Financial Risk Management

This network brings together professionals involved in the oversight and management of their company's financial risks and exposures as well as solution vendors, in order to discuss risk issues including interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk and commodity price risk, among others.

Yo McDonald Vice President, GRC Solutions at MetricStream, Inc.

How cybersecurity teams use Risk Quantification to remain vigilant in a post-pandemic digital world

As soon as the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak was recognised by world leaders, a widescale shift to remote working for many office workers rapidly increased the pressure on cybersecurity teams. Before entering this “new normal” in 2020, most cybersecurity teams would typically have been used to guarding an organisation’s infrastructure, analysin...

17 August 2020 /security /covid-19

Oliver Kroll Managing Director at Scorable (part of the BondIT Global Group)

Is there an end of volatility in sight, or should we expect a second wave?

As lockdowns following the Covid-19 outbreak are easing, we see some cautious optimism about a beginning economic recovery. But there’s no doubt that this crisis will take its toll on growth in 2020 and beyond. In a report released last month, the OECD outlined two equally probable - and equally gloomy - scenarios for the world economy. In the “

15 July 2020 /markets /covid-19

Eugene Rudenko Marketing manager at Aetsoft

Breaking the Fall, or How Fintechs Can Mitigate the Economic Effects of COVID-19

In the face of the worsened economic situation conditioned by the pandemic, many fintech companies now reconsider their processes. A particular focus is put towards more practical approaches in areas where the outbreak hit the most. The first two actions every reasonable business owner should take are to elaborate the current crisis management plan...

02 July 2020 /wealth /covid-19

Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever

Social distancing and Financial distancing - New counterparty risk models

The impact of the current crisis on counterparty risk models One could argue, that in a similar way that social distancing can limit the epidemic spread in the current health crisis, applying correct counterparty risk measures can prevent the contagion and propagation of financial defaults. Not by excluding companies from doing business, but by he...

27 May 2020

Brittany Garland Executive Director at IHS Markit

The 5 Onboarding Changes Every Buy-Side Organization Needs to Make

Thinning margins. Growing competition. Tougher regulations. A volatile global political landscape. Higher transactional volumes. Greater transactional complexity. There is no lack of reasons why onboarding has become an increasingly challenging and time-consuming process for asset managers. However, there are steps onboarding teams can do to reg...

30 April 2020 /regulation

Ron Cogburn CEO at Exela Technologies

How The Right Preparation Can Help Your Business Survive During A Crisis

As Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." This is a repost from my recent article for the Forbes Technology Council According to FEMA, up to 40% of small businesses can be forced to shut down in the wake of a disaster. Historically, fires, epidemics and even extreme weather events have devastated bu...

20 April 2020 /people /covid-19

Anjani Kumar Principal Consultant - FS Risk & Compliance at Infosys Limited

Managing Climate Change Risks: Key Actions for Financial Institutions

“Every company, investor, & bank that screens new & existing investments for climate risk is simply being pragmatic” - Jim Yong Kim (Former President, World Bank) As per Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) findings from a 2018 survey of UK banking sector, even as 70% of the banks acknowledged that climate change present financial risks, ...

16 April 2020 /sustainable

Jonathan Westley Chief Data Officer, Experian UK & EMEA at Experian

Covid-19: protecting vulnerable consumers is a must

The past few weeks have served up a range of unprecedented challenges for everyone and we are all quite rightly focused on staying safe and healthy. But many people will also be concerned with their financial health too, which will certainly be a worry if your income has taken an unexpected hit. This isn’t a normal time we are living in and it’s g...

02 April 2020 /people /covid-19

Anjani Kumar Principal Consultant - FS Risk & Compliance at Infosys Limited

Why financial institutions must heed the climate change risks?

"If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money." – Dr. Guy R. McPherson (award-winning scientist, professor emeritus at University of Arizona, and world’s leading authority on climate change) Climate change has become the key global challenge of our times, ...

16 March 2020 /sustainable

Thomas Pintelon Head of Strategy at Capilever

Are credits not too commoditized?

Since 1 July 2007, the Belgian electricity market has been liberalized. While in the first years, only few consumers switched electricity provider, this has reached a new high this year. Incumbent providers are still trying to convince customers with product-differentiation slogans that they offer the best reliability or the greenest electricity. ...

25 February 2020 /retail