AEGON Global Pensions has appointed two new senior managers in sales and product development, further strengthening its team of international executives. Henry Henkel has been hired as a Regional Sales Director based in Princeton, New Jersey to work with Bill Hatten in developing AEGON Global Pensions' presence in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Bill and Henry will work along side three Regional Sales Directors based in Europe. Mr Henkel has spent over 20 years in the sales and marketing of institutional asset management products to large tax exempt organizations throughout the United States. Mr.

Expert analysts from KPMG will be announcing the results of their international sourcing study at GOLSS, the Global Outsourcing Location Strategy Summit, to be held in Budapest from 8 - 11 March. The KPMG study involved an in-depth survey of 100 suppliers and 550 end-user organisations across the globe and aims to provide businesses with clear direction on current and future outsourcing trends and best practice. Aimed at senior level executives, GOLSS provides a unique opportunity for delegates and representatives from outsourcing locations to network and develop contacts in a non sales-driven environment.

Oracle's business is information – how to manage it, use it, share it and protect it. For nearly three decades, Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, has provided the software and services that let organisations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems. After 30 years, Oracle remains the gold standard for database technology and applications in enterprises throughout the world: the company is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company. Oracle technology can be found in nearly every industry, and in the data centres of 98 of the Fortune 100 companies.

Northern Trust is one of the world&squo;s leading providers of asset servicing, asset management and wealth management services. Founded in 1889, we are a global leader in combining high-touch client service and expertise with innovative products and technology. Our flexible, customised solutions for asset servicing span global custody, traditional and alternative fund administration and investment operations outsourcing as well as an array of additional services. We operate service and product centres in 13 locations in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region offering a global approach to our clients' servicing needs and continuity of service in multiple time zones.

GE Capital Solutions Europe helps companies to operate successfully. We consider our customers&squo; unique requirements, and whether they need, sell, or manufacture equipment, our combination of inventory finance, equipment finance and fleet services delivers the right solution. Our industry-leading solutions enable finance professionals to make informed decisions, through real-time information, to make their business, their supply chain and their customers more successful. For each of our products, GE Capital Solutions Europe starts with a network of local experts who work with customers to build their business strategically, not simply at a finance transactional level.

After years of talk about enterprise risk management, some experts still feel that senior management has failed to understand its importance. For some, argues FTI Consulting's Roger Carlile, ERM should be embedded with planning and operations, and should be seen as the flipside of strategy. The concept of enterprise risk has been discussed for at least a decade, but there is growing frustration that, so far, there has been more talk than action. Finally, however, a new attitude towards risk is emerging, which could bring enterprise risk management (ERM) to the fore. “Boards and senior management have experienced a lot of risks from Enron onwards.

To get the best out of offshoring, companies need to source talent from multiple locations while retaining control. Genpact's Patrick Cogny, European CEO, and Andrew Groth, European senior vice president of business development, tell Michael Jones of FDE about an alternative route to offshore. FDE: Outsourcing has been advanced as a solution for meeting the shortage of skilled labour in Europe. How does it help? Patrick Cogny: European corporations are facing major challenges, including a shortage of skilled workers, heightened global competition and increased demand for products and services.

Expediting business performance improvement by making intelligent use of a BPO partner's operational expertise, capabilities and assets is a strategy that is fast gaining attention, says Hewlett Packard's head of BPO, Les Mara. While cost pressures continue to drive business process outsourcing (BPO) decisions, chief financial officers are increasingly seeking improvement in business outcomes and transformative advantages when outsourcing their finance and accounting organisation. The advantages to be gained by leveraging the operational excellence capability of partners - including better business outcomes and results, process innovation, efficiency, standardisation, improved quality, data privacy, security, continuity, and compliance - can be as important as the traditional outsourcing benefits of lower labour costs and asset transfer.