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Partnership/Collaboration    
  Cogs We each have our expertise and know our partners's strengths. By collaborating we ensure that we work towards achieving your goals.
 
  The importance of collaboration in delivering technology is paramount, all too often vendors fall into the "blame game" trap and it is the client that suffers.

Because we have worked together or have been introduced by trusted mutual contacts we have an interest in making our projects work and ensuring that the best solution is delivered.

One of the attractive features of the Collective arrangement is that you can use an "A la Carte" approach in picking the expertise you need.

Over the next few months further partners will be added to make a more comprehensive offering.
thecitysecret ltd
www.thecitysecret.eu
thecitysecret are a fast growing niche outsourcing technology company with an established record of working with investment banks and hedge funds.
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Basel Consulting
www.bc-ag.com
For more than 15 years we have been a reliable partner for innovative Employee Management within the IT area, as we care about skills and profiles. With subsidiaries in Dubai (UAE) and Basel (Switzerland) we bring the right employees to the exact right position and vice versa!
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PMG Solutions Ltd
www.pmg-solutions.co.uk
PMG Solutions is a specialist consultancy which offers services to hedge funds, fund administrators and prime brokers.
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Who are thecitysecret ltd?
thecitysecret are a fast growing niche outsourcing technology company with an established record of working with investment banks and hedge funds. Established in 2000, the company has grown to 40 employees with a turnover of £2.2m.
How we make a difference
The key benefit thecitysecret is able to offer our clients is the combination of strong software engineering skills combined with our business knowledge.
Having the domain knowledge means that we can ask intelligent questions, make sensible assumptions and build robust software that meets the needs of the trading desks.
There is no standard project as each bespoke system is particular to each client, they range from the tactical where something needs doing quickly to the longer strategic project that gives a client the competitive edge.
The projects thecitysecret have undertaken are varied and specific to the needs of our clients. thecitysecret has been able to provide tactical software that has made a difference, for example by extending the core trading applications, producing bespoke reporting applications, reconciliation management or producing management information systems.
The staff at thecitysecret specialise in working off loose specifications, using our expertise to fill in the gaps and make suggestions, and by understanding the subject matter not everything needs explaining.
Security
Each client team is housed in a secure office, with access controls in place. There are separate networks for each client and all staff undergo periodic training in security awareness.
thecitysecret have experience both with investment banks and hedge funds in complying and exceeding security requirements.
The software developed belongs to the clients who own the source and the Intellectual Property rights
Who are Basel Consulting?
For more than 15 years we have been a reliable partner for innovative Employee Management within the IT area, as we care about skills and profiles. With subsidiaries in Dubai (UAE) and Basel (Switzerland) we bring the right employees to the exact right position and vice versa! Save time and money! As we exactly know those professionals which perfectly fit your organization.
We make the difference...
... as our aim is, to always exceed customers expectations! Sourcing is not just Sourcing . Our long-term experience in recruiting the right candidate and our international networking are the right ingredients for a successful partnership.
Our Success is based on three Qualities
Trust
Within the centre of all our activities we see the human being. We respect his/her individuality, personality, wishes and visions as an integral part of the selection process. Our reliability is the base for the trust we receive from our customers and candidates.
Quality
With creativity and engagement we search and find the optimal solution for our customers. Our long lived experience, the strict incorporation of our recruiting principals within the selection of new personal and last but not least our high ambitions help us to always achieve our objectives.
Service
We keep a close communication chain with our customers . One customer One contact creates a personal relationship among us and our clients. We treat service as a personal relationship between us and our customers far beyond the selection process! Transparency is the key for our high standard services.
Your advantages
Fast and flexible use of high skilled IT personnel
Individual consulting and mentoring
Minimal administrative effort
Transparent pricing system
About PMG
PMG Solutions is a specialist consultancy which offers services to hedge funds, fund administrators and prime brokers.
We are a London-based firm which focuses on project management, business analysis and system integration. Our expertise in streamlining processes and managing deliveries from conceptualisation to implementation enables our clients to focus on their core business.
With years of experience in implementing order management, fund accounting, trade matching/settlement system, PMG Solutions is one of the niche consultancy in the alternative investment sector.
We pride ourselves in our ability to translate clients' requirement into quality deliverables. Most of all, our focus in research, maintaining a good dialogue and relationship with clients, working with like-minded professionals enable PMG to keep up with this fast evolving sector of the financial industry.
Services
Our service is primarily consulting based and tailored to clients' requirements, ranging from system integration, new module specification through to implementation. In most cases, the project is managed from the very beginning to successful delivery. Occasionally, we get drafted in to revive stalled projects. The range of services on offer are categorised as follows:
  • Prince2 project administration
  • Project planning and management
  • Project feasibility analysis
  • System evaluation
  • Scoping and specification for new modules or functionalities
  • Modelling of new instrument types in existing system
  • Integration of multi systems (interfacing)
  • Application management/support
  • System health check and performance bench marking