How much time do professionals in your firm spend trying to find and pull together the data they need to make decisions? More to the point, what is that time costing?

1. How much time
and money could
a research
management
save your firm?
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3. Successful investing depends on having the
right information at the
right time.
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4. But an IDC report estimates that…
Source: IDC Study, Hidden Costs of Information Work: A Progress Report, (IDC #217936) Copyright © 2013 Advent Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
Nearly
50%
of a knowledge worker’s time is
non-productive—spent gathering
information, converting formats,
unsuccessfully searching or
recreating content that already exists.

5. But an IDC report estimates that…
Source: IDC Study, Hidden Costs of Information Work: A Progress Report, (IDC #217936) Copyright © 2013 Advent Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
Nearly
50%
of a knowledge worker’s time is
non-productive—spent gathering
information, converting formats,
unsuccessfully searching or
recreating content that already exists.
Only about
25%
of the worker’s time is spent
actually analyzing or working with
information successfully discovered.

6. And a survey of P&I subscribers found that…
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of research directors spend
over an hour a day searching
for information stored locally.
More than
50%
Source: Findings based on Pensions & Investments magazine subscribers’ responses
to Advent Software’s 2009 Research Management Survey

7. And a survey of P&I subscribers found that…
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of research directors spend
over an hour a day searching
for information stored locally.
More than
50%
spent at least an hour a day
compiling and organizing data
in reports and models.
Over
70%
Source: Findings based on Pensions & Investments magazine subscribers’ responses
to Advent Software’s 2009 Research Management Survey

8. That wasted time
$2.7 million a year.
A 10-person team
can lose as much as
$1.2 million annually.
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can cost a 25-person
investment team
Source: Findings based on Pensions & Investments magazine subscribers’ responses
to Advent Software’s 2009 Research Management Survey

9. cut those costs in half.
Using a research management solution can
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10. 4 criteria
So, here are
to help you choose
the right solution.
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11. Ease
The software should be sufficiently intuitive to
minimize the learning curve and get up and running quickly.
1 of use.
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12. Integration with
Besides the need to support standard business applications, the
RMS will deliver greater efficiency if it can integrate seamlessly with
your firm’s core portfolio management and trading platforms.
existing systems
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13. Findability3
The solution should have robust navigation, instant access,
easy search and advanced filtering. Users should be able to classify
and retrieve information by any of a number of criteria.
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14. Scalability
4
The systems must be capable of handling an exponentially increasing
volume of data without compromising retrieval and response time.
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15. Click here to view a demo of
Advent’s Research Management Solution
www.Advent.com/RMSDemo
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