Quantifying value in a qualitative world Assessing the true value that asset management firms derive from their IT investments is usually a subjective - and hence contentious - exercise. But that doesn't mean it cannot be done, and done accurately and ob

Investit, the UK-based buy-side focused management consultancy, recently published the results of the IT Value Survey 2007, an annual review and analysis of the business value of IT investment in the asset management industry. Now in its seventh year, the survey is designed to help participating firms identify and optimise the value they derive from their technology spend. This year's 74-page survey features 34 participants (see table 1), with an increasingly global perspective, and representing