SAS^® for Capital Markets

The global credit crisis has altered the very nature and structure of the global capital markets business, and identifying strategies for surviving and thriving in this changed market is paramount. Analyzing positions, preserving capital and shedding toxic assets will demand sustained focus. Moving from risk management silos to a firmwide view of risk management will become a board-level requirement. A heightened regulatory climate will necessitate a new level of compliance reporting. And for wealth management and brokerage firms, staying close to clients who are concerned about volatile markets will be crucial.

To meet these challenges, investment banks, asset management firms and hedge funds must significantly change operating principles. As you plan for 2009 and beyond, SAS can help.

In the Spotlight Paul Devlin, Director of US Capital Markets for SAS, discusses some solutions to challenges that the capital markets face today. View video now (WMV: 6:19) Kevin Mann from Silicon Avenue Technologies discusses portfolio stress testing. Listen now (MP3: 8:37)

How SAS can help

How SAS is different

SAS software is used by more than 3,000 financial institutions worldwide, including 97 percent of banks in the FORTUNE Global 500^®. Only SAS provides:

• Integrated solutions – built on a banking-specific architecture – that include prebuilt data and analytical models specific to banking, along with processes and techniques that speed up both implementation and results for a fast track to significant ROI.
• A combination of award-winning software, predefined analytics and a core financial services architecture that allows for complete integration across the enterprise.
• The foundation for the only integrated suite of intelligence solutions from a single vendor that facilitates strategic and operational decision making and regulatory compliance.
• Streamlined processes and techniques that speed up both implementation and results, giving you a fast track to significant ROI.
• Ongoing, proven market leadership in business intelligence software and services.