Artificial intelligence
Asia lenders usher in year of the virtual bank
The surge in online banking is informing risk technologies in traditional banks
Buy-side risk manager of the year: Vanguard
Risk Awards 2020: Fund giant gave more risk work to machines this year - from duration hedging to op risk
Currencies flow market-maker of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2020: Swiss bank shows block trading can still compete in the age of the algo
Law firm of the year: Allen & Overy
Risk Awards 2020: Not just "stodgy lawyers", fintech incubator gives A&O a headstart on automation
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
The end of the fintech gold rush?
Why did so many new fintech start-ups fail, and how can ‘fintech 2.0’ succeed, asks consultant
BlackRock, State Street, AB are making AI work in risk
Risk USA: Fund managers are using new technology to measure liquidity risk and spot their own errors
Morgan Stanley, Wells not sold on AI for credit scoring
Risk USA: Lenders warn on AI model risks and use of non-traditional data
Buy side builds bots to cut trade costs
With margins under pressure, investment firms are looking to accelerate automation push
Energy25: Energy firms turn to next-generation analytics
FIS, Enverus and Eka take to the podium in the inaugural Energy25 technology rankings
Libor transition and implementation – Special report 2019
A critical halfway stage has been reached on the Libor transition journey – at least in terms of timing. It’s just over two years since the UK’s top financial regulator called notice on the discredited benchmark. It’s also just over two years until the…
Computer says no: combating bias in machine learning models
Proposed US law on algo lending targets in-built discrimination, say modelling experts
Allianz Global Investors adopts NLP signals in equities
Move to tackle unstructured data starts with sell-side analyst reports
Deploying agile analytics in the fight against fraud
Financial firms are under pressure to tackle the widespread problem of financial fraud. As the speed, scale and sophistication of fraudulent activity grows, a panel of financial crime experts reveal how firms can develop an agile analytics capability to…
Harnessing AI to achieve Libor transition
Chris Dias, principal at KPMG, explains how the vast increase in accuracy that artificial intelligence (AI) offers when dealing with large volumes of complex agreements is crucial to exploring the market opportunities and mitigating the risks of the…
Machine learning, Deutsche auction and repo haircuts
The week on Risk.net, September 16–20, 2019
Some quant shops doomed to ‘struggle’ – López de Prado
Theory-first firms must modernise their methods or wither, says machine learning expert
ETF provider of the year: Yuanta SITC
Asia Risk Awards 2019
NLP sniffs out contracts harbouring Eonia as fallback
Test finds wide range of 4,000 Libor euro contracts examined could end up in the flagging Eonia rate
Goldman improves execution ‘by 50%’ with new algos
Bank uses neural networks and other AI tools to cut slippage in stock trading
The machines are coming for your pricing models
Deep learning is opening up new frontiers in financial engineering and risk management
The rise of the robot quant
The latest big idea in machine learning is to automate the drudge work in model-building for quants
Margin reform – From challenge to opportunity
SmartStream Technologies explores how, as new initial margin regulations from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions become a pressing concern for more firms, technology service providers…