Financial Insights: Asia/Pacific Banking Advisory Service

Financial Insights' Asia/Pacific Banking Advisory Service offers a unique look at the Asian banking sector and provides decision makers with a comprehensive array of actionable information, including business model analysis, market-entry strategies, competitive positioning, information technology trends, and market forecasts. This regional advisory service helps financial institutions and technology providers that operate within Asia/Pacific to grow their businesses, maximize returns, and boost customer retention. Our in-country advisors actively engage with management teams to identify market opportunities and provide strategic guidance. The research agenda follows banking opportunities from customer and vendor perspectives, providing senior-level decision makers with timely market insight into the business opportunities within this dynamic part of the world. Our advisory service provides ongoing research reports, analyst access, and admission to content-rich conferences and Webcasts.

Key Questions Answered

• What are the unique dynamics within the Asian banking environment, and how will they impact local and foreign institutions?
• How are Asian retail and corporate customers changing, and how must banks adapt to meet their new requirements?
• What will be the role of technology-enabled products and delivery systems?
• Which markets offer the greatest potential for financial institutions and the firms that service them?
• Who are the leading banks, and what is the source of their competitive advantage?
• What are the hot trends in Asia's banking market? How can technology providers optimize their business models to benefit from these opportunities?

Market Segments and Subjects Analyzed

• Customer trends and market analysis
• Best practices and business models
• Competitive positioning and strategic guidance
• New technologies in retail and corporate banking
• Outsourcing and the growth of utilities
• Impact of economic, regulatory, competitive, and social factors

Lead Analyst

Douglas A. Jaffe is the research director who oversees the Asia/Pacific Banking practice and specializes in business and technology issues of relevance to the regional banking sector. Jaffe has expertise in a number of operational areas across retail and corporate banking and has published over 60 reports spanning various functional disciplines. Recent notable papers published by Jaffe include:

• Fidelity Information Services: New Life in Asia/Pacific
• Standard Chartered: A Transaction Bank in Transition
• Core Banking in Asia/Pacific: 2006 Deals

Related Offerings

Our team of analysts worldwide spans all aspects of financial services, including capital markets, retail and corporate banking, insurance, and risk management. In addition, Financial Insights experts are available for proprietary consulting engagements to customize results from our syndicated research. Advisory services that complement the Asia/Pacific Banking Advisory Service are:

• Asia/Pacific IT Benchmarking
• European Banking
• Consumer Banking and Credit
• Corporate Banking
• Payments

Return on Your Research Investment

• Regional analysis of relevant solution providers
• Strategic business planning for core banking transformation projects
• Concise briefings and guidance on key IT trends and challenges within the segment

• Distinct extension of internal market research to validate market strategies
• Guidance for more responsive, customer-centric marketing campaigns
• Competitive positioning and recommended partnerships

Standard Subscription Deliverables

Financial Insights values building client relationships and strives to foster a partnership with each client through continuous analyst interaction; concise delivery of current, timely, and relevant research; as well as custom research when needed. We encourage inquiries to our expert analysts at any time. A summary of the basic service deliverables available to subscribers includes the following:

• ANALYST INQUIRY TIME specific to the advisory service area
• REGIONAL EXPERTISE for the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific
• 24 x 7 RESEARCH ACCESS via financial-insights.com
• COMPLIMENTARY FORUM INVITATIONS (Webcasts, telebriefings, industry briefings)
• DEDICATED CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES