Trading systems

Quantifying operational risk

This is the fifth of Charles Smithson's latest series of Class Notes, which will run in alternate issues of Risk through to the end of 2004. Class Notes is an educational series, designed to pull together the threads of recent developments and thinking…

Sponsor's article > Basel II: change is good

Basel II is an opportunity for banks to modernize and upgrade their risk practices, policies and technology to manage risk in a holistic fashion. Alliance & Leicester, a UK based financial institution with assets of over €55 billion, took early advantage…

Only a Drill

On a clear day in May, financial firms simulated a worst-case scenario for an industry trying to prepare for the next 9/11.

KWI allies with Toshiba to tap Japanese market

KWI, the London-based risk technology company, has created the first Japanese-language energy trading and risk management (ETRM) application in conjunction with Toshiba Corporation, the Japanese developer and manufacturer of power generation systems.

Sponsor's Article > A difference in kind

Tracking key risk indicators is emerging as a central aspect of best practice for operational risk management. Defining these indicators and establishing benchmarks for them, however, is a complex task. David Rowe discusses an industry initiative that…

KWI hires SVP of operations

KWI, the London-based provider of trading and risk management software for the energy industry, today announced the appointment of Alan Somerville as senior vice president (SVP) of operations.

Bayer signs up for SunGard Adaptiv

Bayer, the Leverkusen-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals company, has chosen Sungard’s Adaptiv trading and risk management product to support its commodity, foreign exchange and fixed-income trading operations.

Sponsor's Article > What are loan loss reserves?

Few things are more frustrating to businesses than to be subjected to contradictory requirements by multiple authorities. Modest inconsistencies are glossed over with little or no harm. David Rowe argues, however, that conflicting definitions of loan…

Cutting capital

Across the banking spectrum, new technology is being used to help financial institutions reduce their capital requirements, writes Clive Davidson.

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