Blockchain
Asian banks bite back at big tech
Asia Risk 25: Asian lenders eye technology and data to help tame disruptors on their turf
Facebook’s libra could disrupt collateral markets – IMF paper
Collateral used to back ‘stablecoins’ such as libra will be unavailable for reuse
SocGen’s digitised bond passes settlement test
Banque de France-backed deal pips private consortiums in dummy run for digital currency trades
The changing shape of buy-side risk technology
This webinar shares insights into the emerging strategies shaping firms’ investment, compliance and technology risk decisions, and how Covid-19 is causing a rethink in priorities
Outsmarting counterparty risk with smart contracts
A digital transaction system developed by quants at DZ Bank could slash margin costs for derivatives
Smart derivative contracts: detaching transactions from counterparty credit risk
Introducing deterministic termination rules to eliminate counterparty risk in smart derivatives
Top 10 op risks 2020: organisational change
New tech has created perennial state of flux in banking, as other kinds of shake-ups continue
‘Quantamental’ approach convinces Morgan Creek CEO
Proponent of big-picture investing sees growing role for machines, but with caveats
Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting
Wider automation could usher in future of ‘hands-free hedging’, but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing
Bank disruptors: a ‘token’ effort from UBS
The utility settlement coin will kick-start trading of digital assets, says Chris Purves
Bank disruptors: how tech joint ventures help Nomura’s bottom line
Nomura is developing new software services to supplement trading profits
Bank disruptors: tread carefully and bend things
How BofA, SocGen, JP Morgan, Nomura, UBS and others are disrupting themselves
Bank disruptors: Barclays finds blockchain nirvana
USC could transform financial markets. But first, backers must prove it is secure
Fintech start-up of the year: Baton Systems
Risk Awards 2020: With four million FX trades since launch, the “institutional PayPal” now aims to free trapped margin
HK-China blockchain link tipped to boost trade finance
HSBC, StanChart and Bank of China welcome Hong Kong and China trade finance tie-up
Axoni readies blockchain platform for equity swaps
Service aims to smooth swaps reconciliation – ‘the Holy Grail’ – for Goldman, Citi and other backers
Quant Lipton pans Facebook’s Libra
Former Bank of America exec sees more potential in rival projects, such as utility settlement coin
Proof-of-work blockchains and settlement finality: a functional interpretation
In this paper, the authors aim to provide an interpretation of the legal issue of settlement finality in the context of proof-of-work distributed ledger technology, such as the Bitcoin network.
A tech-driven transformation
A panel of experts explores how greater collaboration between risk and finance teams can garner significant benefits and add value, how technological innovation is making the regulatory landscape more complicated to navigate and produce transformative…
UBS exec: first trades via USC could take place this year
Risk Live: utility settlement coin project backed by group of banks moving “incredibly fast”
JP Morgan’s Hudson: innovation stuck in trading web
Risk Live: Digital head floats shared platform, rather than “point solutions”
Decentralized bottom-up energy trading using Ethereum as a platform
In this paper, the simulated environment of a hierarchical energy trading market using Ethereum’s smartcontract technology is created as a proof-of-concept of using blockchain technology in energy trading.
UBS introduces smart contracts for structured products
Swiss bank aims to tackle shrinking margins by automating workflows and cutting trade processing costs