Regulatory & Compliance

Review of outsourcing arrangements project

Case Study

Financial Services Regulatory & Compliance

An e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfer through the internet was seeking confirmation that the relationships with third parties providing non-core services are consistent with prevailing law and good practice as it relates to outsourcing risk, as well as complying with European level rules and regulation.

Global Risk and Capital Reporting project

Case Study

Financial Services Regulatory & Compliance

The project involves a review of existing risk and capital reporting across all risk types within the Corporate and Investment Banking Business Unit of an international banking group, with a view to recommend, agree, and implement enhanced risk and capital reporting.

Risk and Regulatory Training & Infrastructure Development project

Case Study

Financial Services Regulatory & Compliance

Training on risk management and development of a risk framework for a WRAP platform for IFA firms.

Economic Capital Calculation and Management Data project

Case Study

Financial Services Regulatory & Compliance

For an international bank with European roots, Avantage Reply was asked to manage a Basel II-related business analysis function, including data analysis, within the scope of the Pillar 2 process, particularly the calculation of Economic Capital (EC).

Operational Risk – Controls ‘Self-Assessment’ framework project

Case Study

Financial Services Regulatory & Compliance

Avantage Reply assisted the Corporate Banking Division of an international commercial and retail bank in identifying sub optimal controls and processes and provided an assurance of controls adequacy and effectiveness through the development of the self-assessment controls testing framework.

Reply S.p.A. acquires avantage (UK), a Risk and Finance Consultancy operating within the field of Financial Services

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04.02.2011

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Reply S.p.A. - listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange [REY IM] - has consolidated its presence in Europe with the acquisition of 51% of the shares and 90% of the voting rights of avantage (UK) Limited (“avantage”), a United Kingdom registered company specialising in the Financial Services market within the areas of risk, treasury and capital management, and financial performance management.

Basel II - An evolutionary model based on Services Oriented Architectures

Best Practice

Banking Basel Capital Enterprise Architecture & SOA Finance & Performance Management Financial Services Regulatory & Compliance Web Services

Reply proposes strategic approaches based on services oriented architectures to optimize the business logic through process automation and system integration, aiming to aggregate services provided by heterogeneous applications that do not match with the employed technologies and platforms.

Corporate Finance

Best Practice

CFO consulting IFRS Finance Regulatory & Compliance Strategy

Within the Corporate Finance scope, the services offered by Reply mainly include activities related to ’due diligence’ and business plan drafting, applications /requests of businesses on the occasion of extraordinary transactions or in case of audits related to any value loss of business assets (impairment) linked to the introduction of the IFRS (International Financial Implementation Standards).

Internal Audit

Best Practice

Governance Regulatory & Compliance Simplify & Save

This increasing important role played by Internal Audit (IA) requires a wider involvement of various skills and professionals. The IA-specific competences related to Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance must be combined and integrated with Administration and Finance related knowledge, with Information Technology skills as well as in-depth knowledge of all the Value Chain processes. Reply Consulting provides its customers with all the above mentioned skills.

IT Service Management

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Application Management & Maintenance ITIL Regulatory & Compliance Selective Outsourcing & Application Management Service Management

Atlas Reply is the Reply Group's company focused on services and solutions dealing with application management outsourcing and operational support for web-based systems, it works in consulting to improve processes for the IT services supply according to ITIL framework Best Practices and ISO20000 standard.

Corporate Finance

Best Practice

CFO consulting IFRS Finance Regulatory & Compliance Strategy

Within the Corporate Finance scope, the services offered by Reply mainly include activities related to ’due diligence’ and business plan drafting, applications /requests of businesses on the occasion of extraordinary transactions or in case of audits related to any value loss of business assets (impairment) linked to the introduction of the IFRS (International Financial Implementation Standards).

Internal Audit

Best Practice

Governance Regulatory & Compliance Simplify & Save

This increasing important role played by Internal Audit (IA) requires a wider involvement of various skills and professionals. The IA-specific competences related to Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance must be combined and integrated with Administration and Finance related knowledge, with Information Technology skills as well as in-depth knowledge of all the Value Chain processes. Reply Consulting provides its customers with all the above mentioned skills.

Risk Management and Corporate Governance

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Audit Finance Governance Regulatory & Compliance Simplify & Save Stock Exchange Strategy

Reply Consulting, Partner Plus of Borsa Italiana offers its services based on in-depth and substantial competences in the area of Risk Management (with reference to international standards), Business Processes, Finance and Information Technology.

IAS/IFRS accounting standards: problems and solutions

Best Practice

Finance & Performance Management Finance & Treasury Financial Reporting Consolidation IFRS Regulatory & Compliance Simplify & Save

The necessity to implement the IAS/IFRS standards results from the need to adopt clear rules at European Union level aimed at ensuring comparable and transparent financial information.

IT Service Management

Best Practice

Application Management & Maintenance ITIL Regulatory & Compliance Selective Outsourcing & Application Management Service Management

Atlas Reply is the Reply Group's company focused on services and solutions dealing with application management outsourcing and operational support for web-based systems, it works in consulting to improve processes for the IT services supply according to ITIL framework Best Practices and ISO20000 standard.