Case studies

PA's track record in financial services consulting delivery – by sector

PA's financial services consulting expertise has helped many organizations all over the world to grow revenue and reduce costs. We have listed below some examples of how PA has helped clients, categorized by sub-sector.

Consumer banking

	A global financial services organisation - Improving strategic procurement with a new management information system
	A leading German bank - Developing a risk management system
	A leading retail bank - Setting a strategic agenda to build foundations for the future
	A leading south-east Asian bank - Managing major business transformation from strategy to implementation
	A leading UK bank - Strategic review and redesign of HR function in a tight timeframe
	A major Asian retail bank - Long-term benefits through centralisation of internal operations
	A UK high street bank - Implementing economic capital and risk-adjusted profitability measures
	An international bank - centralisation of HR offshore
	ANZ Bank - Measuring and managing operational risk
	Banca IMI - Rapid implementation of on-line financial services
	BankWest (Australia) - Developing and implementing a strategy for effective IT outsourcing
	Barclays Finance - Building long term growth and profitability
	Development Bank of Singapore - Overhauling existing channels in Asia
	Egg - Exploiting the Internet channel
	Established retail bank: Managing the migration of account processing to an outsource provider
	Hungarian subsidiary of a leading German bank - Achieving transparency in outsourcing relationships
	National Savings - Modeling customer preferences: launching a profitable and cost-effective new savings product
	Nationwide Building Society - Implementing risk-sensitive operational risk capital allocations
	NatWest Bank - Replacing the entire branch network's IT infrastructure
	Royal Bank of Scotland - Delivering process performance improvement
	Standard Chartered Bank - Extending SCB’s offshoring activities

Corporate banking

	A global investment bank - Validating an outsourcing proposition
	A global private bank - Implementing an FSA-compliant outsourcing solution
	A specialist international bank - Embedding culture change in a treasury environment
	A US-based investment bank - Supporting rapid expansion with IT solutions
	An international retail and corporate bank - Implementing customer-level behavioural credit scoring in the SME market
	Mastercard International - Reversing a decline in market share
	Standard Chartered Bank - Extending SCB’s offshoring activities

Capital markets

	A major custodial bank - Creating a global on-line banking experience for customers
	A major international bank - Payments risk management
	Deutsche Bank Group - Successfully relocating and enhancing trading capacity
	London Metal Exchange – Launching a new market in plastics futures
	Reuters - Delivering a ‘rich and granular’ view of customers
	SEB Asset Management - Speeding up monthly report production from six days to two hours
	Société Générale - £50 million realised in shareholder value following acquisition of Hambros Bank Limited
	UBS - Ensuring a smooth passage through a major transition event

Insurance

	Abbey Life - A breakthrough in sales effectiveness
	AIG Marketing, Inc (AIGM) - Eliminating leakage in auto physical damage claims adjusting through advanced predictive modelling
	An international insurance company - Creating a framework of solutions to realise HR synergies
	Dah Sing Life Assurance - Launching new products and support systems in response to changing markets
	Storebrand - Creating a world-class remuneration system

Infrastructure

	A leading US credit card issuer - Building a transactional Web site and a strategic platform for European growth
	BG Bank - Advanced IT infrastructure in new HQ speeds merger integration
	BPAY - Australia’s flagship finance success story
	Egg - From infrastructure reliability to system delivery and operational performance
	Lloyds TSB - Tailoring the HR function to the business's needs saved several million pounds
	Nationwide Building Society - Implementing risk-sensitive operational risk capital allocations
	Reuters - Improving the customer experience by fixing problems faster
	SEB Asset Management - Speeding up monthly report production from six days to two hours
	Standard Chartered Bank - Extending SCB’s offshoring activities

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