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As Covid snaps credit models, lenders turn to stress-testing
Banks enlist scenario analysis to bolster creaking default models
The impact of climate change on banks
Over the past few years, concern and public discussion around environmental damage and climate change – and their social impacts – have increased dramatically. Peter Plochan, principal risk management advisor at SAS, discusses some key ideas to allow…
Stress-testing to improve strategic decision‑making
Banking regulators remain focused on expanding and developing the range of stress-testing regimes across the globe to maintain stability, monitor emerging risks and avoid another financial crisis. Here, a forum of industry leaders discusses the evolution…
Banks seek new value for their efforts
As regulatory stress tests evolve and a new age of stress-testing approaches, firms are looking to maximise value by making the most of scenario-based analytics. John Voigt, principal solutions manager at SAS, explores the importance to institutions of…
A tech-driven transformation
A panel of experts explores how greater collaboration between risk and finance teams can garner significant benefits and add value, how technological innovation is making the regulatory landscape more complicated to navigate and produce transformative…
Risk and finance – Better together
Changing regulations and new accounting standards are creating enormous challenges for financial organisations. Thorsten Hein, principal product marketing manager, risk research and quantitative solutions at SAS, explores why, to successfully meet these…
Machine learning governance
The ability of machine learning models to read great quantities of unstructured data, spot patterns and translate it into actionable information is driving a significant uptake in the technology. David Asermely, SAS MRM global lead, highlights the need…
Shaping the future of risk and finance with analytics
As global financial institutions face changing compliance targets, demand has emerged for new ways to improve efficiency and increase the integration of regulatory and finance initiatives into organisations’ business‑planning processes
The evolving relationship between finance and risk
Increased regulatory requirements that are expanding the necessity for chief financial officers to be proficient in regulations and advanced big data analytics have seen the relationship with chief risk officers develop to facilitate co-operation as…
The new world of risk analytics
Webinar: SAS
Risk and finance: Working more closely together
Video interview: Thomas Kimner, SAS
IFRS 9/CECL Special Report 2017
Implementation of International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9) on January 1, 2018 – just over three months away – will mark a sea change in centuries-old accounting conventions, and will force banks to dramatically increase provisioning against…
Bracing for impact: The uncertain effects of IFRS 9 that could lead to volatility
Sponsored Q&A: Oracle and SAS
IFRS 9 and CECL: Measure twice and cut once
Sponsored feature: SAS
Credit where it's due
IFRS 9 sweeps away centuries-old accounting conventions; banks look to frontload capital hit
Deutsche, Credit Suisse settle mega RMBS fines
Megan van Ooyen from SAS rounds up the top five operational risk losses for January 2017
Intesa Sanpaolo takes $235 million hit for AML failures
Megan van Ooyen from SAS rounds up the top five operational risk losses for December 2016
Risk technology rankings 2016: no bank is an island
Murex, FIS and Calypso take the top spots in this year’s rankings, as banks’ technology needs inspire more collaborative approaches