December 12, 2013 - The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has launched the exchange industry's first cyber-security committee, to help fend off the threat from hackers targetting mission critical market infrastructures.
December 12, 2013 - Wolters Kluwer Audit, Risk & Compliance today announced that its TeamMate AM audit management software system is featured throughout the 2013 edition of the reference book "Internal Auditing: Assurance & Advisory Services." Published by The Institute of Internal Auditors, auditing students at more than 250 colleges and universities purchase more than 10,000 copies of the book each year.
December 12, 2013 - Investment professionals worldwide report greater optimism over economic prospects for the coming year, but do not express confidence that the integrity of capital markets is improving, according to the CFA Institute 2014 Global Market Sentiment Survey (GMSS). Sixty-three percent of CFA Institute survey respondents think that the global economy will expand in 2014, representing a significant shift in opinion over the previous two years, however more than half (54 percent) point to a lack of ethical culture within financial firms as the factor that has contributed the most to the current lack of industry trust.
December 11, 2013 - The primary focus of technology investment for financial market participants next year will be on improving internal IT infrastructures to comply with new regulations, claims a new survey from the Ovum consultancy.
December 11, 2013 - Asset Control, the worldwide supplier of high-performance financial data management systems, is pleased to announce that it has been voted as the top Risk data repository and data management vendor in this year's prestigious Risk Technology Rankings.
December 11, 2013 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) Global Business Services today announced a new financial services framework to help banks tackle regulation and keep their key business services available. This framework comes in two parts:
December 9, 2013 - Chase Cooper today announced that its software solution aCCelerate has been ranked First for Enterprise-wide Operational Risk Management in the annual Risk Technology survey conducted by Risk Magazine.
December 9, 2013 - Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced the release of its next generation Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) Platform.