OPTIMIZE: Create User Allocations

CLIENT:

Mid-sized Hedge Fund

REQUEST:

PM’s don’t understand yearly spend allocation.
Create transparency
EXECUTION:

RA reviews vendor info
Interviews users
Create transparent allocation tool

 

Vendor List

  
Aspen Graphics
Aspen Research Group
BCA Research
Bloomberg L.P.
Camelback Research
Capital IQ
Catapult Research Inc.
Flextrade Systems, Inc
Instinet
ITG, Inc
JD Power & Associates
Lexis-Nexis
Market Semiotics
Moneyline Telerate
Phil Erlanger
Quantatative Analytics

Regulatory Research
Reuters: Bridge
Reuters: Multex
Ross Smith Energy
S&P: IMS CompustaT
SAS Institute, Inc.
Starmine
The Markets.com
Thomson One Equity
Thomson: Autex
Thomson: First Cal
Thomson: I/B/E/S
Thomson: Street Events
TrackData: Newsware
Wall Street Source