Data
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
Top five losses: TD Bank internal fraud makes top five
Operational risk loss data – April 2013
Better risk data vital if insurers to boost disaster coverage
Steps to improve risk modelling needed if Europe wants insurers to increase cat risk exposure, say experts
Top five losses: Citi pays $730m to MBS investors
Operational risk loss data – March 2013
OpRisk North America: Financial crisis has elevated status of op risk managers
Post-crisis, the value of op risk managers is clear, conference hears
Is fully compliant SSI data finally in sight?
Sponsored statement: Omgeo
Regulatory reform and data management: problems and benefits
Regulators' demands for more transparency are loading a heavy burden on to compliance, IT and operational risk teams at financial institutions. But collecting the data could have unforeseen benefits too. Alison Ebbage reports
Operational risk loss data – December 2012
Operational risk loss data – December 2012