Article: India : Expect More to Come - Acquisition of "Captive" Client Centers by BPO Players.

Byline: Mamta03

Cognizant acquired UBS Indian Subsidiary for $75 million - the former supports UBS around the globe with Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT Outsourcing (ITO) and employs 2,000 people in India.

As part of the deal, UBS signed a 5 year $442 million service agreement with Cognizant.

This "Captive Spin-Off" Approach is tried and true approach in outsourcing and a large number of similar transactions are currently in progress around the world.

Analysis

Spinning of a client owned share service center (a "Captive SSC") is a classic model for growing a BPO business. Most of ...

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