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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.
A 2017 report by Investment Technology Group projected that electronic equity execution in the US and Europe would grow to around 57% and 55% respectively in 2019, up from 48% and 50% in 2015. But as ...
The current state of the Israeli real estate market is perhaps best described as ‘volatile’, not because of whipsaw activity in supply and demand, but because future demand is expected to severely out...
With financial crimes at an all-time high, the tactics used to commit these crimes have become increasingly more diverse and sophisticated. And of all the various forms of fraud being committed today,...
In 2017, it was reported that the payment protection insurance (PPI) scandal had cost some of Britain’s largest high street banks more than £34bn. Yet our analysis of over 1.25 complaints shows that t...
There is a Youtube video on the collapse and causes of the collapse of the Mariana Dam disaster in 2015, specifically using satellite imagery to assess key elements before, during and after the Fundão...
For at least the last three decades, fraud monitoring of transactions and portfolios has been a cornerstone of protecting the brand, be it for scheme, bank or consumer reputation. There have been a nu...
In September last year – the ECB produced its first report on Card Fraud since 2015. It is unusual to see a public report that covers all of Europe and there are some interesting viewpoints to be take...
According to a recent report by MarketsandMarkets, the Regtech market is expected to be worth $12.3 billion by 2023. This is driven by an increase in the cost of compliance, as even more regulations a...
By Scott Cutler, Director, Sales - UK&I MAM at Fortinet For cybercriminals, a successful cyberattack has the potential to bring significant financial gain. Capitalising on the theft of informa
In the midst of U.S. midterm election results, the public witnessed various instances of new leadership arising in a changing political climate. Just as politicians learn to pivot their stances to bes...
For any FCA regulated firm, the risk and compliance function is an essential and integral part of the business – but it wasn’t always that way. Martin Kisby, Head of Compliance at Equiniti Credit Serv...
Every year, without fail, many banks and financial institutions embark on internal projects to improve their compliance operations. And every year, also without fail, they stumble and get stuck. What ...