InteDelta, a risk management consultancy and Risk Enterprise, a consultancy and vendor of rating model technology, announce a partnership to provide banks with advisory and rating models for IFRS 9 and Basel compliance.

March 15, 2016 - A recent survey released by SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, has revealed that portfolio managers are facing significant challenges when it comes to data accuracy and risk and performance analytics in the front office. The survey was conducted during a recent webinar hosted by SimCorp titled "Risk & Performance Analytics: Making the Front Office a Better Place."

March 1, 2016 - Sword Active Risk has announced that Doosan Babcock, a specialist in the delivery of engineering, aftermarket and upgrade services to the energy sector, has selected Active Risk Manager (ARM) to manage risk across customer sites and projects. Doosan Babcock provides technologies to major organizations operating plants for nuclear, thermal power and for the oil and gas industries. The selection of ARM was as a result of its industry pedigree, having been deployed by many leading energy companies with large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has zoned in on marketplace lending and distributed ledger technology as emerging threats to the safe operation of financial markets.

March 8, 2016 - Axioma, a leading provider of risk-management and portfolio-construction solutions to financial institutions, announced today that it has agreed to acquire the regulatory-reporting and risk-reporting units of ConceptONE, a global provider of back-office investment services. Terms were not disclosed.

February 24, 2016 - Ponemon Institute today released the results of the industry's first research survey on SAP cybersecurity, sponsored by Onapsis, demonstrating that more than half of companies surveyed, 56 percent, believe it is likely their company would have a data breach due to insecure SAP applications. This same group indicates their company's SAP platform has been breached an average of two times in the past 24 months, yet 63 percent indicate C-level executives tend to underestimate the risks associated with insecure SAP applications, the systems that run the most critical business operations and data for Global 2000 organizations.

April 7, 2016 - New Research from State Street Shows Official Institutions are Focusing on Risk Management, Governance, Technology and Talent as They Diversify Their Investment Portfolios.

March 4, 2016 - The Basel Committee has today issued for consultation proposed revisions to the operational risk capital framework.

February 22, 2016 - Banks which adopt a Governance, Finance, Risk and Compliance (GFRC) approach to their business are able to operate more cohesively by reinforcing the connective tissue that binds critical functions together. That's according to a new white paper from Wolters Kluwer that shows how GFRC encompasses all sources of risk, financial and non-financial alike, providing a foundation for processing and interpreting data in a more holistic way.

March 31, 2016 - Lombard Risk Management and Oracle Financial Services have collaborated to deliver a global regulatory reporting solution.

March 2, 2016 - International securities regulatory body Iosco has identified the disruptive threats from technological innovation as a key risk factor facing financial markets in 2016.

February 4, 2016 - Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) today shared its predictions for capital markets in 2016, derived from its expertise, market observations and interactions with its customers.