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Creating a Great Place to Work 2010

Our people are our greatest asset. How many times have you heard someone trot out this tarnished, worn out old cliché? Undervalued through over use, it’s a glib platitude that often has no basis in fact at the companies who use it but have no policy or infrastructure to encourage the best and brightest on board. Read more…

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The 10 Year journey creating a great place to work

2010 marks Baringa Partners’ tenth anniversary . From the very beginning, we have put our people at the heart of everything we do. Indeed, we believe that creating a great place to work is a defining factor in organisational success. Read more…

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Getting ready for the RDIP

There are three years to go before the Retail Distribution Implementation Programme comes into… Read more…

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Insurance Industry Challenges - A Baringa Partners Perspective

With all of the focus in the news over the last two years on the Banking and Capital Markets sectors of the FS industry it is often easy to overlook the fact that the Insurance sector has and will continue to face a similarly challenging environment throughout 2009 and 2010. Read more…

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A Change Is Gonna Come

There is no escaping the fact that the financial services industry is facing some major changes. This is not new: the industry has rarely if ever stood still and the advent of automation Read more…

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Delivering the Smart Metering Business Case

Smart metering has been a much-debated subject around the world for many years, but although the potential benefits offered by smart meters are clear, they have not yet been Read more…

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Cutting costs to keep value

Economic news makes for grim reading these days, and we have entered a new era of corporate austerity. Cost-cutting has become a major focus and belts are being tightened across Read more…

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Automated Trading in the Energy Markets

In the fast-paced, highly volatile financial markets it is almost impossible to find any brokerage or asset manager that does not employ automated and algorithmic trading to some Read more…

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Energy Risk: Changing Times at Centrica Energy

How do you go about transforming a large and well-established business, without destroying everything you’ve built up in the process? When you’re a start-up or a relatively new Read more…

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How to keep IT projects on track

The IT world is no stranger to high-profile project failure. But as economic conditions tighten we can expect projects to come under even greater scrutiny as companies pursue every avenue to ensure returns. So how do you keep technology Read more…