BCBS239: A colossal opportunity?
Since the financial crisis of 2008, it would appear that a paradigm shift has taken place whereby regulation breeds regulation! Just when you thought you had grasped EMIR and the early stages of MiFID...
View ArticleHow to comply: In five not so easy steps
With an EMIR deadline once again looming, firms will be hoping that second time around they are fully ready for the stressful demands of compliance. As many fell short of the 12th February EMIR traded...
View ArticleBCBS239: Great challenge, great opportunity
In the following article published on Finextra, John Barclay – a specialist in Market and Credit Risk – takes a look at BCBS239 compliance. The reforms, which are highly unprecedented, will bring about...
View ArticleRegulation, regulation, regulation…the ‘new normal’?
As we begin 2015, banks and other financial institutions could be forgiven if they feel a sense of ‘regulatory fatigue’. This is understandable as it is now clear that regulation is here to stay for...
View ArticleBCBS239: the behemoth lumbers on
With less than 12 months to go before the official January 2016 deadline, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s latest report reveals that banks are struggling to comply with the Principles of...
View ArticleHow a lingua franca can solve your BCBS239 compliance problems
With the continuation of unrelenting regulatory pressure, and to continue to improve risk management capabilities, the need to establish and preserve effective risk data aggregation processes and...
View ArticleModels, Policy Rules, Scenarios, & Controls Life Cycle Framework
Financial Services firms’ Risk, Analytics, Compliance, and other groups implement thousands of controls, models, policy rules, and/or scenarios; their number grows unabated. Does your firm review the...
View ArticleA holistic collateral model is now an essential development
With the ever-increasing importance of collateral from a trading, risk and capital management perspective, Nick Nicholls (Principal Consultant, GFT) argues that holistic management of collateral is...
View ArticleDodd-Frank: Changes Ahead
Upcoming changes on the legislation are inevitable; but what impact will these changes have in a shifting political landscape? Where Dodd-Frank is excelling and where there is room for improvement:...
View ArticleThe 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…
share tweet share share share 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...
View ArticleDelivering regulatory change management – Time for a smart approach?
share tweet share share share 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...
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 ArticleModels, Policy Rules, Scenarios, & Controls Life Cycle Framework
Financial Services firms’ Risk, Analytics, Compliance, and other groups implement thousands of controls, models, policy rules, and/or scenarios; their number grows unabated. Does your firm review the...
View ArticleA holistic collateral model is now an essential development
With the ever-increasing importance of collateral from a trading, risk and capital management perspective, Nick Nicholls (Principal Consultant, GFT) argues that holistic management of collateral is...
View ArticleDodd-Frank: Changes Ahead
Upcoming changes on the legislation are inevitable; but what impact will these changes have in a shifting political landscape? Where Dodd-Frank is excelling and where there is room for improvement:...
View ArticleThe 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...
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