Feature/Technology
Banks strive for machine learning at quantum speed
Embryonic work on quantum neural networks raises hope of faster, more accurate models
Technology: banks start thinking inside the box
Monolithic capital markets systems are giving way to microservices, containers and APIs
Non-banks push direct liquidity streams in US Treasuries
Dealers could save millions in broker fees and transaction costs, non-banks claim
New horizons: an inside look at the Asia-Pac region's fintech boom
Asia-Pacific is experiencing its own boom in fintech start-ups following similar growth in the US and Europe
Structured products desks join the AAD revolution
Mathematical technique allows dealers to perform risk-sensitivity calculations 50 times faster
Big data and cloud computing are banks' next tech challenges
Bank technology needs continue to evolve
Managing data still biggest technology challenge for Asia banks
Data has been a problem for the past two decades for firms in the region
Single pricing engines key to driving down business costs
Increasing role of technology is key trend in two decades since launch of Asia Risk
Bitcoin Comes of Age as New Technology Questions Follow
Derivatives venues, underlying ledger technology in focus.
Dealers ditch the fax machine in structured products tech push
Software from Calastone seeks to bring structured products into the digital age
CpML to foster standardisation among energy traders
Markup language could reduce high levels of operational risk
Numerix takes top spot in Structured Products Technology Rankings 2014
Structured Products Technology Rankings 2014
Supervisors slam banks over 'top 20' counterparty results
After five years of work, a group of 19 big banks still get a failing grade from supervisors on their ability to pull together and report counterparty exposures. Is it all a question of cost? Fiona Maxwell reports
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Two platforms appeared to take an early lead in the first few months of the Sef regime, but one – Tradeweb – won high praise from users for its responsiveness, customer services and technology
Liability modelling speeds boosted by computer games technology
As insurers look for ways to improve the speed of their modelling calculations, some are turning to microprocessors originally developed for computer graphics in games consoles to increase calculation times. But while graphical processing units can…
Basel challenges big banks to improve risk data aggregation
Crunch time for data
Banks try to standardise Sef sign-up for clients
Permission accomplished?
Chip and win: Banks expand use of GPUs
As computational demands on banks have increased, some have turned to powerful graphics processing units, but these were initially applied at the transaction pricing level. Now, they are starting to cover portfolio valuations and other enterprise-level…