Breaking out of the cells: banks’ long goodbye to spreadsheets
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In February 2023, an employee of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund accidently keyed in “December 1” instead of “November 1” while working on an Excel file. This triggered a miscalculation of the composition of the index against which the fund was being measured. The mistake would end up costing the Norwegian state Nkr980 million ($92 million).
When the European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group (Eusprig) meets in London in July for its 20th annual conference, errors like these will be top of mind. The
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