Macroeconomic Research Support Case Study for a UK-based Bulge Bracket Investment Bank - $100K Annualized Costs Were Saved

Client was looking for support in designing and developing a scalable database and a system to capture and track critical data releases,events, macroeconomic news flow, and central bank monetary committee and policy statements for select countries in North America and Latin America
Taking this a step further, the client asked us to collate this information into various reports in different formats to support global teams

A team comprising economists,data specialists, and an advanced MS office solutions expert, was put together to address the client requirement
Developed an automated system for extracting, processing, validating, and loading data from various web-based and vendor sources into a centralized repository
Also developed an “active” economic calendar for easy tracking. This captured several meta data, including release dates, revision dates, and data sources
Calendars were built and managed efficiently with regard to sensitivity and responsiveness, timeliness, and accuracy

Automation reduced the time taken for the manual tasks by 50%
Client uses the master database and other bespoke tools developed by Acuity Knowledge Partners to generate research reports and marketing presentations in proprietary formats as and when required
Seamless transition of a 2-member team and execution of go-live in under 2 weeks
Saved $130k in annualized costs
Pooled resourcing structure helped offload various adhoc tasks across asset classes within the global research team of the investment bank

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