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.
March 3, 2016 - Acquisition expands opportunities to help organizations optimize their use of technology, increase stakeholder value and improve business performance.
March 4, 2016 - The Basel Committee has today issued for consultation proposed revisions to the operational risk capital framework.
March 4, 2016 - NatWest and RBS are to upgrade mobile security procedures after BBC journalists broke into an online bank account and removed money.
March 3, 2016 - Businesses are not taking cyber security seriously enough, the Institute of Directors (IoD) warned today, with under a third (28%) of cyber attacks being reported to the police.
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.
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.
March 1, 2016 - INDATA, leading industry provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms, today announced the top buy-side priorities for data management and trading following a survey conducted at its 2016 User Conference held on February 24-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The survey consisted of a variety of US and UK investment management firms including institutional, private client and wealth management.