Getting ahead through cloud technology
A marked departure from the past as capital market participants have reached a growing consensus that cloud technology is the best way to manage data.
The downsides of standardisation
What are the surprising hidden dangers of standardisation, and can it impact operational resilience and increase risk?
How good data can make banking safer
Banks commonly have failed to put in place overarching frameworks for data quality, while data analysis remains highly manual.
Derivatives boom ramps up operational pressure
Firms are required to raise the bar through the trade lifecycle, from order management through to post-trade confirmation, netting, settlement, and reconciliation.
Seeing through DMIST and their proposal
The Derivatives Market Institute for Standards (DMIST) has made its first major proposal. What criticisms have been raised and how does DMIST plan to address them?
Does the EMIR Refit miss the point?
Financial markets are bracing themselves for the fresh wave of regulation, expecting significant challenges in implementing Refit.
How automation will eat your lunch
Automation is slowly eating away at rule-based processes, which can free up people for more important opportunities or it may simply make human tasks and processes obsolete.
Solving the derivatives proficiency puzzle
The derivatives efficiency puzzle facing many organisations is not the volume of data they possess but how to maximise its utility.
Settlement times and the efficiency imperative
In capital markets the recent period has presented significant challenges, with one of the hardest hit areas in post-trade being settlements and payments.
How FCMs can scale data and analytics like digital natives
FCMs need to avoid taking a narrow view of automation and advanced analytics and need to realise that the value potential of these initiatives can amount to more than the sum of their parts.
