Technology
665 white papers and resources
Below you will find technological white papers covering aspects of bank and finance trading. Also, information from some of the leading participants in this field covering what an organisation may need to think about when considering investing in new technology systems and how this will impact upon their business as a whole. Within the context of Risk Library, technology has been defined under algorithmic trading, market data, post-trade, risk systems, technology systems & software and trading systems.
Compliance Technology - Challenges, Opportunities and What Firms Want
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements are a necessary evil of the industry and are one of the costs of doing business for all capital markets firms. However, while some firms see GRC functions as a cost center and an unnecessary drain on resources, others view it as an area where they…
FRTB: a question of strategy for US banks
As pieces of the FRTB puzzle fall into place, the model methodology reshuffle raises new questions for US banks hoping to heed the lessons from their FRTB forerunners in Europe and beyond. This Risk.net paper explores the key decisions facing US banks as they look to future-proof their FRTB…
Shifting Cybersecurity from Compliance to a Risk Focus
Cyberattacks have grown in frequency and sophistication, with 3,813 data breaches reported in the first half of 2019, which was an increase of 54% over the previous year. And in light of COVID- 19-related changes in workforce structure and an unplanned shift to remote work environments that might…
7 Steps to Performance-Enhancing ERM
Achieving best practices in risk management takes time and involves progressing through various levels. The important thing is that the three lines of defence are aligned around the ultimate objectives and understand their individual roles. There is an inevitable learning curve as management in the…
Integrated Risk Management (IRM) - The confidence to carpe diem
In a world that has changed almost overnight, businesses across the planet have had to adapt just as fast. Companies in all sectors have expedited their digital transformations across customer, supply chain, and internal operations by three to four years. To stay one jump ahead of the competition,…
The importance of enterprise resilience alongside rapid digital transformation
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital and organisational transformation for many companies but, as leaders across industries note, this has also made them more vulnerable to new risks. Risk.net and ServiceNow explore why further change is needed.
Risk control 2022: what’s now and what’s next?
Amid a complex and rapidly changing threat landscape, pressure is growing on investment banks to improve the robustness of risk controls across their organisations and take a more forward-looking view of operational risk. This Risk.net survey report explores the current state of risk controls in…
Investment Management: Harnessing Data Insights to Drive Innovation
To prepare themselves for the future, firms must readily embrace AI, ML, and natural language processing (NLP) based solutions to achieve operational and strategic targets. By doing so, they will discover how powerful data insights are when coupled with the right set of approaches and tools. In…
Decrypting crypto: explaining the market from an institutional perspective
A new whitepaper series takes an institutional perspective in examining the multiple dynamics of the cryptocurrency space. In part I explore the increasing range of crypto derivative products that are attracting more capital to the sector and learn how a growing, vested institutional interest in…
Climate intelligence: today and the future
This IDC Market Perspective covers the dynamics of the rapidly evolving AI and ML climate intelligence (CI) market. It includes an overview of why climate intelligence is needed, the fundamentals of climate intelligence and trends, the difference with data analytics and examples of customer success…