Knowledge Transfer: The Exhausting Challenges of Managing Counterparty Risk [ Source: Omgeo ]
April 2009- As financial institutions search for answers to our current crisis, it is natural to be introspective about our business model, our core values, and the future of our industry. It was a shock to everyone in this business how quickly operational risk and market risk could lead to systemic risk. If there is a silver lining to this recession, it may come in the form of a commitment to address long-standing gaps in our infrastructure ...

Optimization Applications in Finance, Securities, Banking and Insurance [ Source: IBM ]
November 2010- Optimization is unique simply by being the mathematical discipline focused on efficiency. Along with statistics and predictive analytics, it is one of the two mathematical disciplines used most frequently in the world of business. This white paper shows how mathematical optimization provide tools that deliver significant competitive advantage for solving the most challenging problems encountered in finance, including risk management, operational cost, and product innovation.

Big Data in Trading and Risk Management [ Source: SAP ]
February 2013- This industry briefing - sponsored by SAP - provides insight and analysis on how financial markets firms see Big Data approaches and technologies being leveraged for trading and risk applications. Respondents demonstrated a good understanding of how Big Data approaches might be leveraged across a number of key trading and risk applications, with substantial commonality of thought in some cases.

The Changing Face of Risk Management in the New Regulatory Environment [ Source: SAP ]
September 2012- The recovery from the global recession has become especially precarious due to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and fiscal tightening in the western world, and as a result of which volatility in financial markets has risen sharply. Under these circumstances, it has become imperative for banks to strengthen their risk management frameworks so that they can meet both the current and impending wave of challenges successfully.

This report, based on a survey of 46 ...

Counterparty Risk: Are We Leveraging Our Tools? [ Source: Sybase ]
April 2012- Counterparty risk has long been a source of concern for risk managers. However, the financial crisis brought new urgency to counterparty risk management for risk practitioners, regulators and financial firms alike, as exposure to collapsing giants left the industry reeling. That urgency has been punctuated by the global economy's current struggles, as firms grapple with new regulations, the European debt crisis and fears of a double-dip recession.

The failure of MF Global in ...

Leveraging data for internal and external threat detection [ Source: IBM ]
February 2012- In this technical white paper from IBM, learn how predictive analytics can be used to detect internal and external threats to your organization. You will learn how techniques including cluster analysis, anomly detection, time series analysis, social network analysis, predictive models and scoring can be used to detect suspicious activity in real-time so your orgnization can take action to minimize risk and increase positive outcomes.

As a final step, you will learn how ...

Bloomberg Data Feeds - Creating a Competitive Differentiator through Event-Driven Trading [ Source: Bloomberg ]
June 2011- The emergence of global trading is driving several important trends, including the consolidation of exchanges, a realignment of industry coalitions, and the emergence of global trading standards.

Today's firms have to adapt to this new climate, while answering continuing calls for optimization and cost reduction. These changes will continue to force companies to embrace open standards and new technologies that promise to reduce system complexity and lifetime maintenance costs while allowing them to ...