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Painfully Slow Progress on BCBS239

Posted by Torstone Technology on Jul 12, 2018 10:00:00 AM

Two years after the January 2016 deadline for banks to introduce improved risk data aggregation and reporting (BCBS239), the latest report from the BCBS on implementation progress makes grim reading: only three out of thirty global systemically…

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Topics: BCBS239, Risk Aggregation

Cloud Computing and Capital Markets in 2018 and Beyond

Posted by Torstone Technology on Jul 5, 2018 10:00:00 AM

Percentile’s CTO, Chris Miller, discusses why he believes Cloud is no longer a “dirty word” in Capital Markets and Banking.

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Topics: Cloud, Capital Markets, Risk

Capital Markets RegTech Buzz

Posted by Torstone Technology on May 18, 2018 2:36:00 PM

The RegTech buzz continues and has propelled us further and higher in the league tables!

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Topics: Innovation, RegTech, FinTech

FRTB: P&L Attribution Challenges

Posted by Torstone Technology on Dec 27, 2017 10:00:00 AM

A year after Basel’s new Minimum Capital Requirements for Market Risk (commonly referred to as FRTB) were published, its P&L attribution tests remain a major issue for banks needing to implement it – both in the lack of clarity around it and the…

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Topics: FRTB

Banks can do so much more with FRTB compliance. Here’s how.

Posted by Torstone Technology on Nov 18, 2017 10:00:00 AM

Trading banks must as a minimum implement the “standardised approach” to comply with the new Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) set of regulatory proposals. In this article we look at how advanced analytics tools can help banks derive…

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Topics: FRTB, Standardised Approach

The Rise of RegTech for Capital Markets

Posted by Torstone Technology on Nov 7, 2017 10:00:00 AM

RegTech has really emerged as its own space within the financial technology sector and beyond, and it is commanding a lot of attention. We’ve seen this firsthand at Percentile, from how it has become a central topic of discussion and with increasing…

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Topics: RegTech, Capital Markets

The Changing Face of Risk Management

Posted by Torstone Technology on Sep 1, 2017 10:00:00 AM

Risk has gone through three distinct phases over the last 30 years. The changes have reflected both the external focus on the financial services industry from regulators and the way that technology has changed what’s possible. It’s a process that’s…

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Topics: RegTech, Risk

Risk Technology Challenges for Asset Managers

Posted by Torstone Technology on Jul 7, 2017 10:00:00 AM

This is a transcript of an a recent interview with Anthony Pereira, CEO of Percentile.

[Q] What are the major technology challenges that asset managers are facing at the moment?

They’re very similar to what has been faced by other industry sectors, in…

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Topics: RegTech, Risk, Buy Side

Resilient Stress Testing Platforms: Top 4 Considerations

Posted by Torstone Technology on Oct 29, 2015 10:00:00 AM

“Bank of England May Toughen Stress Tests as Economy Rallies,” claimed the Bloomberg Business headline on 28 July. Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe explained in a speech that the Bank of England’s approach would be to use stress testing more…

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Topics: Stress Testing

Six things to demand from your Risk Technology

Posted by Torstone Technology on Apr 4, 2015 12:00:00 AM

Given events in the financial sector in the past decade, it’s safe to say all eyes are on risk. In the context of lessons learned from the financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in its BCBS 239: Principles for Effective Risk Data…

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Topics: RegTech, Risk