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White paper: Open source software: 5 steps for enabling standardisation
Despite the advantages, leaving open source software unsupervised can lead to many problems. The solution: enabling the standardisation of code and components, however, this can be difficult. This paper highlights five steps for enabling standardisation…
Hong Kong securities regulator argues for more control over HFT
The Securities and Futures Commission makes the case for more regulation of high-frequency trading – but the market is not convinced
Structural issues hindering uptake of electronic trading in India
An increasing appetite for electronic trading by domestic Indian firms is being stymied by issues over market structure and regulatory climate
A crisis of identity, part two
A crisis of identity, part two
ECB aims to increase protection of internet payments
New guidelines outline minimum standards for industry
Sponsored survey: Hedge funds and FoHFs see risk management as a top priority for the future
Risk management top of agenda
Banks look to cut corners on CVA computation
Cutting CVA corners
Sponsored statement: The Royal Bank of Scotland
MarketDirect transforms automated pricing and trading
White paper: Open source governance in highly regulated companies
Open source software can empower developers, increase innovation and improve competitiveness, and its popularity is growing tremendously. Open source now represents an average of 29% of the code deployed by IT and technology innovators are using 60%–80%…
White paper: Open source drives innovation in financial services
The shift to mobile applications driven by consumers’ expectations of ubiquitous services, combined with the use of private cloud infrastructure, is redefining the trajectory of IT investment and the competitive landscape for banks and financial services…
White paper: Customer success story – Financial services
A global financial services giant finds that the Black Duck Suite enables it to realise the compelling economics of open-source software while solving the significant management, compliance and security challenges that weighed down productivity and…
Insurers enhance risk engines to meet Solvency II demands
Powering up the engine
Early adoption of Basel III across Asia causes tech headaches for bank risk managers
Strong balance sheets mean Asian banks are well placed to meet Basel III increased capital requirements but the disparate state of the regional regulatory framework means the technological challenges of meeting the rules could be significant
Energy Risk's 2012 Software Survey and Rankings
Taking a targeted approach
Editor's letter – Costly compliance and tighter budgets
Editor's letter – Costly compliance and tighter budgets
Keep regulation in proportion
Keep regulation in proportion
The state of the art: how ESGs and actuarial software are evolving
State of the art
Life & Pension Risk software directory 2012
Software directory 2012
Sponsored interview: Neil McGovern and Horace Chow of Sybase
Neil McGovern and Horace Chow discuss market trends, new regulation and areas of growth in the Asia region
Need for speed: banks explore FPGAs for portfolio modelling
The gate array way
Icap’s forex e-trading platform to offer outright forwards
Icap’s forex spot and NDF electronic platform, EBS, is looking to diversify into outright forwards and other services this year
Sponsored forum: The future of e-trading for bonds
Regulators are keen for a wider universe of cash and derivatives instruments to trade on electronic platforms. A panel of experts discuss some of the challenges
Former Thomson Reuters risk business on the lookout for acquisitions, says CEO
Thomson Reuters completes the sale of its trade and risk management business to Vista Equity Partners, and the new company – called Turaz – already has its eye on acquisitions, says chief executive Bret Bolin