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Perspectives on information and supply chains within investment banking

Abstract

Supply chain concepts are usually confined to industries where there are core sourcing, manufacture and delivery processes. These industries are usually to be found within the industrial products, aerospace, automotive, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. Supply Chain Management (SCM) concepts, have not necessarily been associated with financial services, apart from concepts of information management and process flow, in the loosest sense. This paper attempts to describe how supply chain concepts are very much an inherent part of the financial services process landscape, with particular reference to the field of investment banking. In doing so, the paper explores IT/IS issues impacting within the investment banking industry, focussing on the requirements for efficient distribution of sales and research data. Following this, the authors extend concepts of supply chain and information management, to realise the concept of an Investment Banking Information Supply Chain (IBISC)

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