The efficiency of post-trade processing is often a hotly discussed topic amongst the European broker community, and the next wave of EU regulation, in the form of CSDR, adds yet another challenge to the mix. CSDR, and specifically, for the purposes of…
CSDR is another opportunity to review existing efficiency
Through the 1970s, fixing the car was a regular weekend preoccupation for many, but fast forward to 2019, and the only people working on their cars at the weekend are classic car enthusiasts. The same cannot be said for bank technologists, many of whom…
Topics: Technology, DevOps, Cloud, Agile, Legacy
Four best practices to keep the Nordic back office fit
Your middle- and back-office systems are the spine of your operation: if they’re unhealthy or misaligned, the whole business suffers. But when building a strategy to differentiate your service for your customers, it’s easy to focus most of your attention…
Topics: Scalable, Automation, Flexible, Nordics, Legacy, Regulation, Data
Tips to Reduce Implementation Risk through Smart Deployment
Rolling out new middle- and back-office technology should be a continuous process, but for some firms it’s more of a decennial event. The pace of change that has been set by regulators in recent years requires firms to fundamentally reassess their…
Topics: Scalable, Automation, Technology, DevOps, Cloud, Agile, Data
3 Myths That Harm Banks’ Service to Clients in APAC
In Asia Pacific (APAC) more than any other region, service quality will determine the depth and longevity of relationships between banks and clients in the near term. Sell-side firms in APAC are still building regional brands and expanding their product…
Topics: APAC, Modular, Flexible, Legacy, Regulation, Cross-Asset, Data
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…
Topics: BCBS239, Risk Aggregation
Cloud Computing and Capital Markets in 2018 and Beyond
Percentile’s CTO, Chris Miller, discusses why he believes Cloud is no longer a “dirty word” in Capital Markets and Banking.
Topics: Cloud, Capital Markets, Risk
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…
Topics: FRTB