Last month, FTF brought together financial services operations leaders, fintech solutions providers, and top-of-the-line financial consultants to discuss the state of post-trade reconciliations. Post-trade reconciliations: The concept of reconciliations is to compare one set of records with another. Operations teams reconcile post-trade: before that trade is settled and afterwards to confirm that no mistakes (also known
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
9 Great Things about FTF 2.0
Welcome to the new and improved FTF web site! We are excited to finally show everyone what’s been going on behind the scenes here for the past 9 months. Aside from a fresh, updated look, here is a rundown of some of the other improvements: News – News is now broken down into more specific
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What Does a New FTF Website Mean for Our Readers and Clients?
Maureen Lowe, Founder and President of FTF, discusses what the new, upcoming website means for our readers and clients. The new site is scheduled to go live Q3 ’15.
Wall Street
How Should the NY State Government Spend its $5 Billion Surplus from Wall Street Fines?
We have the results to our most recent Finger on the Pulse poll. Our FTF News editor, Eugene Grygo, recently posted a Minding the Gap column Can Good Come from the Sins of Wall Street?, where he discussed the fines imposed upon Wall Street and insurance firms for their sins during the Great Recession. Due to these
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FTF News Video: How to Build a Robust Op Risk System
CIT’s head of Op Risk discusses novel ways to improve surveillance and launch initiatives with FTF News editor, Eugene Grygo at the recent OpRisk New York 2014 conference in November. Prasad Kodali, head of operational risk at CIT, is leading a program to integrate the processing of operational loss data into his Op Risk program.
Compliance
Can Good Come from the Sins of Wall Street?
January 20, 2015 by Eugene Grygo (Contribution from Minding the Gap, a blog by FTF News editor, Eugene Grygo.) Thanks to the fines imposed upon Wall Street and insurance firms for their sins during the Great Recession, the New York State government has a $5.1 billion surplus for fiscal year 2016. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Guest Blog
How to Retain and Promote Female Talent
Guest Contributor: Jessica Titlebaum, WILD Co-Founder My mentor once said that results are not exclusive to gender. While this is true, it’s also important to remember that gender may produce different results. According to Catalyst, there is a correlation between women on boards and a company’s bottom line. In this regard, it may be strategic to
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Happy Holidays from FTF!
Cybersecurity
FTF News Video: What Keeps Raymond James’ Cybersecurity Chief Up at Night?
Andy Zolper, senior vice president and chief IT security officer at Raymond James Financial, tells FTF News about the potential threats that keep him up at night. Focusing on the emerging best practices that enable firms to protect against cyber threats is helping Zolper and others cope. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHjc5ufSK4U] Check out more FTF News video
Reconciliations
FTF News Video: Barclays Capital’s Tsandiotis on the State of Recs Automation
Roseann Tsandiotis, of Barclay’s Capital, speaks with FTF News, Eugene Grygo, about where the evolution of automation is at in Recs, and the tradeoffs firms need to consider before they commit to fully automating their Recs function. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqwsmwZ5mts] Roseann recently was a panelist speaker at FTF’s ReCon New York conference. Check out our upcoming
