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 Financial Market Research Services from Fusion
The US offshore IT services market is expected to nearly double in size to an estimated $14.7 billion by 2009, reports IDC and the financial services industry is expected to account for 28.9% of the total spend by the end of the forecast period.
India is fast becoming the Financial Market Research hub of the world due to skilled manpower availability and scalability and economic leverage.
Apart from cost considerations, regulatory measures have also promulgated off shoring of financial market research services to a great extent. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's settlement of 2002 required separation of research, investment banking and trading functions, making it mandatory for firms to provide independent research from at least three third party research firms to their customers for five years.
Fusion has recruited Financial Researchers and analysts comprising chartered accountants (certified public accountants) and MBAs from the leading financial institutions thus enabling companies to outsource their analytics and quantitative financial research requirements to us.
Fusion also provides cross-technology research designed for the financial and investment community, including brokerage firms, money managers, venture capitalists, investment banks, and commercial banks among many other organizations.
• Financial Research Services: The Fusion Advantage
Skilled financial analysts and researchers offering obvious financial and cost effective labor, along with scalability allow our outsourcing venture sustainability and effectiveness.
This fact can be seen according to a report on equity research outsourcing by India Brand Equity Foundation, India has the largest number of CAs (Chartered accountants) in the world and Fusion has leveraged the best of this talent pool who have extensive financial and investment experience.
Technical analysts and data entry operators provide support and have the skills to provide required technical assistance thus enabling high grade and high yield financial research services.
Fusion has the required bandwidth and state of the art facilities to allow creation of scalable databases, enabling financial research services the most current knowledge sources while staying within the ambit of security and web enabled framework security requirements. |
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• Investment Research – A result oriented service
 Investment Research can be defined very broadly as a process that contains one or more of the following:
• The results of research into a designated investment or its issuer
• Analysis of factors likely to influence the future performance of a designated investment or its issuer and
• Advice or recommendations based on those results and that analysis.
• Investment Research is Useful to:
• Individual investors
• High Net worth Individuals (HNI)
• Asset management companies
• Companies
• Economic Analysts
• Process of Investment Research
Investment research involves fundamental analysis, technical analysis, or a combination of the two. Fundamental analysis essentially explains what to buy while technical analysis could be used to decide on when to buy.
• Fundamental Analysis
Fundamental analysis begins with the assertion that the ‘true' or ‘intrinsic' value of any financial asset equals the present value of all cash flows that the owner of the asset expects to receive. Accordingly the fundamental stock analyst attempts to forecast the timing and size of these cash flows and then converts them into equivalent present value by using an appropriate discount rate. Once the true value of the asset is determined, it is compared with the current market price of the asset in order to see whether the asset is fairly priced. Those assets whose price is above the intrinsic value are said to be ‘over valued' and those whose prices are lower than the intrinsic value are ‘under valued'. The magnitude of the difference between the current market value and ‘true value' is also important information, because the strength of the research conviction that whether a given asset is incorrectly priced will partly depend on this information. To determine the intrinsic value, the financial statements of a company are extensively analyzed. Other factors such as its credit rating, business model, competitor parity of the company are also thoroughly scrutinized.
• Technical Analysis
Technical analysis involves the study of stock market prices of the financial asset under consideration, in an attempt to predict the future price movements it may take. Initially, past prices are examined in order to identify recurring trends or patterns in price movements. Then more recent prices are analyzed in order to identify emerging trends or patterns that are similar to past ones. This analysis is done in the belief that these trends or patterns repeat themselves. Thus by identifying an emerging trend or pattern, the analyst hopes to accurately predict future price movements for that particular asset.
• Combination Technique
As can be seen, neither of the two methods is comprehensive. A synthesis of the two would be ideal rather than any one, giving the investor information on what to buy and when to buy it.
Apart from these two broad based techniques there are other techniques like passive investing which involves investing in index stocks or funds based on an active index.
• Benefits of Fusion Investment Research Mthodology
Fusion is a quality-driven, full-service business and market research firm. It presents business information and research services and believes in providing value to customers. Selecting and combining appropriate tools and methods to produce tailor-made solutions is the singular focus of our investment research team.
• What you can expect from us
• Expertise in research strategy and methodology
• Competency in corporate research and investment research
• Global coverage
• A results-oriented approach
• Confidentiality
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 Financial Analysis Services from Fusion
India has now emerged as the largest destination for outsourced financial services, achieving revenues of $820 million in 2003-04 and the global industry size is expected to touch $47.6 billion by 2008.
The drive towards cost cutting and better financial reporting and regulatory compliance is forcing more chief financial officers than ever before to consider outsourcing finance and accounting (F&A) business functions.
• Financial Analysis Services Provided by Fusion
Financial analysis is the integration and analysis of information stored in financial systems and other critical data sources across the organization.
Furthermore financial analysis makes use of techniques to determine the mission performance and monetary accountability information of an organization. These techniques include calculating ROI, Ratio analysis, Break-even analysis, and preparation of Cash flow and Funds-flow statements, Cost/benefit analysis.
India has now emerged as the largest destination for outsourced financial services, achieving revenues of $820 million in 2003-04 and the global industry size is expected to touch $47.6 billion by 2008.
Initially financial outsourcing services were limited to back office functions but with faster and more accurate interpretation of financial data, the scope of financial services has grown to encompass high-end jobs including equity analysis, financial research, investment analysis and modeling.
Furthermore the drive towards cost cutting and better financial reporting and regulatory compliance is forcing more chief financial officers than ever before to consider outsourcing finance and accounting (F&A) business functions
The benefits of outsourcing Financial Analysis are faster and more accurate interpretation of financial data, which helps managements to implement appropriate action and improve the financial solvency and liquidity of an organization. Additional motivations include access to better technology and improved service levels.
Adding to this financial analysis outsourcing increasingly is being used as a tool not only for cost savings but also for business transformation, enhancing service levels, reducing expenses, increasing stakeholder value and gaining a greater competitive stronghold in their marketplaces.
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Organizations, irrespective of size, are increasingly looking to outsource their accounting requirements for a number of reasons such as: cost reduction, regulatory compliance, industry consolidation, reduction of environment complexity, and access to new technology and management processes.
To compete and succeed across the long term in this ever-changing global environment, many visionary executive leaders have chosen to outsource part or all of their accounting and finance requirements.
Outsourcing gives your company access to a higher level of expertise than you normally could afford especially in the field of accounting services.
Accounting Services from Fusion
It is predicted that the worldwide market for outsourcing of financial and accounting services will grow from $11.2 billion in 2004 to $17.2 billion in 2008.
In 2008, the market for outsourcing of financial and accounting services will then represent approximately 15% of the worldwide outsourcing market.
The reason for this quantum leap in the growth of financial and accounting services is the fact that medium-sized enterprises would want to acquire the same advantages from outsourcing that larger enterprises are already enjoying.
Organizations, irrespective of size, are increasingly looking to outsource their accounting requirements for a number of reasons such as: cost reduction, regulatory compliance, industry consolidation, reduction of environment complexity, and access to new technology and management processes.
To compete and succeed across the long term in this ever-changing global environment, many visionary executive leaders have chosen to outsource part or all of their in-house functions. This enables the company to focus on core competencies inline with their mission and not expend management's resources on internal finance, information technology etc. Outsourcing gives your company access to a higher level of expertise than you normally could afford especially in the field of accounting services.
Moreover while the off shoring of transactional processes generally yields a 20%–25% cost reduction in the overall Finance and Accounting functions, the off shoring of key processes has the potential of a 35%–40% reduction in costs. In transactional processes, 60%–80% of the cost savings arise out of labor-arbitrage opportunities.
It is universally acknowledged that India produces more Chartered Accountants than any other country, but the uniqueness of recruiting accountants in India is the high standard of the Chartered Accountancy exams, which accountants have to write in order to become a certified accountant. The Chartered Accountancy exam in India is one of the highest in the world and follows rigorous norms.
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