Financial Services
Z/Yen Group is the City of London’s leading commercial think tank promoting societal advance through better finance and technology. Z/Yen applies its risk/reward methodology for banks, investors, corporate treasuries, information providers, exchanges, insurers, trade associations and alternative risk vehicles. Z/Yen’s strength is in wholesale finance strategy, intelligence and research. Z/Yen research interests include operations processing, new risk products (e.g. novel gambling or insurance hybrids), prediction systems, best execution, liquidity estimation, and institutional investment evaluation. Z/Yen performs benchmarking & performance analysis, strategic planning (outsourcing, re-engineering, relocation), market intelligence & surveys, risk management and change management, as well as special projects such as conversion from building society to banking status or fraud investigations. Z/Yen has led several industry initiatives from the 1996 launch of Taskforce 2000, the industry response to the millennium bug, to ongoing investment banking global operations costs benchmarks (European securities, US securities, global derivatives processing, global foreign exchange & money markets, operational performance, and clearance & settlement). Working with the Universities Superannuation Scheme and Gresham College, Z/Yen created the Farsight Award for long-term investment research. Z/Yen created and supports the $15M London Accord, the world’s leading ‘open source’ research cooperative into climate change economics. Z/Yen created and runs the City of London’s Global Financial Centres Index (see the Members Area for more details).
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Z/Yen Financial Services Research Studies |
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Anti-Money Laundering Requirements: Costs, Benefits and Perceptions – City of London Corporation |
2005 |
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2005 to 2007 | |
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CCP Consolidation Impact Analysis – London Clearing House |
2003 |
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Cost per Trade Benchmarking – European Securities – consortia |
2000 to present |
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Cost per Trade Benchmarking – Global FX and Money Markets – consortia |
2001 to present |
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Cost per Trade Benchmarking – Global OTC Derivatives – consortia |
2000 to present |
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Cost per Trade Benchmarking – USA Securities – consortia |
2003 to present |
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Effects of Moving to Anonymous Counterparty Trading & Reinsurance Costs – London Stock Exchange |
1998 |
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Evaluation of Competitive Stock Exchange Systems – Advantage West Midlands |
2004 |
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Institutional Investment And Trading In UK Smaller Quoted Companies – Quoted Companies Alliance |
2002 |
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Online Gambling Effects on Finance – Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation |
2004 |
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Operational Performance of Brokers – Asian Securities - consortia |
2004 to present |
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Operational Performance of Brokers – European Securities – consortia |
2002 to present |
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Operational Performance of Brokers – Global FX and Money Markets - consortia |
2004 to present |
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Operational Performance of Brokers – Global OTC Derivatives - consortia |
2004 to present |
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Operational Performance of Brokers – USA Securities - consortia |
2003 to present |
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Operations Best Practice – Brokerage Costs - consortium |
2005 |
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Operations Best Practice – Corporate Actions - consortia |
2003 to present |
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Operations Best Practice – Settlement and Custody Fees - consortia |
2001 to present |
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OTC Derivatives Processing Costs – Deutsche Bank & 15 other investment banks |
1999 |
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Product Control Survey – product control functions for ABN Amro & eight other investment banks |
2003 |
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Strategy Canvas – survey of strategic factors for Deutsche Bank & eight other investment banks |
2004 |
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The Competitive Position of London as a Global Financial Centre – City of London Corporation |
2005 |
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1995-1997 | |
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The Global Financial Centres Index – City of London Corporation |
2006 to present |
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2005 to present | |
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Trade Publication Study on Transparency, Liquidity and the Delayed Publication Rules – London Stock Exchange |
2003 |
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