the financial derivative markets  , the proper  pricing of the derivatives is really important to add liquidity  and depth to the underlying cash markets. But the trices are based on inputs like market's expectation of the volatility, which may be just implied volatility or the historical...

Point 1. At any point of time, any solution cannot be a Panacea. Any solution will have its advantages and disadvantages. Point 2. I agree that outsourcing results sometimes in more problems, such as more costs and time overrun. Point 3. At the same time , the article has totally avoided discussing...

The three principles for success in outsourcing are: due diligence, due diligence, and due diligence.

1. Proper valuation (and related risk management) cannot ignore model risk. 2. Model risk, or "model error" means different things to different people. 3. Complex models require an understanding of the dynamic behavior of input variables such as default or recovery rates.

Those who view outsourcing as a dying business assume the absence of business dynamics.  They ignore the possibilities of change and specialization.  If something works it can get better.  If something does not work well, it gets improved or discontinued, and another source is identi...

I respectfully, but strongly, disagree with the Author's assertion that "Outsourcing is here to stay."  My comments are based upon a 30+ year management career, however, my evidence more solidly stems from the numerous disappointing interactions I have experienced as a CUSTOMER subjected to the...

1. Outsourcing is here to stay. News of its imminent death is exaggerated. 2.  Quality of analysis on outsourcing and its implications depend upon its reputation and ability to bring experts to the table. One cannot paint the quality of news analysis across the print media with the same...

Outsourcing  draws  heated  debates  at  different  ends  of  the  world. In  the   US, UK  and  western  europe  a  sizable  number  view  it  as  a  loss  of  jobs  to ...