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Consulting
Since founding QFS Inc., Bob Bernikow has advised large and
small vendors of financial information services on the product and marketing strategies
necessary for success in this highly competitive marketplace.
He has also advised a number of institutions on emerging
technologies, and their relevance for supporting the information needs of professionals.
He has identified critical applications, and evaluated competing solutions.
QFS has performed a wide variety of consulting
projects. Find below examples of how we have provided assistance:
Projects for vendors
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Identification of a
major new business opportunity for a vendor who had saturated their primary marketplace.
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Study of the barriers
to continued growth for a highly successful vendor of financial information products.
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Repositioning of a
major vendor of information products into a tightly focused new market niche.
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Marketing study for
major computer company of the opportunities for new player in financial information
services.
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Development of a
business plan for a new data and analysis service now grossing over $50,000,000 per year.
Projects for Institutions
He has been involved with a number of major buyside
institutions in the purchase of analytical tools and data services. For example, he
assisted Paribas Asset Management (the Investment arm of a major foreign institution
Banque Paribas) in the selection of analytical tools to support the investment research
effort. This effort covered domestic and international data sources. Other buyside clients
include The Guardian, Treynor-Arbit, Century Capital, MPT Associates, Weiss, Peck &
Greer and Townlee Capital.
On the sellside, he has consulted for Merrill Lynch, Goldman
Sachs, Shearson, Salomon Brothers, Paine Webber, Dean Witter, Paribas Investment Banking.
Most recently, he has assisted a major Investment Bank in an evaluation of industry wide
technology levels for Institutional Sales and Trading.
He is a recognized expert in the field of Electronic Research
Distribution and has assisted a number of firms in planning their strategies in this area. |