Data
EBA: Common credit risk definitions vital
European regulators have overhauled bank reporting standards to ensure comparability, with new Finrep and Corep templates to be rolled out from this month. The latest step has been to agree common definitions for forborne and non-performing exposures…
Crude-by-rail data gains in value for traders
As an increasing volume of crude oil is transported via North America’s railroads, market participants are growing hungry for data and market intelligence on crude-by-rail. Such insight had been in short supply, until recently. Alexander Osipovich reports
FSB: work needed on consistent data standards
Public- and private-sector experts have worked hard over the past three years to develop the framework for a global legal entity identifier system, but more effort is needed to create consistent data standards for financial instruments and transactions,…
Risk software survey 2013
Change from above
Insurance Risk North America: Test data security, US insurers warned
Security test results may scare them, delegates hear
Big data presents opportunities for hedge funds
The use of unstructured data in creating an alternative information edge is a potential new source of uncorrelated excess returns
Top 10 operational risks for 2014
Internal failures will prove as dangerous as external threats for the financial industry in 2014
Risk USA: Hire more quants in compliance, says SEC official
SEC official warns compliance teams at quant funds lack qualifications and knowledge to effectively monitor trading strategies
ETF product launches stall
No time for launch
Energy Risk Europe: Commodity trading demands big data, says Trafigura CRO
Commodity trading firms urged to use advancements in big data to gain strategic advantage
Lack of Esma clarity delays progress on FX trade reporting
Questions raised by Isda concerning trade reporting workflows have not yet been answered, delaying preparations for the start of mandatory trade reporting early next year
The importance of risk data
Op risk managers must prepare for much greater regulatory demand for real-time data
More focus needed on response to data breaches, says panel
Firms focusing on prevention, but they need to concentrate more on detection, say cyber-security experts
Insurers need to do better on innovation, say chief executives
The insurance sector needs to up its game and help companies remove new risks from their balance sheets, panellists say
Danske Commodities chief reflects on altered energy landscape
While Europe’s traditional energy firms have been suffering, Danske Commodities saw a 75% leap in profits for 2012. Chief executive Torben Nordal Clausen speaks to Gillian Carr
European power traders look to different sources of data
With renewables accounting for a significant and growing proportion of Europe's electricity production, energy traders are increasingly turning to different sources of data to help them gauge the impact. Gillian Carr reports
Regulators refocus on risk data fundamentals
Focus on fundamentals
UK fraud down slightly as trends reverse
UK fraud down slightly as trends reverse
ID theft leads rise in US suspicious activity figures
Suspicious activity data
Basel challenges big banks to improve risk data aggregation
Crunch time for data
Editorial: Accessibility vs vulnerability
In broadening customer access via mobile banking solutions, banks are opening themselves up to a new range of cyber threats
Special report: Cybersecurity
The ever-evolving threat
Trade reporting rules prove a headache for energy firms
Reporting for duty
CFTC faces ‘huge challenge’ in analysing swap data, says O'Malia
CFTC commissioner warns about agency's "data dilemma" in exclusive video interview