Predictive
Reserach
Predictive research is typically quantitative research that predicts how
markets, buyers or specific financial institutions will change in response
to market trends or new product introductions. We distinguish this from
future studies, which are more qualitative in nature.
According to our recent global study of trade outsourcing for ABN-AMRO,
well over half of banks that are outsourcing their trade services find that
the service to their clients improved as a result of outsourcing.
Profitability and expense ratio improvements also exceeded expectations.
With over 20% of small-mid size banks (assets of $6-100 billion) planning to
outsource some of their trade services to an insourcing bank over the next
two years, quality improvement should be the reason for their choice rather
than just the cost savings they think about initially.
