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Nasdaq moves second matching engine to AWS cloud
Exchange and cloud partner encouraged by smooth migration with improved capacity and latency metrics
Hacked off: banks demand answers after Ion cyber attack
Clients left in the dark about ransomware attack that disrupted futures trading last month
Ion in the fire: three banks call in lawyers after hack
Banks are examining service-level agreements for possible breaches
Ion: after the hack, the clean-up
Some clients now using Ion systems again, but synchronising data with CCPs could take days
Ion cyber outage continues as banks use workarounds
ABN Amro, Macquarie, RBC among firms hit; ransom deadline tomorrow, but service may be down for days
Eurex upgrade timeline too tough, say banks
As exchanges prepare roll-out of major upgrades, banks are struggling to cope
Collateral management solution of the year: Adenza
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Cloud solution provider of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Utility is success? Row brews over futures post-trade workflows
Industry confronts competing models and hard questions in search of better allocations workflow
FCMs feared systemic incident during March back-office meltdown
Trade breaks following Covid-19 spike in futures volumes required massive clean-up job, says BofA exec
Sluggish back-office systems added to margin pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle massive spike in March trading volumes
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Technology vendor of the year: Murex
Risk Awards 2020: Firm bets heavy R&D spend will keep it ahead of shifting client needs
Buy side builds bots to cut trade costs
With margins under pressure, investment firms are looking to accelerate automation push
Making technology count in a C/ETRM world
As businesses grow, so does their need for modern, agile and cost-effective commodity/energy trading risk management (C/ETRM) solutions. Pioneer Solutions explores how its next-generation, highly configurable C/ETRM systems take advantage of the latest…
The RPA revolution
Doug Wendler, chief executive of Machina Automation, explains the increasing popularity and uptake of robotic process automation (RPA), focusing on how it has recently evolved and how it is expected to continue this evolution, and whether RPA’s…
Risk FX Briefing: Event insights
What lies ahead for investment managers
Patchy response to Isda’s back office of the future
Some banks are quiet, while clearing houses seem split on uptake of Isda data standardisation project
ASX to offer blockchain free to lure early adopters
Teaser intro would be for three years, while users would still be charged for Swift and AMQP connections
AI moves into middle office at energy firms
Energy firms explore how artificial intelligence can boost returns
Risk Markets Technology Awards 2019: Vendors enter the pick-and-mix era
Modular tech and micro-services – plus new risk and regulatory needs – are creating openings for insurgents and incumbents
Obstacles and opportunities in adopting cloud computing
Sponsored Q&A
Hackathon finds pre-trade gold in Isda’s post-trade project
Dealers’ derivatives trade processing costs could be cut by at least $3 billion per year
Banks cry foul over LCH compression policy changes
Allocation of compression slots favours TriOptima over competitors, critics say