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20/20 by 2020
Since the market meltdown of late 2007 and the ensuing global recession of 2008 and 2009, risk management as a critical business function has been thrust into the limelight, especially across the sell side. Steve White, RiskCare’s CEO, assesses…
Getting your data (ware)house in order
Up-to-date, accurate and verified benchmark data is becoming more and more important to asset managers. With tightened budgets and cost efficiencies to consider, outsourcing data provision and management can work to asset managers’ advantage. By Stephen…
Bolster Risk Management Practises and Technology Now
As the dust settles on a financial services industry still reeling in the wake of the 2008 and 2009 financial crisis, firms have an opportunity to bolster their risk management practices and underlying technology. But, according to SunGard’s Marcus Cree,…
CME Group: New Trading Floor, New Datacenter, New Targets
It wasn’t so long ago that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was lagging behind its European competitors. But under the leadership of CEO Craig Donohue and CIO Kevin Kometer, the futures exchange has massively extended its footprint and has welcomed a new…
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TIAA-CREF: Ahead of the Enterprise Curve
One doesn’t become one of the largest, most reputable institutional investment managers on the planet without keeping a firm handle on risk. TIAA-CREF’s plans to develop an enterprise-wide risk management infrastructure were well underway by the time the…
The Heavy Burden of Automating Cash Management Processes
As firms continue to tighten their belts in preparation for what might be the start of a double-dip recession, most companies are casting their gaze at their treasury department to see how it can manage its cash resources more effectively. However, many…
IBM: Operational Challenges and Risk Concerns Still to the Fore Post-Crisis
Industry regulators and financial services executives still cannot rest easy as they continue to grapple with the operational challenges and risk concerns introduced on the back of the two-year capital markets downturn. These are some of the findings…
The Struggle to Implement Dodd-Frank Act Changes
Surveys of financial services industry CEOs and operations executives find that a majority recognize that the US Dodd-Frank Act and the SEC’s implementation thereof will force them to change their business models. Yet the same researchers indicate that…