Financial Consulting Series

• Financial Consulting Market Index Research 2013
  Take an in-depth, uncluttered look at current and forecasted growth in the Financial consulting marketplace through the expert, quantitative lens of the Kennedy analyst team.
• Financial Consulting Index 2012
  Although financial consulting overall is growing more slowly than the other service lines, it is expected to outperform general economic growth even in rapidly growing emerging markets. Now, for the hard data behind the broad strokes, look to Kennedy’s exclusive new study on financial consulting markets worldwide. Financial Consulting Index also includes market size and growth forecasts across consulting segment, geographic region, and client industry, plus rankings of the largest financial consulting providers by revenue and market share.
• Change Management Consulting Market
  No longer relegated to end of project, “nice to have” status, Change Management is not only getting its due diligence, it’s becoming a worldwide movement. This new level of executive commitment to a culture of change and organizational agility spells opportunity for clients and consultants alike. Kennedy’s timely new report leads the way, clearly illustrating the leading Change Management consulting firms’ core competencies, strengths and weaknesses, while providing detailed analysis across consulting client industries, key geographic regions, and the four major Change Management consulting segments.
• Supply Chain Risk Management Consulting
  Supply Chain Risk Management’s time as a niche offering has passed, and its entry into mainstream consulting has clearly arrived — with firms of all sizes upping their game in this arena. In fact, thanks to a quick succession of risk events between 2008 and 2011, the C-suite has taken notice and risk with a capital ‘R’ has become a core element of supply chain management. Kennedy’s timely new report clearly illustrates the top-rated firms’ risk capabilities, while providing exclusive intelligence, case studies, and in-depth analysis across key geographic regions, client vertical industry, and the specific Supply Chain Risk Management consulting segments of: risk specialists; technology specialists; supply chain specialists; operations management; and multi-service.
• Fees in Financial Consulting 2012: Data and Trends
  Clients are carefully weighing options before making commitments. This forces consultants to offer more up front before seeing a return, a practice that results in higher discounted rates and shorter, more specific assignments, often with rapid ROIs.
• Utilization in Financial Consulting 2012: Data, Trends and Projections
  Interestingly, the overall utilization rates are somewhat lower for large FC firms than small firms across all positions — in part because larger practices are usually accounting networks or firms with an accounting background that move their consultants to non-consulting engagements when consulting work dries up.