Securities Finance Industry Revenue Hit $2.65B in Q3 With the onset of T+1 shorter settlement, securities lending has come under a lot of scrutiny, but one aspect of the global securities finance industry appears to have an upside: revenue for this sector is rising. “The global securities finance industry generated $2.65 billion in revenue… Read More >>
CloudMargin’s SWIFT Move Pushes Low-Touch Option
Cloud-based collateral management technology vendor CloudMargin reports that it is first such provider to join the SWIFT cooperative, a step that may help the company make its case to firms considering low-touch solutions to meet the non-cleared derivatives margining rules to come. By working with SWIFT, CloudMargin will adopt SWIFT connectivity and standards, says Keith… Read More >>
Basel Committee Eases Risk Capital Rules
Although banks heaved a sigh of relief that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s revised market risk capital framework was less onerous than feared, they will still be facing a hugely expensive undertaking, impacting both infrastructure and certain business lines. The exact costs banks will incur are hard to calculate because it will depend on… Read More >>
Wolters Kluwer: FTRB Could Be a Headache for Firms
Financial firms should start planning in advance for how well they’ll be able to comply with the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) proposed Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) – or whether they’ll have to at all, according to a new whitepaper out by consultancy Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. The FTRB is currently… Read More >>
Can Big Data Help Ops with Risk’s New Demands?
Big Data made quite a splash across several industries, but its adoption in the financial services sector has been highly fragmented. Yet it’s becoming clear that Big Data offers some operational advantages as financial services firm adjust to the new regulation-driven regime of risk management, according to a new report by market research firm Celent,… Read More >>
Egyptian Bank to Use SunGard Risk Platform
SunGard Financial Systems reports that the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt has picked its suite of enterprise risk management solutions, to help the bank build a new operational framework for risk exposure, reporting and Basel compliance. Faisal Islamic Bank is an active participant in the country’s development projects and a leading player in the Egyptian… Read More >>
