Quants Index Support for a Europe-based Investment Bank

  • $3.5m

    annualized cost savings

  • 55

    FTEs

  • 40,000

    indices being supported

  • 24*6

    support


CLIENT CHALLENGES

  • The client was looking for offshore support on index production prior to London open and was keen on extending capabilities in the portfolio and risk-modeling products.
  • The client wanted to set up an offshore support team to:
    • engage a pool of skilled resources to meet deadlines
    • reduce onshore operational costs
    • leverage a multi-functional team during different time zones
    • free up bandwidth for onshore teams to focus on value-added areas

OUR APPROACH

  • Assigned a team of 2 FTEs to support the client’s Index Operations team
  • Invested heavily in training and continuous improvement programs
  • Implemented a night shift in Bangalore to support live US coverage
  • Delivered self-directed customized automation solutions that accelerated support:
    • Back testing dashboard for risk model
    • User-defined instruments (UDI) generator

IMPACT DELIVERED

  • Ramped up support in other areas, such as strategy indices, corporate actions and modeling support, including risk calibration and back testing
  • Delivered time-sensitive and high-quality support for indices:
    • Daily index monitoring and publishing
    • Monthly risk calibration
    • Reference data reconciliation
    • 24*6 support
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What we have done

Daily index management support to an ETF provider
What we are proud of

50%

cost saving

70%

operational bandwidth saving

Global benchmarks and investment management firm
What we are proud of

100%

automated solution for data sourcing, processing and addressing manual errors and anomalies

c.40%

cost reduction in TOM by establishing an offshore dedicated team of experts