SunGard

Below the radar

The upcoming Basel II capital Accord’s impact on the global banking industry is expected to be profound, and hardly painless. The Accord’s ramifications for the investment and hedge fund management sectors, while not nearly as obvious,could contribute…

Front Capital wins $5 billion hedge fund client

KBC Alternative Investment Management (KBC AIM), a hedge fund subsidiary of Belgium's KBC Bank and Insurance Group that manages more than $5 billion in assets, plans to implement Front Capital's Arena trading, risk management and distribution system.

Sponsor's article > With a bang or a whimper?

Inconsistent pricing across traditionally segmented markets has been greatly reduced in recent years. Much of this improved market efficiency is due to the efforts of hedge funds. David Rowe argues, however, that the very success of these funds may be…

Sponsor's article > SunGard to rise again

SunGard, the 900-pound gorilla of the financial sector software market, has been strangely absent from the operational risk software arena so far, according to both financial and technology industry executives. Now, however, that looks set to possibly…

Sponsor's article > Op risk and Black Swans

Scarce data is a well-recognised problem for the assessment of operational risk. In such circumstances, David Rowe argues, it is necessary to blend professional judgement with the available data. In doing so, however, it is crucial to counter some well…

Sponsor's article > The Home Host Headache

Basel II's advanced measurement approach (AMA) requires that the operational risk capital charge be allocated to banks' international subsidiaries. This means that individual banks will have to run multiple AMA models to meet multiple local regulatory…

Sponsor's article > Basel II: time for action

Despite some lingering issues, the main points of contention around the revised Basel II capital Accord have been resolved, and implementation seems more certain than it has for several years. David Rowe argues it is time to stop hoping it will go away…

Quantifying operational risk

This is the fifth of Charles Smithson's latest series of Class Notes, which will run in alternate issues of Risk through to the end of 2004. Class Notes is an educational series, designed to pull together the threads of recent developments and thinking…

Sponsor's article > Basel II: change is good

Basel II is an opportunity for banks to modernize and upgrade their risk practices, policies and technology to manage risk in a holistic fashion. Alliance & Leicester, a UK based financial institution with assets of over €55 billion, took early advantage…

Sponsor's Article > A difference in kind

Tracking key risk indicators is emerging as a central aspect of best practice for operational risk management. Defining these indicators and establishing benchmarks for them, however, is a complex task. David Rowe discusses an industry initiative that…

Sponsor's Article > What are loan loss reserves?

Few things are more frustrating to businesses than to be subjected to contradictory requirements by multiple authorities. Modest inconsistencies are glossed over with little or no harm. David Rowe argues, however, that conflicting definitions of loan…

Cutting capital

Across the banking spectrum, new technology is being used to help financial institutions reduce their capital requirements, writes Clive Davidson.

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