Matching resources of a securities research department to accounts of the department

• US 20050267824A1
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. (Morgan Stanley)
• Original Assignee: Morgan Stanley
• Inventors: Hurewitz, Barry Scott
• Granted Patent: US 7,689,490 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Systems and methods for allocating limited resources of a securities research department to accounts of the department are disclosed. According to various embodiments, the system includes an account scoring module and a resource matching module. The account scoring module is for generating a score for each account, and the resource matching module is for matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account.

Claims

1. A system for allocating limited resources of a securities research department to accounts of the department, comprising:

an account scoring module for generating a score for each account; and

a resource matching module in communication with the account scoring module for matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a forecasting module for estimating the financial impact of resource allocations.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the resources include analyst-contact relationships.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based a ranking of the account for at least one category.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based on a ranking of the account for at least one attribute related to the category.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the rankings for the attributes include percentile rankings.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for a plurality of attributes for the category.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the category is selected from the group consisting of value and client satisfaction.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for a plurality of categories.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based on a ranking of the account for a plurality of attributes related to the categories.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for the plurality of attributes.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the rankings for the attributes include percentile rankings.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein one of the categories includes value, and the attributes for the value category include at least one of revenue and market share.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource matching module is for matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account by:

distributing a number of preference points to each account based on the score of the account as determined by the account scoring module;

allocating the preference points of each account across one or more of the resources of the firm; and

matching the resources to the accounts based on the number of preference points allocated to the resource for each account.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource matching module is further for distributing, when an account has preference points allocated to a resource for which there is no remaining inventory, the preference points of the account allocated to the resource to other resources related to the account for which there is remaining inventory.

16. A system for allocating limited resources of a securities research department to accounts of the department, comprising:

an account scoring module for generating a score for each account based on a weighted percentage of a ranking of the account for a plurality of categories; and

a resource matching module in communication with the account scoring module for matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account by;

distributing a number of preference points to each account based on the score of the account as determined by the account scoring module;

allocating the preference points of each account across one or more of the resources of the firm; and

matching the resources to the accounts based on the number of preference points allocated to the resource for each account.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a forecasting module for estimating the financial impact of resource allocations.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the account scoring module is for generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for a plurality of attributes related to each category.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the rankings for the attributes include percentile rankings.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the resources include analyst-contact relationships.

21. The system of claim 16, further comprising a user interface for allowing a user to define a scoring scenario by which the scores of the accounts are determined.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the user interface is further for allowing the user to define resources and the capacity for each resource.

23. A method for allocating limited resources of a securities research department to accounts of the department, comprising:

generating a score for each account; and

matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising estimating the financial impact of resource allocations.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the resources include analyst-contact relationships.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of generating includes generating the score for each account based a ranking of the account for at least one category.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of generating includes generating the score for each account based on a ranking of the account for at least one attribute related to the category.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the rankings for the attributes include percentile rankings.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of generating includes generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for a plurality of attributes for the category.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein the category is selected from the group consisting of value and client satisfaction.

31. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of generating includes generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for a plurality of categories.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the step of generating includes generating the score for each account based on a ranking of the account for a plurality of attributes related to the categories.

36. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of matching includes matching the resources of the department to the accounts based on the scores for each account by:

distributing a number of preference points to each account based on the score of the account as determined by the account scoring module;

allocating the preference points of each account across one or more of the resources of the firm; and

matching the resources to the accounts based on the number of preference points allocated to the resource for each account.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the step of matching further includes, when an account has preference points allocated to a resource for which there is no remaining inventory, allocating the preference points of the account allocated to the resource to other resources related to the account for which there is remaining inventory.

33. The method of claim 33, wherein the step of generating includes generating the score for each account based on a weighted percentage average of rankings of the account for the plurality of attributes.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the rankings for the attributes include percentile rankings.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein one of the categories includes value, and the attributes for the value category include at least one of revenue and market share.

38. A system for allocating limited resources of a firm to accounts of the firm, comprising:

an account scoring module for generating a score for each account; and

a resource matching module in communication with the account scoring module for matching the resources of the firm to the accounts based on the scores for each account.

39. A method for allocating limited resources of a firm to accounts of the firm, comprising:

generating a score for each account; and

matching the resources of the firm to the accounts based on the scores for each account.