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Learn how financial organizations can embrace a portable, standards-based architecture to create a predictable, sustainable millisecond response time environment that will increase revenue generation and opportunity optimization.

Capital markets have complex, data-intensive front-office environments that change in milliseconds. To survive and differentiate themselves, companies need predictable, high-performance technical solutions. They also must control costs. Until now, satisfying both of the

Focusing on technological innovation, business strategy and geographical markets, this guide provides thought leadership on how capital markets firms can capitalize on real-time data and leverage new risk strategies for a trading advantage.

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This book provides a practical set of detailed steps to implement an Information Governance program, as well as the associated automation.

IBM has assembled a comprehensive approach to Information Governance that delivers the industry's strongest portfolio of products, services, and best practices to address every organization's needs.

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This whitepaper from IBM reveals three ways that the most successful companies are taking action when they deploy business analytics. Based on a recent study of business leaders, it is clear that higher performing organizations have these differentiating characteristics:

• Higher performers are challenging. They excel in disrupting the status quo, creating an environment more receptive to innovation, and bolder in its application of new insights and intelligence.
• Higher performers are anticipatin

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We are often asked for insight on business measures or KPIs for ERM programs to track overall progress and effectiveness. 

The key question for risk managers is: how do I measure the value ERM is delivering to my organization? 

The following are examples of measures that will quantify and measure the value your ERM program is providing:

1. Number of systemic risks identified

As last year drew to a close, the Peoples Bank of China cut the reserve requirement for local banks in an effort to swiftly ease funding liquidity conditions in the country.

Earlier on this month The International Accounting Standards Board decided to push out the effective date for IFRS 9 by another two years.

It is starting to look like the IFRS 9 impairment requirement has ended being more difficult than expected.

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Question : I have a situation in manufacturing operations where we have to take a judgmental decision on our equipment’s re-furbishing based on visual inspection.

It is a very crucial area of the business since it is part of the complex and risky Klinkerization process. In the short of it, we have to decide whether to replace brick lining which is critical for the survival of the equipment before the next shutdown and that is a year later.

Below is the link to my final newsletter for 2011.

The feature article this month focuses on Stress Testing.  Stress Testing is now a widespread and well understood concept in the banking industry but less so in the corporate sector.   I explore what businesses outside the banking industry can learn from this experience and the important role Stress Testing can play in improving the overall management of an organisation. 

In the regular series on a specific category of risk, I discuss Reputation R

Four methods for using external data in a banks operational risk OpVar calculations the saga of external data continues.

Watch the fast-paced Year-end Review at WRIN.tv. 3 stories (Economy/CAT Losses/Growth in '12)... lots of video clips and a Viewer Poll on today's challenges. Worth a visit to www.WRIN.tv...and Register when you do.

World Risk and Insurance News (WRIN.tv) is THE online video news network broadcasting late-breaking news and information for the global risk, insurance and financial services community.

There are stacks of operational risk reporting systems on the market however in general, many of these risk solutions are overpriced and unsophisticated programs. So why not build your own?

In this post, we look at building a risk modelling system from the ground up and believe me, it isn't as hard as you may think.

Focusing on technological innovation, business strategy and geographical markets, this guide provides thought leadership on how capital markets firms can capitalize on real-time data and leverage new risk strategies for a trading advantage.  

Many of you might have experienced your technology team advising that the decision has been made to follow an Agile SDLC rather than your traditional development approach to deliver some upgrade or new technology for your Risk business – what does Agile mean?

Developing and delivering technology based business solutions for risk related initiatives, either regulatory or practically driven, are notoriously difficult to achieve on time, on budget, completing 100% scope and meeting stakeholder expec

Minimize downtime, lower costs, and reduce risk: Those are the three goals your disaster recovery plan must meet. But, as the need for "always on" capability and business continuity has increased, so has the complexity and labor intensity of maintaining a reliable disaster recovery plan. This white paper outlines the ways virtualization can address the challenges of traditional disaster recovery and help your enterprise meet the key goals of a viable disaster recovery plan.

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2012 is set to be a dynamic year in the financial advisory sector. With the FSA’s Retail Distribution Review (RDR) coming into effect in December 2012, IFAs have to up the ante with standardised professional qualifications and increased transparency of charges and services. With time running out to comply, it is not a matter of when, but how to prepare for RDR. In fact I recently attended FIMA Europe in London which echoed this trend. Post-RDR preparation is the number one priority for internal

This is a platform for risk analysis of security critical IT systems using UML, based on the CORAS model-based risk assessment methodology. Contains an XML and UML repository, facilitating management and reuse of analysis results

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