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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 28/09/2011 | 3410 views

Outsourcing Collateral Management the Systemic Risk Question

Outsourcing collateral management appears to be an odd thing to do. Why would financial institutions outsource such a fundamental part of their operations? Bank of New York Mellon is the largest supplier of outsourced collateral management in the world and has trillions of dollars a day under its management control. It would not be going too far to... Tags: Risk & regulation, Post-trade & ops

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 26/09/2011 | 2563 views

Risks in Systems and Standards

The UBS rogue trader has once again brought risk to the forefront of banks thinking. No doubt the usual hand wringing, system reviews and updates will be the response to the anticipated regulatory crack down. Banks around the world will be undertaking risk reviews and analysing their own operational processes and practices and as with many times pr... Tags: Risk & regulation

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 02/09/2011 | 3619 views

Outsourcing - IT Management Cop Out

It's incredible how many people still think building a system in-house is less risky and more cost effective. There are more internal developments that fail and at best come in over time and over budget and just does not do what was hoped for when the project began. Let's be realistic the majority of IT people in financial services firms think the...

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