IMT VIEWPOINT

James Colvin, Financial Models Corp.

James Colvin is executive vice president of Financial Models Corp. In this viewpoint Colvin describes the benefits of using an ASP to outsource investment management processes.

Technology deployment has come full circle. In the 1970s and 1980s, investment management firms often chose to gain access to business-critical applications on computers owned and operated by a third-party service provider (service bureau). When computers became cheaper and more