Technology
Decision science: from automation to optimisation
Despite its benefits, credit decisioning is severely lagging – average ‘time to decision’ for small business and corporate lending at traditional banks is between three and five weeks, while average ‘time to cash’ is nearly three months
Risk applications and the cloud: driving better value and performance from key risk management architecture
Today's financial services organisations are increasingly looking to move their financial risk management applications to the cloud. But, according to a recent survey by Risk.net and SS&C Algorithmics, many risk professionals believe there is room for…
Risk applications and the cloud: boosting collaborations to strengthen risk management infrastructure
More of today's financial services organisations are choosing to move their financial risk management applications to the cloud.
The case for modularity and interoperability
This rapid read investigates the extent to which firms have optimised their entire trade lifecycles, the structure, challenges and interoperability of their front-office systems
The post-trade patch-up: revamping processes in volatile times
This Risk.net Rapid Read survey report, commissioned by ION, examines the effectiveness and efficiency of post-trade processes and services at financial firms, and assesses where change is most needed, and the barriers to change.
Machine learning models: the validation challenge
Machine learning models are seeing increasing demand across the capital markets spectrum. But how can firms improve their chances of gaining internal and regulatory approval for these type of models?
Outsourcing across the buy side: look before you leap
This paper investigates the extent to which firms have embraced outsourcing across the industry, key benefits they can reasonably expect on the back of outsourcing business processes and technologies to a specialist third party, potential drawbacks of…
Key actuarial transformation trends across Apac in 2022
Digital transformation has resulted in growing market complexity. This has been heightened by both the introduction of more regulations for insurers and consumer demand for customised insurance coverage
FX needs for Apac corporates in 2022
This white paper examines the results of a survey, conducted in association with Bloomberg, that offers insight into how corporations based in Apac interact with the FX market
Establishing an institutional brand: a guide to database marketing
Cloud-based databases have become so comprehensive that investment consultants and asset owners now conduct manager research on an ongoing basis
The economic impact of Covid on the US housing and mortgage market
Covid-19 has fundamentally reshaped consumer behaviour. Combined with drastic changes in federal government policy, the impact on financial markets will be long-lasting
The Emir Refit Playbook
The upcoming Emir Refit regulation, set to enter the European Union’s statute books in the first half of 2024, is different in substance to the regulations preceding it, although the implications of complying with it are similar: firms will need to…
Finding the investment management ‘one analytics view’
This report is essential reading for buy-side risk, investment and technology leaders looking to achieve a new level of analytical insight and drive a step-change in performance
The world’s fastest file system for financial services
Speed. Agility. Storage. In financial services, the need has never been greater
Case study: Rabobank achieving strategic transformation with Murex MX.3
Crises throughout the last decades have led financial institutions to seek, devise and implement solutions to lower the cost of their operations, focus on their core businesses and speed up their go-to-market innovation
High-performance storage for AI and machine learning
How do you win with AI, machine learning and high-performance computing-based analytics? Speed
Deploy a scalable distributed file system — rapidly, easily and affordably
Eliminate the complexity, cost and delays of configuring a distributed file system from multiple components and manufacturers. Hitachi Content Software for File lets you design and deploy a leading edge file system — now
The landscape ahead for FX options desks: a Murex expert series
FX options desks face an increasingly complex and demanding context. The challenges they confront necessitate automation, digitisation, proper risk and lifecycle management and sophisticated, leading analytics
Crypto investing: asset managers have left the starting block
Asset managers are diving into the rapidly evolving world of blockchain technologies — crypto currencies, digital assets and smart contracts — and are progressing faster than expected
The buy side and the cloud: time to make the leap
Cloud-based technologies and services are now on buy-side firms’ radars more so than at any point in the past.
Compliance technology: challenges, opportunities and what firms want
GRC requirements are a necessary evil of the industry and are one of the costs of doing business for all capital markets firms.
FRTB: a question of strategy for US banks
As pieces of the FRTB puzzle fall into place, the model methodology reshuffle raises new questions for US banks hoping to heed the lessons from their FRTB forerunners in Europe and beyond.
Shifting cyber security from compliance to a risk focus
Cyber attacks have grown in frequency and sophistication, with 3,813 data breaches reported in the first half of 2019, which was an increase of 54% over the previous year.
Seven steps to performance-enhancing ERM
Achieving best practices in risk management takes time and involves progressing through various levels. The important thing is that the three lines of defence are aligned around the ultimate objectives and understand their individual roles.