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CONFIDENTIAL. DECEMBER 2003. LAZARD LLC. Operational Environment at Lazard Asset Management. Kevin Dooley Nii Nortei Lokko. Lazard Intro. Financial services partnership that is best known for M&A advisory services Other competencies include asset management and corporate restructuring
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CONFIDENTIAL • DECEMBER 2003 LAZARD LLC • Operational Environment at Lazard Asset Management Kevin Dooley Nii Nortei Lokko
Lazard Intro • Financial services partnership that is best known for M&A advisory services • Other competencies include asset management and corporate restructuring • Negatively affected by recent recession – decrease in M&A and IPOs • Also in reorganization mode after merger of 3 autonomous Lazard offices Window of Opportunity for Lazard Asset Management 1
Internal Processes – Contd. • Back Office Issues • Complex integrated systems • Inefficient use of personnel • Non-uniform visibility of information • Risk Management Issues • Differences in system update affecting risk • New group formed to centralize risk management but short-staffed 3
Risk Management: Soft Dollar Analysis • Subject To: • The entire set of Brokers for variable X has to be used • Each Broker will have at least $100,000 allocated • No Broker shall exceed $750,000 The soft dollar ratio of broker X The dollar expense of market data service Y [Bear, Goldman Sachs, E*Trade, S&P Securities, B.O.N.Y.] [Bloomberg, Factset, Baseline, MSCI, Russell Mellon] 4