Risk Management
O'Malia slams CFTC over IT investment
March 6, 2014 - Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Scott O'Malia has slammed his own organisation for spending money on people, rather than technology.
ReMATCH selects OpenGamma to Support CDS Portfolio Risk Management
March 6, 2014 - OpenGamma, creator of the first open-source risk management and analytics platform for the financial services industry, today announced that ReMATCH, the ICAP owned CDS portfolio rebalancing and market risk mitigation service, has selected the OpenGamma Platform to provide dynamic, on-demand market risk analytics for single-name CDS.
New study puts spotlight on the growing importance of risk management for institutional investors
February 18, 2014 - Over 80% of institutional investors expect risk management to play an even greater role in the investment decision process in the future, according to a new study published by BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, in collaboration with Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Harry Markowitz. In addition, over the next five years 73% expect to spend more time on investment risk issues, while 68% expect to spend more time on operational risk issues. Only 25% of respondents, however, had a chief risk officer.
Moody's Analytics upgrades RiskFrontier
February 10, 2014 - Moody's Analytics, a leader in risk measurement and management, today announced the release of the RiskFrontier 4.0 software, the latest version of its award-winning portfolio management and economic capital solution for banks, insurance companies, asset management firms, and corporations.
Lombard Risk launches free international regulatory information update service
February 27, 2014 - Lombard Risk Management plc (Lombard Risk), a leading provider of integrated regulatory reporting, compliance and collateral management solutions for the financial services industry, launches a free international regulatory information update service.
ISGN’s New CFPB Compliance RiskCheck™ Streamlines Ability for Lenders To Evaluate Risks Against CFPB Requirements
February 18, 2014 - ISGN CorporationTM ("ISGN"), a leading provider of end-to-end technology solutions and services to the U.S. mortgage industry, announced during MBA's National Mortgage Servicing Conference and Expo that it has partnered again with TRUPOINT Partners to offer its CFPB Compliance RiskCheck™.
Financial Benchmarks: EDHEC-Risk Institute welcomes vote delay, calls for transparency
January 30, 2014 - EDHEC-Risk Institute welcomes delay of European Parliament vote on the regulation of financial benchmarks and calls for high and uniform standards of transparency to allow investors to make informed decisions and promote integrity, competition and innovation in the indexing industry.
Rogue Wave Shows Off New Analysis Toolchain for Software Risk Mitigation
February 26, 2014 - Rogue Wave Software today announced it will showcase the industry's first end-to-end toolset for deep software risk assessment and mitigation at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California and at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany.
RiskBusiness announces OpRisk IntelliSet
February 17, 2014 - RiskBusiness International Limited, the leading international operational risk advisory firm, has used the inaugural OpRisk World 2014 conference attended by some 165 delegates from around the world to announce the release of its Next Generation, SaaS-based, OpRisk IntelliSet.
Axioma: The Year in Risk 2013 - A Peak and a Slide
January 29, 2014 - Mid-year anxiety over both Fed tapering and slowing growth in China, plus worries about the impact of the US government shutdown, drove market risk to a peak in the second quarter of 2013, but it was all downhill after that, with levels of risk in most markets ending the year lower than where they started, according to an analysis of 2013 trends in risk by Axioma, Inc., a leading provider of advanced tools for risk management and portfolio construction.
Organizations See Public Cloud Sharing Tools as Primary Security Risk
February 24, 2014 - Organizations consider public cloud sharing tools as a primary security risk according to a survey of 621 IT professional conducted by Axway (NYSE Euronext: AXW.PA), a market leader in governing the flow of data, and Ponemon Institute.
Systemic Market and Political Risks Are Biggest Concerns for 2014, Survey Finds
February 11, 2014 - Systemic market and political risk, followed by the uncertainty of new financial regulation, are the top issues named by companies as impacting global market confidence, according to the latest annual investor relations (IR) survey conducted by BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services.
Thomson Reuters Survey Highlights Companies’ Uncertainty Around Conduct Risk
January 22, 2014 - Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the findings of a new survey which shows that although conduct risk has become one of the highest priorities for regulators worldwide, there is still great disparity in how firms are defining conduct risk and similarly how regulators are referring to the concept.