The FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY STUDY identifies how leading financial service organizations are responding to continued growth and technological change. It assembles information on all aspects of OPERATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, E-COMMERCE, EXPENSE RATIOS, and QUALITY MANAGEMENT.

The study includes detailed questions about the management of client communications, employee education level, and staff turnover and tenure, as well as targeting specific areas of interest to transfer agent and fund accounting management teams.

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Telephone Operations

CSR Productivity Standards

Service Levels

Call Monitoring Programs

Talk Time, Answer Time,
  and Abandon Rates

Calls Serviced by CSR
  vs. Automated Systems

Business/Finance

Distribution Channels

Outsourced Services

Service Options

Load vs. No-Load Average
  Assets

Expense Ratios

Cost Per Account

Retirement Plan Operations

Quality Control Measures

Processing Accuracy and
  Productivity Standards

Retirement Accounts and
  Assets

Service Level, Answer Time,
  Talk Time, and Abandon
  Rate

CSR Productivity Standards

Staffing

Salary Determinants/
  Performance Reviews

Critical Skills/Licensing

Average Tenure

Turnover Rates
  (Internal/External)

Number of Employees per
  Service Area

Transaction Processing

Automated vs. Manual
  Transaction Processing

Number of Open Accounts
  per Associate

Daily Manual Transactions
  per Associate

Processing Accuracy
  Targets

Processing Timeliness
  Targets

Quality Control Measures

Processing/Legal Requirements

Transfer/Redemption
  Requirements

Marriage/Death Certificates,
  Signature Guarantees, W-9,
  Letters Testamentary

Name Changes

Third-Party and Foreign
  Checks

Add/Change Trustees

E-Commerce/Systems

Internet/On-line Services
  Available, Transaction
  Volumes, Number of “Hits,”
  PINs Assigned

Internet Quality Control
  Measures

Internet Staffing

Customer Service
  Technologies (ARU,
  Intelligent Workstations,
  Postal Database
  Technology)

Training

Time Allocated to New
  Employee Training

Training Resources and
  Materials

Ongoing Training:
  Method, Frequency




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