Analytical Diaries

Ever heard the inventor of the web, knighted Sir Tim Berners-Lee speak about “The Data Revolution”? Neither did I and apparently my expectations were somewhat wrong. Just judging from the scope and depth of his […]

Listening to the speech of Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business at the Teradata Universe Confence in Dublin, some fascinating aspects for the financial services came up. Erik and his […]

I fully believe in the paradigm that off shoring helps this world to become a better place. Over time I’d agree, and way too slow for us to be satisfied, I’d agree as well. But here’s my 5p’s why I still think […]

We are about to engage in a new challenge where a host of old legacy reporting solutions should be drawn together under one common and joint reporting portal. And while I’m quite aware of the various tools and […]

Have you ever faced a reporting inventory of over 2500 reports? And alongside several stakeholders with slightly opposing views:

“That’s a wealth on information on which we act and steer and decide. We’ll need […]

Having passed off the afterglow of the New Year’s fireworks and enjoying the privileged banking holiday our eyes turn towards the challenges of the year ahead. Let’s see how solid strategy and hands-on execution […]

We wish all our clients some peaceful and merry days. And since the year-end is positioned very friendly for entrepreneurs this time round, we’ll extend our holiday greetings to extend towards a list of new year’s […]

When talking to functional experts in any bank today often the “we vs. them” theme seems very dominant. Whether it’s Finance vs. Risk or Sales vs. Operations a reporting framework crossing all of these functional […]

I have switched my 10+ year daily one hour commuting routine by car for the life of a mobile nomad. Moving from a Mini Clubman to the Swiss public trains might not seem such a big change, however I do have to add […]

Whenever I speak in front of expert communities about the holy grails of Business Intelligence and Sales Analytics the buzzword most often heard is single source of truth. But whenever I look at my daily practice […]

These days I’m preparing for another kind of retro-adventure: Becoming a railroad commuter once again. Having started my commuting frenzy over twenty years back, the daily bike-trip to the station and the morning […]

Ever got annoyed by large and generic slideshows dealing out buzzwords and consulting jargon without offering true insights or adding any value? Ever wondered how much money your or your client’s organization pays for that piece of work. If you want to work strategy the hands-on kind of way, from thinking out loud, through really [...]

The wisdom of the crowd is a popular trend and many start-ups leveraging crowd-sourcing have scored exceptionally well during their seed financing. So how and when can we apply crowd concepts to Private Banking and Wealth Management? I say the time is now and people are waiting for the appropriate services. Would you agree to [...]

Remember the old days, when few large-scale record labels almost monopolized the music industry. When recording and distributing a new album meant months of work and tenth of thousands of dollars in investment? Few artists back then ever envisioned a world where almost every musician capable had the technology and funds to create her own [...]

What do concepts like the German Quirin Bank, the UK Vestra Wealth and the Swiss Vermögenszentrum have in common? They sprung from a team of frustrated but energized employees who held a strong belief that Private Banking could follow a win-win paradigm. And these once conformed and good corporate citizens took to the markets and founded [...]

So we have been hearing for a long time, that analytical platforms are the ideal for fast and flexible change management. And we have learned many years all these new buzzwords that try to speed up any technology implementation project. So what happens when you bring these two things and thoughts together? Agile development that [...]

So it’s my favorite little spot behind the money facades just off of Zurich’s Paradeplatz. And it’s yet another evening I spend with business partners that harbor the same dream as anvalad’s partners. Creating a mutually and financially beneficial business relationship with complementary products, skills and networks. Most likely you have spend…[Read more]

So it’s my favorite little spot behind the money facades just off of Zurich’s Paradeplatz. And it’s yet another evening I spend with business partners that harbor the same dream as anvalad’s partners. Creating a mutually and financially beneficial business relationship with complementary products, skills and networks. Most likely you have spend…[Read more]