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BlackRock uses options to rewire AI bets
Counterparty Radar: Global Allocation Fund shifts from net short to net long derivatives as equity allocation falls
MSU endowment beats peers by ‘not minding that it hurts’
CIO Philip Zecher rides out tariff storm with long-term view; singles out ‘Mag 3’ tech stocks
Start planning for post-quantum risks now
Next-gen quantum computers will require all financial firms to replace the cryptography that underpins cyber defences, writes fintech expert
How a serverless risk engine transformed a digital bank
Migrating to the cloud permitted scalability, faster model updates and a better team structure
Does no-hedge strategy stack up for Mag 7 mavericks?
At Amazon, Meta and Tesla, the lack of FX hedging might raise eyebrows, but isn’t necessarily a losing technique
Amazon, Meta and Tesla reject FX hedging
Risk.net study shows tech giants don’t hedge day-to-day exposures
Should banks risk lightning hitting twice for CrowdStrike?
Bank tech teams divided on whether to give security vendor a second chance after update crash
Caveat creator: GenAI giants’ pledges won’t pre-empt copyright suits
Tech vendors offer indemnities on generative output, but end-users need to check the fine print, warn IP lawyers
BMO’s cloud migration strategy eases AI adoption
Canadian bank is beginning to roll out GenAI tool for internal use cases
How Ally found the key to GenAI at the bottom of a teacup
Risk-and-tech chemistry – plus Microsoft’s flexibility – has seen US lender leap from experiments to execution
Will generative AI crack the code for bank tech teams?
Banks could roll out tools to help translate old – or write new – code within months
Banks call for direct oversight of cloud providers by US regulators
Tri-opoly of cloud vendors “poses systemic risk” to financial sector, say risk managers
Optical computer beats quantum tech in tricky settlement task
Microsoft’s analog technology twice as accurate compared to IBM’s quantum kit in Barclays experiment
Correlation ‘is not causation’ for rates and value stocks
Some quants remain unconvinced by the ‘great rotation’ away from growth
Fed hiring more staff to examine cloud providers
OpRisk North America: regulator wants to put more “boots on the ground” at firms such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft
Clouding the issue: blurred lines divide banks and servicers
Banks clash with big three cloud service providers over data security and configuration errors
Language barrier: quants slog to teach investing bots to read
Training models to interpret text can be dull; doing it badly can be costly
Technology vendor of the year: NICE Actimize
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Cloud solution provider of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Mizuho EU CRO reveals his top risks – they may surprise you
Fears over technology dominate Wolfgang Koehler’s list of greatest risks for Mizuho’s EU unit
Deep XVAs and the promise of super-fast pricing
Intelligent robots can value complex derivatives in minutes rather than hours