3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Outsourcing Trends in the FS Industry
Financial Services (FS) accounts for almost a third of all offshore services,
The FS industry is outsourced and captive
the largest user of ITO and BPO still represent the bulk of the outsourcing activity, but the frequency and
offshore services and awareness of KPO opportunities within FS companies is growing
usage continues to While overall offshoring and outsourcing has continued to grow, BPO outsourcing has
grow faltered in last 2-3 years – for example, Financial services companies put more BPO
deals on hold in 2009 than any other sector (Morrison Foerster, 2010)
Average size of outsourcing transactions has declined in last 3 years
Most FS companies now maintain a ‘multi-sourcing’ approach to ITO and BPO
Operating model Existing captive centres continue to be exploited by those that have kept them but
diversification several high profile examples of banks exiting the captive market (Citi, UBS)
continues but overall Few new captives expected – FS companies preferring to outsource or co-develop
trend away from Centres of Excellence (CoE) with 3rd parties (e.g. Barcap in Kiev)
captives Noticeable examples of banks in-sourcing tasks in both BPO and ITO space – DB from
HCL, Barclays from Accenture - point to continued dissatisfaction with outsourcing services
For FS, India is still the dominant destination, particularly for ITO services, however,
Increased location Eastern Europe has become increasingly prevalent for ITO and BPO
diversification, Significant increase in use of nearshore sites in US (Florida, Carolina, Texas) and UK (N.
especially to Ireland, Scotland) for processes considered high value or high risk in the BPO and ITO
nearshore space, or where data protection regulation prevents full offshoring
Emerging offshore centres in China, SE Asia, S America and Africa expected to play
more significant role in next 3-5 years as arbitrage is eroded by inflation for traditional sites
Sources: Elix-IRR analysis, DataMonitor 2010, TPI 2009., press releases
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8. WHAT: Future Trends in ITO
Infrastructure: Cloud computing as next wave of Infrastructure sourcing – removing
the assets from the institutions
ADM: Moving up the value chain for AD – Business requirements definition and
design offshoring and outsourcing
Service Management: New standards and service models for ITO where current
models are perceived as failing
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10. WHAT: Future Trends in BPO
BPO - FS Specific
Expansion into Front & Middle Office functions
Commercialising Back Office processing engines – major banks as service providers
Move back onshore for failing functions – potentially some institutional client service
BPO – Generic
Procurement outsourcing growth - separation of Strategic Sourcing and Fulfilment functions
Accessing improved ERP system capabilities in the marketplace
F&A - management reporting and analysis
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12. WHAT: Future Trends in KPO
Diversification of research services - Product structuring, end-to-end research
production
Growth of legal offshoring for FS
KPO is BPO - most KPO processes become integrated into wider BPO capabilities,
not viewed as distinct discipline
Major BPO outsourcers cannibalise KPO specialists
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19. HOW: Future Trends
Future of ‘captive’ and dedicated service centre models uncertain but overall likely to
decrease (i.e. Few expected ‘new’ captives)
Trend to exit of captives/co-branding in IT
Commercialisation of Back Office processing captives for the large banks
Continued lack of convergence on single strategy
Service Management capability as a differentiator
For FS Back Office processing (onshore / offshore integration and streamlining)
For IT (multi vendor management for value)
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23. WHERE: Future Trends
Nearshore growth (e.g. US/UK Tier 2 locations) to continue
Rise of emerging locations such in SE Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia) and N. Africa
(Egypt)as lower cost alternative to India and E. Europe
‘Double’ offshoring – Indian centres to offshore own operations to lower cost
centers
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32. WHO: Future Trends
Indian players (Wipro, TCS, Infosys, Cognizant etc) to become global players to
challenge established players such as Accenture, IBM, HP
Niche outsourcers (e.g. KPO) to be subsumed into scale players
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