Data
Bank data: gold mine, or minefield?
The urge for dealers to sell their financial data is being counterbalanced by fears over client reactions
A call to arms – How machine intelligence can help banks beat financial crime
The revolution in artificial intelligence promises new leads in banks’ fight against dirty money. Alexander Campbell of Risk.net hosted a live online forum, in association with NICE Actimize, to investigate the applications of this emergent technology
Pensions and insurers give new impetus to Asia’s ETFs
Cost-conscious institutional investors are embracing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to lower transaction fees and achieve higher returns. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) explores the theme of yield‑chasing among insurers in Asia’s expanding ETF…
Preparing for the initial margin phase-in
Requirements for the mandatory exchange of initial margin are expected to be time‑consuming and laborious to implement. David White, head of sales at triResolve, discusses the lessons learned from in‑scope firms, obstacles to achieving compliance and how…
Credit data: zeroing in on supply chain risk
Data highlights the risks posed by economic protectionism, writes David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark
Mifid II, RFQs and the future of Europe’s G-Sibs
The week on Risk.net, August 11-17, 2018
Own goal: Mifid II reduces transparency in some EU markets
New rules replace voluntary arrangements in ETFs and Nordic bonds, fragmenting post-trade data
Unlocking value from risk and finance data
For banks facing squeezed margins and increasingly agile competitors, a lack of consistent data quality and insight is a significant hurdle for risk and finance teams trying to transform the organisation. Innovative banks have brought the two functions…
Symphony bots march on Bloomberg
New chat system touted as sales and trading game-changer, as banks build hundreds of add-ons
The evolving relationship between finance and risk
Increased regulatory requirements that are expanding the necessity for chief financial officers to be proficient in regulations and advanced big data analytics have seen the relationship with chief risk officers develop to facilitate co-operation as…
Rise of the cyborgs: tech remakes the front office
Dealers “have no choice” but to change, says UBS’s Orcel – and plenty of changes are coming
OK, computer? Hurdles remain for machine learning in credit risk
Concerns over cost, applicability and oversight give pause to banks’ use of ML techniques in credit risk
Best execution in Asia faces data deficit
Lack of trade information undermines Mifid-style shake-up of investment activities
Banks struggle with BCBS 239 implementation
Only three G-Sibs fully compliant with all risk data and reporting principles at end-2017