Benchmarking Overview
In an increasingly competitive and complex market, winning and maintaining clients is a case of providing services that exceed current practice and are in line with best-practice principles -- being able to show evidence is deal-making.

Benchmarking
For investment managers and service providers the question of “how am I doing and how do I compare to my competitors,” is raised on a daily basis. More than that, knowing where they are positioned in terms of IT, operations and business processes are key to their strategic planning.

Through our strategic partnership with Investit Ltd., Stone House Consulting provides the tools to benchmark those processes against the market, a self-selected peer group and industry best practice to help firms maximize their return on investment, while maintaining their competitiveness at the right level.

To do this, we have an established set of tools, rooted in our knowledge base and supported by our research and consulting services. We also have the capability to do customized surveys on behalf of clients. These tools include:
➾ IT Value Service
➾ Operations Best Practice Benchmark
➾ Cornerstone

Each of these tools provides value to clients on a standalone basis. Together, they equip investment managers to manage their firms and not just their portfolios. In the present environment where margins are squeezed on both revenues and expenses, managers cannot afford to make key business decisions blindly. Fortunately, thanks to Stone House Consulting and Investit Ltd.'s combined offerings, managers can better understand their own organizations and evaluate where they stand against the competition.