The true significance of FRTB
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) is now seen as the biggest and most significant market risk regulatory change since the introduction of Value at Risk almost two decades ago. On the...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Electronic Communications Surveillance
Financial services firms currently face increased risk due to collusive and unethical behaviors associated with unauthorized and rogue trading. To identify and mitigate these risks, companies must...
View ArticleFRTB: Now that the ink has dried…
Following on from our FRTB paper in late 2015, GFT along with the rest of the market, had been waiting with bated breath to see where the final FRTB regs landed. As Head of Risk and Finance Consulting,...
View ArticleDelivering regulatory change management – Time for a smart approach?
The financial services regulatory environment is in a state of constant flux. Many legislative bodies around the globe publish regulations that are growing in both volume and complexity. Achieving and...
View ArticleCODE_n CONTEST // Meet the FinTechs: Disrupting the Credit Information...
In this part of our CODE_n CONTEST series, we talked to FinTech Finalist CRiskCo, an American startup revolutionizing the credit approval process. With CRiskCo, loan providers can expect help for key...
View ArticleUnintended consequences of regulation, knee-jerk or Grand Plan?
The accumulation of risk in the buyside and its impact on economic growth: In this blog, I would like to set aside convention and start with a conclusion, which is as follows: “constraining any...
View ArticleHow building intelligence bridges can transform risk and compliance
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and transaction monitoring processes are becoming usual practices in today’s financial environment due to the increasing enforcement of more and more regulations. In recent...
View ArticleCCP Recovery and Resolution: The good the bad and the costly
In November 2016, The European Commission (EC) announced a proposal for new rules to ensure that Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs) are dealt with more effectively when things go wrong. There has...
View ArticleRegTech – the smart future for model risk management
The inexorable advance of new technologies; artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), big data and cloud computing are transforming financial institutions and markets. Machine learning in...
View ArticleSix techniques in Continuous Compliance
A DevOps approach to security risk and regulatory pressure in the Cloud. Cloud adoption has profound ramifications for cybersecurity. Consequently, enterprises wishing to adopt the cloud operating in...
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