Financial Risk Management

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.

Shagun Malhotra CEO and Founder at SkyStem

Why solid accounting practices are fundamental to business resilience in 2025

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the turbulence felt unprecedented. Fast forward to 2025, and turbulence is now the norm rather than the exception. Whether it's the impact of economic policies on global stock markets, disruption from emerging technologies or environmental events, barely a month goes by without a new headline event. From...

14 July 2025 /regulation /retail

Mikko Andersson CEO at Scila

From fragmentation to foundation: Why real-time risk needs a unified harmonised train

Picture your firm’s risk management like a high-speed train racing through a complex network of tracks. Every twist and turn represents shifting market conditions, and evolving asset classes. Indeed, the whole network of tracks is constantly shifting with new lines being added through regulatory demands. For the journey to be smooth and safe, ever...

11 July 2025 /regulation /markets

John Reese Business Analyst | Platform Growth Expert at Hashcodex

What Security Measures Should MT5 CRM Systems Implement?

Imagine waking up one day and realizing your entire brokerage platform has been hacked. Client data? Gone. Trust? Broken. That’s the nightmare no broker wants. Having even one small loophole in your CRM can be extremely dangerous in today's world. If you’re reading this, maybe you are planning to build or upgrade your CRM that integrates with MT5. ...

24 May 2025 /security /markets

Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa

The Future of Contextual Risk Simulations and Scenarios

Simulations are important. It was ever thus since the dawn of computing, but they have become even more important in AI-infused complex business environments. Simulations are core to any organization’s toolkit for making optimal decisions. Combining simulations with domain models (ontologies) rooted in an organization’s platform, model and data ar...

03 April 2025 /ai /regulation

Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa

Contextual RAG: Identify Risks and Opportunities without Over-Engineering

While AI models - large language models (LLMs) in particular - become more powerful and widely commoditized, the need for accurate, context-rich data grows ever more critical. In regulated industries, this becomes even more essential, as organizations must also ensure explainability and governance. For the modern organization, Contextual Retrieval...

03 March 2025 /ai /crime

Sergei Grechkin Chief Strategy and Risk Officer at AIFM Cayros Capital

Risk and portfolio management advanced approaches for Implementing Stochastic Correlation Processes

As global financial markets become increasingly interconnected, accurately modelling correlations between assets is essential. Traditional models often assume static correlations, which fail to reflect the dynamics of multi-asset portfolios in evolving markets. A stochastic correlation approach using copula functions offers a flexible alternative....

14 February 2025 /predictions

Will Anderson CMO at Eastnets

A Trade Based Financial Crime story...or drama?

A Trade Based Financial Crime story A large shipping vessel leaves a port in Southeast Asia carrying electronics—supposedly valued at $2 million—for delivery to a partner company in Europe. The ship’s cargo manifests are meticulously prepared, but unknown to customs officials, the cargo has been intentionally misinvoiced. In reality, the goods on ...

30 September 2024 /regulation /crime

Retired Member 

Harnessing AI/ML to Combat Payment Fraud: A Comprehensive Guide

Introduction The payments landscape has undergone a transformative shift, embracing omni-channel, omni-pervasive accessibility, financial inclusion, cloud technology integration, and multi-touchpoint experiences. As cashless and contactless transactions become the norm, this evolution has inadvertently fueled a surge in financial fraud incidents

17 May 2024 /ai /payments

Richard Bennett CEO at Razor Risk

Basel Guidelines: Diving into the Four Counterparty Credit Risk Components

In a world where market turmoil and systemic risks are pervasive, effective counterparty credit risk management (CCR) becomes increasingly vital. Recent events, such as the collapse of Archegos Capital Management which caused over $10 billion in losses, commodity market volatility after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and UK gilt market disr...

08 May 2024 /regulation /markets

Max Koretskiy Investor, Cо-Founder at Blackshield Capital Group

What is the new standart of the investment market?

In recent years, financial markets have faced a phenomenon known as the “new standart”. This concept describes economic and market conditions that seemed abnormal and caused panic in the market, but have now become part of the everyday reality for investors and analysts. What are the main characteristics that define the “new normal” and how do the...

02 May 2024 /wealth /markets