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Outsourcing

Published: March 11 2007 19:45 | Last updated: March 11 2007 19:45

After call centre operators and computer programmers, are investment bankers the next, rather unlikely, victims of a shift to lower-cost locations?

Investment banking costHaving already moved substantial back-office operations, largely to India, investment banks are now relocating higher-paid front office and support functions. They have a strong incentive to do so, in an industry where compensation typically accounts for as much as three-quarters of total costs.

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