Case Studies

This global energy commodity trading firm decided to strengthen its control framework and the Product Control Department asked Investance to build and deliver a market data map including associated controls.

The objective was to improve the parameters governance and to deliver to the value chain stakeholders (Front Office, Middle Office, Product Control, and Risks ) the following: 

• a detailed  list of all valuation parameters
• a shared referential of parameters and controls
• a roadmap to reinforce the control framework

At this Global Investment Bank we were asked to help the client respond to the requirements of financial regulators to secure product valuation and P&L assessment at a global level.

The assignment aimed to:

• define a target decoupled Product Control function and its KPIs, 
• split features among involved departments (Middle Office, Risk, Finance, Front Office), and their relationships.

This top-tier asset management firm wanted to improve their risk management processed and implement best practices across their business.  Following a review their Board of Directors decided to launch, a top priority a 3-year Global Risk Management Framework (GRMF) Program, to increase the scope and breadth of its Risk Management function.

The aim of this Global Investment Bank was to accurately calculate stockholders' equity in conformance with the operational risk guidelines laid down by financial regulators.  A calculation of Value at Risk (VaR) Operational Risks was set up on all perimeters of the bank to adhere to the advanced methodologies recommended in the Basel II accord.

This programme was designed to enable the client to meet the approval of financial regulators. Investance was asked to intervene in the management of Operational Risks including measurement and reporting.

To achieve an ambitious model-changing transformation, an International Investment Bank has launched a program to roll out “Lean Management” within its operational services notably the Information System department.

Investance intervened in order to:

• Ensure the governance of the whole program (PMO)
• Establish a model to estimate expected financial savings
• Set up a process to follow up achieved and forecasted financial savings

For the account management Division of a major retail bank, Investance intervened to participate in the migration of the Eurotitres platform.  The objective of the project was the accounting of new operations through a securities platform.  Investance intervened as a project manager to support the client in the migration.

The Risk Management Department of a major Investment Bank decided to gear up from monthly to weekly reporting of Basel II Risk Weighted Assets (RWA).

The target framework was expected to create the ability to anticipate monthly trends in terms of risk weighted assets and spare regulatory capital.

Investance took the lead on the framework implementation and change management project.

A Global Investment Bank wanted to study the opportunity to outsource the Operations and support functions of some of its Equity businesses in Asia.

The issues the bank faced were restrictive and varied depending on the country.  Challenges such as varying securities and banking regulations with differing levels of maturity and alongside cultural acceptance of outsourcing and the infrastructure set up in each country.

Read the full case study here

A leading Global Bank validated the decision to be compliant with FATCA requirements at Group level across all entities, businesses and territories implementation.

After a first phase consisting of a pre-study and scope, senior management sponsored the launch of the FATCA program for all business lines and across all countries.

Read the full case here

Our client is a leading global bank that provides a wide variety of international banking and financial services, including corporate banking, securities, custody, capital markets, treasury, private and investment banking and insurance. Investance were asked to review and assist with the roll out of the cash operating model in the Asia-Pacific Region.