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Press articles

PA's financial services management consultants are frequently published in leading newspapers and journals on subjects as diverse as post-merger integration, back office rationalization, capital/risk management, systems development and large scale project and program management.

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Retail health clinics ‘could help to grow private healthcare market’
Health Insurance & Protection Magazine - June 2008

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Gulf sovereign funds should set down principles
Financial Times - 05 May 2008

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Simulate the market [rethinking customer retention in insurance]
Money Marketing - 01 May 2008

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Ready, steady, merge - how European banks can best prepare themselves for a possible wave of consolidation
Financial World - April 2008

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Rallying value - how banks seeking to emerge from the sector's turmoil can rebuild investor confidence
Financial World - February 2008

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Outlook for private equity deals in UK retail banking assets
Financier Worldwide - December 2007

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How banks will strive for shareholder backing
Financial Times - 28 December 2007

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Why banks must tackle fundamental drivers of value
Financial Times - 18 December 2007

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Blame for liquidity crisis does not lie with Northern Rock alone
Financial Times - 20 November 2007

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Define time (life insurance and pensions)
Money Marketing - 15 November 2007

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Delivering regulatory compliance
Financial World - October 2007

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IT investment in banking - Where's the smart money?
GT News - 16 August 2007

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Back to the coffee shop - What will tomorrow’s exchanges look like?
FOW (Futures & Options world) - July/August 2007

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Market proliferation: a paradox of choice? Unprecedented growth in trading venues will challenge even the bravest market participants
Dealing with Technology - 11 June 2007

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Have your Swiss cake and eat it too (securities and exchanges)
Financial Times - 18 May 2007

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What the customer saw - What has made customers so ungrateful? How a fresh perspective on service delivery can deliver real customer satisfaction
Financial World - 1 February 2007

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Financial flux - the factors that will influence change in business [financial services]
Financial World - December 2006

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New EU trading system may limit 'best execution'
Wall Street Journal Europe - 30 November 2006

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A successful NPSS will be based on enthusiasm
Financial Times - 22 August 2006

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Shared holes in the wall (unbranded ATM network)
The Daily Telegraph - 19 August 2006

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MiFID:- Don't lose concentration when playing to win (the challenges for European exchanges)
Complinet - 2 August 2006

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MiFID: your move - Playing to win
Complinet - 8 June 2006

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MiFID and the early bird factor
Financial World - 6 June 2006

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Sense of change - What does the future hold for investment services?
Financial World - May 2006

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Internet will not be a threat to old values [buying insurance online]
Post Magazine - 13 April 2006

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Keeping your own house in order - How insurers can effectively use operational risk management to drive positive behaviour that protects against loss
Complinet - 16 December 2005

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The (pensions) system has collapsed and needs urgent reform
Financial Times - 22 November 2005

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SEPA's impact on the profitability of European banks
GTNews - 15 November 2005

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Avoiding the MiFID supplier squeeze - A technology squeeze awaits banks and brokers who fail to engage IT early on in the MiFID race
FOW Magazine (Futures and Options World) - November 2005

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Challenging traditions (in branch banking)
Banking Technology - October 2005

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The great MiFID race - Banks and brokers engaging in a proactive approach to regulatory change stand to gain early mover advantage
FOW Magazine (Futures and Options World) - October 2005

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Growth of the niche manager - Technology is forcing fragmentation of the fund management supply chain
Global Investor Sibos Preview - September 2005

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Day of the MiFID - Maximizing market benefits from regulatory change needn't be science fiction
FOW Magazine (Futures and Options World) - September 2005

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Direct debit inhabits a world unrecognizable from the one into which it was launched
Financial World - July 2005

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FSA must take changes to capital markets into account
Financial Times - 30 June 2005

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Driving evolution by challenging traditional branch banking paradigms
Banking Automation Bulletin - June 2005

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PG's tips - The state of play for today's retail banking practices 
European Retail Finance - March 2005

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Making a material difference [Risk control in change management]
FO World (Futures and Options World), January 2005 

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Sad tale of those who followed Deutsche
Financial Times - 8 December 2004

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Financial institutions re-evaluate offshore operations 
Financial Times - 1 December 2004

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The coming choices in asset management
Global Money Management - 24 November 2004

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Plastics is wired for trading (LME plastics contracts) 
The Ringsider - October 2004

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Risk management special report - Awareness: ready for when things go wrong 
Financial Times - 27 October 2004

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German private banks must heed wake-up call 
Financial Times Europe - 18 October 2004

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Mergers and acquisitions - Bordering on success: If Santander's takeover bid for Abbey proves successful it could have a lasting impact on cross-border mergers on the Continent
Financial World - October 2004

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Direct debit – is it now out of place? 
Australian Banking and Finance Magazine - 21 September 2004

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Working to find our better natures 
Business Insurance Industry Focus - 20 September 2004

*  An active or 'structured' approach to managing energy project finance loan portfolios
The Journal of Structured Finance - Summer 2004
*  German banking: Anglo Saxon attitudes
Financial World - June 2004
*  Consolidation can't save Germany's banks
Wall Street Journal Europe - 26 April 2004
*  Transaction processing remains a differentiator
Cards International - 19 March 2004
*  Making CRM technology work
The Manager - January 2004
*  Quantum leap in risk reporting within reach
American Banker - 9 December 2003
*  Cross-selling needs more than a CRM system
Bank Marketing International - 15 March 2003
*  Vital statistics: is your analytics function feeling 100%?
Credit Risk International - February/March 2003
*  Intranet: transform the organization
Financial IT - February 2003
*  Challenging channels
European Banker - December 2002/January 2003
*  Delivering maximum value from private clients
Funds International - December 2002
*  Banking is about management of risk
European Banker - August 2002
*  Mind the gap! - The challenges of closing the value gap in Web-based cash management
Global Treasurer News - 18 April 2002
*  Defending the corporate banking franchise: The new economics of cash management
Global Treasurer News - 4 January 2002
*  European bank shareholders are missing out on cross-border synergy benefits
European Banker - January 2002
*  The view from 2010 - What will a typical business traveller think of smart cards at the end of the decade?
Card Technology Magazine - January 2002
*  Complex loss management: obtaining rapid and maximum loss recovery
Insurance International/Commercial Insurance Magazine - December 2001
*  Choose your weapons... Moving forward on operational risk in the light of the new Basel Accord
FX & MM Magazine - Issue 5 2001
*  Exploding the myth of international payments outsourcing
FX & MM Magazine - Issue 4 2001
*  New PA survey indicates link between the effective use of risk measurement tools and significantly higher shareholder returns
7 September 2001

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