Risk management technologies
Chicago datacenter outage forced clearers to turn away clients
Friday’s cooling system failure highlights cracks in tech and concentration risk of big CCPs.
Breaking down the silos with total portfolio management
How TPM could be the key to achieving investment and operational efficiencies
DTCC defines its AI play
Johnna Powell outlines the DTCC’s AI strategy, how new technologies might impact the various post-trade processes it supports and the best practices firms should adopt when integrating AI governance into their existing risk management functions.
Best market data newcomer (vendor or product)—SGX FX
SGX FX wins Best market data newcomer (vendor or product) at the IMD & IRD Awards 2025.
Talos’s new crypto risk assets drive portfolio management system upgrade
One year after Talos Trading acquired Cloudwall, the vendor has added new capabilities to its portfolio management system.
Break down the silos—The unifying power of total portfolio management
Best practices for investment operations and execution in today’s complex market landscape.
A tech revolution in an old-school industry: FX
FX is in a state of transition, as asset managers and financial firms explore modernizing their operating processes. But manual processes persist. MillTechFX’s Eric Huttman makes the case for doubling down on new technology and embracing automation to…
Man Group’s head of risk engineering doesn’t trust ChatGPT for managing risk
Risk managers have a duty to know how AI is being used within their firms. At a recent event, execs from Man Group and others discussed the benefits and pitfalls of AI in risk management.
AI could cut time for money laundering checks by 99%
Leading crypto exchange rolling out large language model for enhanced due diligence checks.
FRTB data quality issues persist amid shifting implementation dates
Banks are finding market and reference data challenges posed by the FRTB’s standardized model tricky, compounded by uncertainty over when the regulation will take effect.
The IMD Wrap: The risks of becoming AI-rich and memory-poor
Like Alice in Wonderland, Max disappears down the rabbit hole of AI to discover a world that is sometimes fantasy—and sometimes a nightmare.
Former Goldman analyst aims to blend GenAI and synthetic data with start-up
Synthera.ai is taking a novel approach to calculating risk. While promising, industry observers are skeptical.
Consortium backs BGC’s effort to challenge CME
Banks and market makers—including BofA, Citi, Goldman, Jump and Tower—will have a 26% stake in FMX.
In search of clean data: Firms navigate data challenges as LLM adoption flourishes
This WatersTechnology rapid read report explores the transformative potential of LLMs in financial services, offering insights into the evolution, challenges and positive impacts on decision-making processes in capital markets.
BoE model risk rule may drive real-time monitoring of AI
New rule requires banks to rerun performance tests on models that recalibrate dynamically.
Post-acquisition, Ion’s List eyes OTC market
List is integrating its Janus product suite with Clarus Financial Technology’s OTC risk management system.
Messy MBSs? Startup uses deep learning to predict mortgage-backed securities markets
As interest rates rise and house prices fall after a steady period of the opposite dynamic, investors are looking for more accurate ways to price these factors into the value of mortgage-backed securities.
Tech vendors rethink risk in era of surging options volume
As options volumes soar, technology vendors are thinking about new risks posed when legacy infrastructure meets increasingly complex markets.
This Week: LSEG/Quantile, Ice, Morningstar/Sentifi, SimCorp/FundApps, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Bloomberg deploys math, not AI, to blend risk management and portfolio construction
The Mac3 GRM risk solution is live for equities users, uses no AI or machine learning, and will be rolled out to more asset classes next.