Technology
Preparing for the worst-case scenario
When unpredictable and cataclysmic events befall a business, its recovery systems must be up and ready to go, reports Duncan Wood
Spreadsheets: a tool you can trust?
For more than two decades, spreadsheets have been the tool of choice for financial services firms. But do they contain hidden dangers? Dianne See Morrison reports
Reuters' outages help competitors
BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Implementing choice
Technology
Credit model meltdown
Dealers are trading increasingly high volumes of bespoke tranches of synthetic credit risk with each other, yet there still appears to be little consensus on the application of credit models. Is there a danger the house of cards may come tumbling down?
SwapsWire expands equity derivatives service
London-based electronic confirmation service SwapsWire plans to roll out its equity option confirmation service across Asia after the launch of the service in Japan earlier this year.
Misys nails three major treasury deals in Asia
Misys Banking Systems, a unit of London-based software company Misys, has signed up three leading Asian financial institutions to use Misys Summit for their treasury and capital market requirements.
Surveying risk management
How is risk management viewed in your company? Are there risks you would like to measure but don’t? Which methodologies are most commonly used? What should the discipline tackle next? Energy Risks’ survey reveals recent trends in risk management.