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
Banks can do so much more with FRTB compliance. Here’s how.
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…
Topics: FRTB, Standardised Approach
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…
Topics: RegTech, Capital Markets
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…