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. <br><br>
The failure ...
The Changing Face of Risk Management in the New Regulatory Environment
[ Source: Sybase ]
April 2012-
This free white paper explores how IT departments at financial institutions are assuming a more proactive role in identifying technologies that can improve their risk management and bring them to the attention of risk managers and business heads.
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.<br><br>
As a final step, ...
Predictive Threat and Risk Management: Meeting the Challenges of a Smarter Planet
[ Source: IBM ]
February 2012-
With organizations facing a multitude of threats - from the economy and financial risk to data security and insider fraud - that are increasing in number and severity, it's no suprise threat and risk mitigation a top priority for business.<br><br>
The best defense is a systematic approach to reducing exposure and minimizing negative impact. You must be diligent about managing the threats you are aware of as well as ...
Leveraging Technology to Shape the Future of Liquidity Risk Management
[ Source: Sybase ]
January 2012-
This free study examines the liquidity risk management (LRM) challenges that banks and financial institutions must face in this post-financial crisis era. It also discusses industry perspectives and responses to challenges in this space.
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. <br><br>
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 ...
Reference Data Acquisition Challenges: Getting it Right from the Start
[ Source: Informatica ]
May 2011-
To manage reference data effectively, financial services institutions need an organized, thorough, consistent program to source, validate, and normalize data as they acquire it. To build this program, financial institutions must face these challenges:<br><br>
• Sourcing data from vendors and internal systems<br>
• Monitoring and auditing reference data quality<br>
• Delivering data securely across applications and locations<br><br>
This white paper ...
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.
Survey Results: Structured Finance Investor Due Diligence in Focus
[ Source: Principia Partners ]
November 2010-
Over 500 structured finance market participants from 200 organizations took part in Principia's ABS industry best practices survey. The results are analyzed here with a focus on investor due diligence requirements as the market returns on a more stable footing. What are the most important aspects of satisfying due diligence requirements? How well does the industry currently perform in these areas? What are the best practices investors can adopt to address these challenges?
Leverage Responsive Process Management for the Communications Industry
[ Source: Progress Software ]
October 2010-
The Responsive Process Management (RPM) Suite from Progress Software enables a high level of operational responsiveness for communications service providers.
Faced with a need to gain a competitive advantage and create connections with customers, communications service providers require a flexible, integrated management suite that adapts to shifts in consumer interactions and market conditions in real time. Progress RPM based OSS/BSS solutions meet these challenges without the need for a massive overhaul to ...