The Silverline Blog
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Investment Banking
Accelerate Transformation with Salesforce for Investment Banking
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As consumer technology trains us to expect instant results, that same mentality carries over to the workplace. Everyone wants things, and they want them now, whether that’s an interactive dashboard about the portfolio of live deals and staffing assignments, a balance sheet from a portfolio company’s last valuation, or maybe just a cup of coffee...
Financial Services
Financial Services at Dreamforce: Dynamic Solutions to Enhance Efficiency
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The de-stressing puppy station – that’s what some attendees might remember the most from this year’s Dreamforce conference. The puppies were there to help with relaxation and mindfulness during a hectic few days at the event. Between the thousands of sessions, multiple parties, and many client conversations, the Silverline Financial Services team found a welcome...
Financial Services
Don’t Miss These Dreamforce 2022 Financial Services Sessions
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Dreamforce is just a few weeks away, and along with checking the weather in San Francisco and playing the Red Hot Chili Peppers on repeat, you’re probably starting to think about the sessions you’ll attend. With over 1,000 sessions happening over three days, deciding which ones are worth your time can be overwhelming. Our Silverline...
Financial Services
Powering the Productivity and Growth of Canadian Capital Markets
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2021 proved to be a banner year for Canadian investments, with more than $11.8B CAD in venture capital invested and $20B CAD in private equity deployed. Canadian startups raised more than double their 2020 investment totals, and 2x the totals in 2019. Canadian economic development is positioned to see parabolic returns, but what does that...
Financial Services
How Tech Can Win the Battle for Financial Services Talent
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It is like a game of Hide and Seek out there in the search for talent – except financial services companies are doing a lot more seeking and a lot less finding. The trailing wake of the pandemic has left us with the so-called Great Resignation, created new forms of flexible work, and made huge...
Asset Management
Marketing Technology Trends for Asset Management
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As the markets have become increasingly volatile over the last few quarters, many asset managers are left wondering what to do with their marketing strategies. There’s a battle brewing between the old and the new, and increasingly, financial advisors and their clients are turning to digital channels and social media to understand which funds and...
Financial Services
3 Key Skills Your Team Needs to Navigate the Future of Data
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You’ve seen how data storytelling helps companies deepen customer relationships and started to establish a data storytelling foundation for your organization, but how do you build a team that can effectively execute your data strategy? To make this kind of data storytelling happen, financial services firms need to take cues from their friends in technology...
Financial Services
Why Data Storytelling is Shaping the Future of Financial Services
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The way financial services firms have traditionally targeted and sold to their customers looks… pretty similar to today. After decades of email introductions, we have so much more technology available to help us target better, sell faster, and nurture business relationships. Our tools have experienced a quantum leap, but our strategies haven’t kept up. The...
Capital Markets
Exploring the State of Security and Compliance in 2021
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In summer 2020, Gartner forecasted worldwide security and risk management spend would approach nearly $124B as demands for security and monitoring rose to meet the needs of remote working. And after several high-profile data breaches, like the Solar Winds attack in the second half of the same year, cybersecurity emerged from the back office as...
Financial Services
ESG in Action: How Financial Sponsors & Corporations Can Contribute
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In December 2020, I had the pleasure of helping to host our first annual Silverline Capital Markets & Innovation Summit with industry thought leaders from Nasdaq, Refinitiv, Salesforce, Equilar, and more. The goal of our event was to opine on all that happened in 2020 and share our priorities and predictions for the year ahead...