Software
Rethinking risk management in the age of cognitive computing
As global financial markets go through a raft of regulatory changes, demand for risk management and compliance solutions that can be streamlined across all sectors of a financial organisation is on the rise. IBM, ranked best provider for governance, risk…
The benefits of full valuation ALM
How insurers can address multiple risk and regulatory challenges to growth and profitability through an integrated approach to ALM modelling
Energy traders find ETRM systems lacking
Energy Risk USA: out-of-the box systems cannot meet all the needs of large banks and energy firms
Innovation of the year: Energy Settlement Network by Aquilon Energy Services
Energy Risk Awards 2017: Aquilon's cloud-based settlement platform redefines automation
ETRM systems edge into cloud, but caution urged
Cloud could revolutionise ETRM systems but hurdles persist, according to survey
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2017
Top of the pick of ETRM vendors, implementation specialists, data vendors and data managers
Survey: CTRM system upgrades fail to impress
Energy trading and risk management software implementations are a huge investment, yet not all are considered worthwhile, according to a survey by Risk.net
Energy firms increase use of trade surveillance technology
Robotic process automation could be next step for trade surveillance
From swaps to software: rivals eye Goldman and JP tech plans
Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan are upending years of bank strategy by making their front-office risk systems available to clients – a move that is dividing other dealers, as Luke Clancy reports. While SocGen and others see it as the future, others dismiss…
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Technology holds the key to easing KYC, says FCA director
UK regulator promotes the use of financial technology to smooth compliance wrinkles
Photo gallery: Energy Risk Awards and Software Rankings 2016
Photographs from the Energy Risk Awards and Software Rankings 2016, in Houston and London
CTRM software house of the year: Allegro
Developer gained clients despite cutbacks in IT spending by energy firms
Supply chain risk management and compliance: Simplifying a complex process
Businesses face a daunting combination of risk factors in supply chains – and many existing supply chain risk management (SCRM) systems are not up to the task. Software company ACL believes firms should take a more holistic view of supply chain risk to…
IT heads of energy trading firms wrestle with budget cuts
Migration to cloud-based solutions considered as budgets fall 20–25% in 2016
Falling budgets are top IT worry for energy firms
Tech spending by energy trading companies is set to plummet in 2016, survey finds
Staying agile and fit for purpose in commodity financial systems
Commodity houses are searching for more sophisticated ways of enhancing their risk management systems. Instead of tearing down the old order, or duplicating systems across services, Amine Chbani, head of commodities business development at Murex,…
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Building and protecting the IT architecture of the future
Rapid advances in technology have brought about new challenges in the fields of cybersecurity, compliance and regulation. Peter Morrison, Strategy and Architecture, BP (Singapore), explains why large businesses should consider hiring an IT architect, and…
Technology – Solving the new equation of capital markets
Since the financial crisis in 2008, banks have seen an erosion of margins in their over-the-counter derivatives businesses as they get to grips with new regulations and risk measures. As market participants adapt to the new market structure, there are…
Energy trading technology moves gradually into the cloud
Energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software is gradually starting to make use of cloud computing – a move that could improve the efficiency and capabilities of ETRM systems while also reducing costs, say consultants and market participants
Video: CTRM vendors weigh in on changing demand from energy firms
Vendors cite the impact of lower oil prices, M&A activity and financial regulation
Innovation of the year: Thomson Reuters
Vendor's Brazilian electricity and agricultural weather data shine help shine a light on the commodities market