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News Just 22 per cent of IT contractors are working in the sector, according to contractor services company giant group, which blames the recent credit crunch in the financial services industry. And separate research from ReThink Recruitment suggests...
[31 Oct 2007]
whitepaper A credit crunch is generally defined as a decline in the supply of credit because, although banks are less willing to lend, lending rates do not rise. According to Green and Oh (1991), a credit crunch is an inefficient situation in which credit...
[24 Feb 2004]
News Confidence seems to be high in the UK tech industry that it can avoid the pitfalls of the credit crunch during 2008. More than half (53 per cent) of SMEs surveyed by tech trade body Intellect, forecast double-digit growth this year.
[02 May 2008]
News The economic downturn is prompting a comeback for cash, as shoppers avoid the temptation of spending money they haven't actually got by paying by credit or debit cards. The consortium puts the cost to retailers of processing a credit card...
[21 Apr 2008]
News As the UK banking sector steadies itself in response to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, IT suppliers will be pleased to learn tech spending in the sector will rise over the next three years. Software and services spend in the sector should rise...
[11 Dec 2007]
News Tech budgets are starting to feel the squeeze on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a recession. But the credit crunch isn't yet hitting tech budgets across the board, with reducing operational costs now a constant feature for most...
[24 Jan 2008]
News The worldwide credit crunch could be starting to impact on IT jobs but prospects for a new year job change look good going into 2008. Julia Bosworth, a manager on the contract staff side of the business for recruitment company Project Partners...
[10 Jan 2008]
whitepaper This paper uses a disequilibrium framework to investigate a possible credit crunch in the East Asian crisis countries (Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand) during 1997-98. It defines a credit crunch as a situation in which interest rates do not...
[24 Feb 2004]
News In the near future algorithmic trading and smart order routing are predicted to be priorities along with efforts to cut tech costs due to the credit crunch. He added: "Despite their general travails from the sub-prime/credit crunch situation, the...
[13 Mar 2008]
News Tech jobs in the financial services sector are being hit by the credit crunch, with many companies cancelling or postponing large-scale IT change programs.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox.
[22 Feb 2008]
News IT contractors are finding it harder to secure work, with the joblessness rate among temporary tech staff increasing - an ominous omen that the chill economic winds from the global credit crunch are starting to blow through the IT department.
[28 Mar 2008]
News John Hughman, senior technology analyst at Ernst & Young, warned the problems could continue next year as IT vendors curb their spending in wake of the global credit crunch. The software and computer services sector was the worst performing sector...
[16 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Recent re-assessment of these risks has resulted in an industry-wide credit crunch, significantly impacting share values and market liquidity, and forcing a renewed focus on risk management in all its guises.
[10 May 2005]
whitepaper Telecom trends for 2008 include getting mobile indoors, market segmentation for new product target markets and the role credit crunch crisis on the telecom industry. Deloitte's Telecom Predictions 2008 report examines emerging developments and how...
[13 Mar 2008]
whitepaper These findings highlight the potential macroeconomic impact and importance of the credit channel of monetary policy, and support the case of a credit crunch facing small Japanese firms during this period.
[24 Feb 2004]
Comment As a result of the recent credit crunch, electronic trading of fixed-income securities looks set to fall behind foreign exchange markets in wider scale adoption in 2008, certainly until liquidity eases and the major dealers regain sufficient...
[30 Jan 2008]
Comment The credit crunch, uncertainty in the world's financial markets and fears of a recession all add up to even more pressure on already squeezed tech budgets as organisations tighten their belts. The state of the economy and its potential impact on IT...
[04 Apr 2008]
News The survey of 50 UK organisations found the vast majority (94 per cent) are not planning to change their hiring plans in light of the credit crunch in the banking sector. The UK economy may be shivering in chill winds from across the pond but...
[23 Nov 2007]
Comment The credit crunch means a greater focus on cost. What will happen to outsourcing if budgets are trimmed and belts tightened? A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would not go amiss, suggests lawyer Margaret Harvey.
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment But in these days of credit crunch, investors are looking askance at innovation, preferring a more mundane perspective. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo!
[20 Feb 2008]
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