Company Profile Services Markets Investment Banking Investment Management Retail Financial Services Life & Pensions Leadership Markets: Investment Banking The winners in investment banking have traditionally been those at the front of the curve, those people who can spot market changes and product opportunities in advance and move effectively to take advantage. The internet-fuelled boom was followed by recession and bearish market conditions, not to mention prolonged uncertainty. Spotting market opportunities early remains a valid strategy but other factors are also important in making investment banks, and their people, successful. For example:     Successful delivery of business and IT change.       Effective management of the cost base.       Operational efficiency.       Cost effective and timely systems replacement.       Front to back-office integration Bluerock has a successful track record of helping banks make change happen, working with them as a trusted project partner and adding both project skills and business experience covering many key areas of investment banking:     Equities.       Fixed income.       Treasury.       Payments.       Custody.       Investment banking.       Credit risk management.       Central services.