Technology
Hacked off: banks demand answers after Ion cyber attack
Clients left in the dark about ransomware attack that disrupted futures trading last month
High-frequency flap over CME’s Aurora data centre
FIA Boca 2023: Exchange group’s migration to Google’s cloud could render HFT networks redundant
DTCC’s blockchain for CDS trades finds no takers
Clients shun DLT connectivity to centralised swaps database in favour of the cloud
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2023: managing uncertainty
Unpredictable markets make CTRM software choices key
Top 10 operational risks: Focus on cyber risk
All firms fear data breach; smaller banks also concerned over IT disruption
Top 10 operational risks for 2023
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Benchmarking deep neural networks for low-latency trading and rapid backtesting
Faster, more powerful graphics processing units have the potential to transform algorithmic trading and offer a credible alternative to more expensive devices, explain Nvidia’s technology engineering team
Incorporating climate risk into ALM frameworks for banks
Banks are coming under increasing regulatory pressure to incorporate climate risk into their risk management frameworks. An emerging focus is incorporating climate risk into the asset-liability management (ALM) function. This webinar explores this new…
An uphill climb to T+1 settlement
The SEC is pushing an aggressive schedule for faster settlement of equities and corporate bonds
Asia moves: Senior hires at Natixis CIB, Citi and more
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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
Best use of cloud: Adaptive Financial Consulting
The Adaptive Platform Solution is an in-house electronic trading system development acceleration framework
Market scenario generator of the year: Conning
Conning’s GEMS economic scenario generator allows financial services firms to test business models and investment strategies against a wide variety of economic conditions for portfolio and risk management
Best modelling innovation: CompatibL
CompatibL wins the Best modelling innovation award for the second year running, this time for creating a new type of interest rate model based on autoencoders
Transforming risk controls for next-level decision-making
In an exclusive Risk.net panel session, convened in collaboration with ServiceNow, experts discussed the unique challenges facing risk and resilience practitioners, and the utilisation of frameworks and risk quantification for optimal decision-making…
Stick to the fax? Isda seeks to revamp close-out notice methods
Plans to update termination notice provisions still won’t quite pull the plug on use of fax machines
Digital banks: harnessing technology to deliver growth
In their relatively short lives, digital banks have needed to navigate some choppy waters, but the stormy economic outlook for 2023 could mean the roughest seas are yet to come. Weathering the storm will require digital banks to make astute technology…
Complying with climate risk framework standards for streamlined processes
Financial institutions worldwide are actively studying ways they can integrate climate risk management into their more traditional risk frameworks
‘Holes’ in new UK regulatory net worry trading venues
Regulated venues say rival firms might unfairly escape oversight in activities such as blocking trades and price aggregation
FX primary venues seek reversal of fortunes
EBS and Refinitiv fight to restore market share – but bilateral trading may be too entrenched, dealers say
Transforming your actuarial function to stay agile and competitive
While transformation is important, its success depends on putting data in capable people’s hands
The quant investor harnessing the power of ants
Swarm Technology designs network of trading algorithms that mimics hive mind of insects
Asia moves: Senior hires at Deutsche Bank, Maybank and more
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