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Matthias PistonMarch 27, 2018 0

„Crunch Time” im Bankensektor: Warum Stresstests jetzt Risk und Finance zusammenbringen

EBA-Stresstest, TRIM-Initiative – es gibt 2018 mehr denn je dringende Gründe für die Banken, sich konsequent datenorientiert und analytisch aufzustellen und so vom Gejagten der Aufsicht zum Jäger nach mehr Wertschöpfung zu werden. Alle Banken wissen das. Die schlechte Nachricht: Die wenigsten Institute widmen sich diesem Thema ohne Wenn und

German

Banking

Data Management | Risk Management

Colin GrayFebruary 12, 2018 0

It’s (still) not fair

As we progress into 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is looming on most organisations’ radar. The requirements are becoming clearer, but there is still some ambiguity about precisely what needs doing. There is, however, no question that algorithms are an area of concern, and in particular, whether their

English

Risk Management

Business Analytics PortugalFebruary 1, 2018 0

O estado actual da PSD2

Já está em vigor e traz mudanças para o sector bancário: a PSD2 – Payment Service Directive – que regulamenta os pagamentos electrónicos. Mas qual o estado de implementação da Directiva e o seu impacto no negócio? Um estudo levado a cabo entre Agosto e Setembro de 2017 pela Deloitte

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Banking

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunJanuary 30, 2018 0

현대해상, ‘보험사기인지시스템(IFDS)’ 고도화로 보험사기 리스크 관리 강화

Korean

Insurance

Analytics | Risk Management

Luis BarrientosJanuary 23, 2018 0

IFRS9, ¿reto u oportunidad en este nuevo año?

2018 lo iniciamos con fuerzas e ideas renovadas para desarrollar y alcanzar nuevas metas tanto en el ámbito personal como el empresarial. Particularmente, en este año nos enfrentamos al desafío de cumplir con las nuevas regulaciones impuestas por la Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) y sus implicaciones inmediatas,

Spanish

Banking

Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunJanuary 18, 2018 0

새 국제회계기준 ‘IFRS 17’, 보험 업계 정조준

Korean

Insurance

Advanced Analytics | Programming Tips | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeJanuary 15, 2018 0

Visualizing stress testing risk scenarios

Since the financial crisis, banking regulators have started to use stress testing as a way to examine how banks will manage under adverse conditions. The idea is to ensure that banks hold enough capital to survive economic shocks. The European Banking Authority published its draft stress-testing methodology for 2018 back

English

Banking | Insurance

Risk Management

Thorsten HeinJanuary 10, 2018 0

Model risk management in an increasingly complex world

Like stress testing, model risk management is one of the current ‘hot topics’ in banking. Discussed extensively at a recent risk executive roundtable in Amsterdam, it is clear that the issue is exercising minds to a considerable degree. What’s more, it is also only likely to become more important in

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Banking

Risk Management

Tony CartiaJanuary 9, 2018 0

Gli impatti di IFRS 17: è tempo di affrontarli

Quest’articolo è stato tradotto e integrato dal post originale di Lee Thorpe È un cambiamento fondamentale quello a cui le compagnie assicurativa stanno andando incontro. L’IFRS 17 sarà introdotto dallo IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) a partire dal 2020 e trasformerà la modalità di costruzione dei bilanci. Coerentemente con gli

Italian

Insurance

Artificial Intelligence | Risk Management

Alex KwiatkowskiJanuary 8, 2018 0

Banking in 2018: Plus ça change

Another year’s over, a new one’s just begun. And it’s time to answer that most crucial of questions: ‘What does 2018 hold in-store for EMEA banking?’. Unless I’m missing something obvious, all the signs point to the coming 12 months being characterised by the usual ‘evolution not revolution’, and anybody

English

Banking

Risk Management

Carsten KrahJanuary 4, 2018 0

Digitization of risk management

Since the financial crisis, risk management in banks has grown in importance, and therefore so has the need for digitization. Regulations have called for stronger risk management of business processes. The first direct requirements for capital requirements and liquidity management were introduced in Basel III, but this has continued since.

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Banking

Risk Management

Thorsten HeinJanuary 3, 2018 0

Why stress testing continues to be a hot risk button

Stress testing is one of the hot topics of the moment for risk management in banking. A ‘stress test’ is an analysis designed to check whether the bank is holding enough capital to be able to manage a rapid downturn. It is, basically, a way to test the resilience of

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Banking

Risk Management

Carsten KrahDecember 20, 2017 0

Regulieren wir uns um Kopf und Kragen? (Stresstest, TRIM)

Regulierung, Kostendruck und technologische Weiterentwicklung – ist abwarten und Tee trinken die bessere Strategie für die Banken, als die Ärmel hochzukrempeln und loszulegen, nur, weil die Regulierung mal wieder hustet? Wie gehen Institute mit den immerwährenden neuen Regulierungen um? Wie sieht es in der Praxis aus, sind Basel, IFRS oder

German

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeDecember 14, 2017 0

Was bringt die Zukunft? Auswertung von Risiko-Szenario-Pfaden

Die Abbildung einer möglichen zukünftigen Situation ist eine Kernaufgabe des Risiko-Managements. Dazu werden unterschiedlich komplexe Modelle mit möglichen Szenarien durchgerechnet. Hierbei erhält man pro Szenario und Vorhersage-Zeitpunkt ein Ergebnis. Bei mehrperiodischen Vorhersagen (z. B. bei Kredit-Portfolien oder Lebensversicherungen) gibt es pro Szenario einen Ergebnis-Pfad. Im Folgenden zeige ich, wie man mit

German

Banking | Insurance

Risk Management

Chrysostomos KridiotisNovember 21, 2017 0

EBA Stress Testing 2018: How the inclusion of IFRS 9 is impacting the need for change to the Stress Testing Framework of Banks

A bank stress test is the analysis conducted under unfavorable economic scenarios designed to determine whether a bank has enough capital to withstand the impact of adverse developments. Especially in the years since the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, it has been actively promoted by authorities and regulators as

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Banking

Risk Management

Spyros MaltezosNovember 16, 2017 0

8 key elements for a solid model governance framework

In recent years, widespread use of sophisticated mathematical, statistical and deterministic models has allowed financial institutions to make strategic decisions with a new level of knowledge. At the same time, these models have led them towards additional needs: quantifying, measuring and managing model risk. On top of that, regulators have

English

Risk Management

Spyros MaltezosOctober 24, 2017 0

Targeted Review of Internal Models - TRIM - The Foundation of Model Risk Management Regulation

In my previous article I reviewed the current state of model risk awareness in the financial services industry by providing an overview of the EU regulatory regime related to Model Risk Management framework, as well as introducing some major challenges that exist in developing a Model Risk Management system. This

English

Banking

Data Management | Risk Management

Chrysostomos KridiotisOctober 18, 2017 0

EBA Stress Testing 2018: How the inclusion of IFRS 9 is impacting the need for change to the Stress Testing Framework of Banks

English

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Risk Management

Vijayne GovenderOctober 17, 2017 0

How Nigeria is accelerating its banking industry transformation

The challenges for banking in emerging markets are similar to those elsewhere, but with fewer resources and structures available to address them. Key issues include expanding the market, and improving financial inclusion, to provide better access to banking services. To my mind, one of the most interesting aspects of the

English

Banking

Analytics | Risk Management

Thorsten HeinOctober 4, 2017 0

The need for seamless risk and finance integration

The importance of risk management has always been clear in financial services, but it is growing in other industries, including energy and telecommunication companies. This importance is being amplified through increasing demand for risk and finance integration. New risk data architecture is needed to focus on the integration of time

English

Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Insurance

Analytics | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeSeptember 25, 2017 0

Risikomodellierung: ein Blick unter die Motorhaube

Modelle im Risikomanagement sind essenziell. Sie helfen uns dabei, das Risiko eines Unterfangens auf Basis weniger Einflussgrößen vorherzusagen. Die Kunst der Modellierung besteht nun darin, die wichtigsten Faktoren zu bestimmen und einen komplexen Zusammenhang vereinfacht so abzubilden, dass die Aussagekraft relevant ist. Das heißt, modellbasierte Prognosen sollen möglichst nahe an

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Banking

Analytics | Risk Management

Lee ThorpeSeptember 18, 2017 0

The unforeseen consequences of IFRS 17

Lee Thorpe, Head of Risk Business Solutions at SAS UK & Ireland, explores the challenges that the new international financial reporting standard (IFRS) 17 will introduce. A fundamental change is coming to insurance. The new accounting standard, IFRS 17, will be introduced by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in

English

Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Risk Management

Luca GarlandaSeptember 13, 2017 0

Could your company survive a fake news attack?

Even as we come to terms with the increasing presence of fake news in the political landscape, we need to consider the vulnerability of companies, brands and employees to the same phenomenon. Social media across all channels have become an accelerator to enable unverified, and unverifiable, claims to travel far

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Risk Management | SAS Events

Thorsten HeinJuly 31, 2017 0

Challenges on a CRO's agenda - get some answers in Madrid

The CRO’s agenda is more crowded than ever, especially right after the summer time looking towards the end of the actual and the preparations for the new year. Regulators, auditors, boards and investors continue increasing the pressure on financial institutions. In addition to the already known challenges coming from competition,

English

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeJuly 20, 2017 0

Neue Prozess-Infrastruktur für die Renaissance des Datasteps

Wenn es darum geht, mit Daten zu arbeiten, dann ist der klassische SAS Datastep eines der wirksamsten Werkzeuge, das uns zur Verfügung steht. Es ist sehr einfach, mithilfe von Datenauswahl, Formeln und Bedingungen im Datastep sowie in spezifischen SAS Prozeduren zu Ergebnissen zu kommen. Hieraus sind in der Praxis umfangreiche

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Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Risk Management

Carsten KrahJuly 19, 2017 0

Transparenz und Automatisierung braucht das Risikomanagement

Am 20. Juni trafen sich in Wien 30 Vertreter von Banken, um neue Herausforderungen an Infrastrukturen von Banken zu diskutieren. Dr. Thomas Moosbrucker, Deloitte Deutschland, beleuchtete in dem ersten Vortrag die Herausforderungen von TRIM (Target Review of Internal Models). Seiner Meinung nach wird uns TRIM, welches das Vertrauen in die

German

Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Michael RabinJuly 14, 2017 0

Fraudsters love digital

Anyone who believes that digitization has made the issue of insurance fraud go away is unfortunately wrong. One in ten reported damages and claims are still invented or manipulated. The cost: at least €5 billion per year in Germany alone for property and casualty insurance. In other words, not even including

English

Banking | Insurance

Data Management | Risk Management

Chrysostomos KridiotisJune 28, 2017 0

The data governance path to AnaCredit

Many of the regulations coming into effect after 2010, are the result of the financial crisis that has significantly re-shaped the financial industry worldwide and especially in Europe. One of the major projects that has been undertaken by the statistics team of the ECB, launched in 2011, is the setup

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Banking

Risk Management

Tony CartiaJune 26, 2017 0

8 elementi chiave di un framework robusto per la Model Governance

Negli ultimi anni l'uso sempre più diffuso di sofisticati modelli matematici, statistici e deterministici ha consentito alle istituzioni finanziarie di prendere decisioni strategiche, avendo a disposizione un nuovo livello di conoscenza. Nel contempo ha, però, condotto verso una nuova necessità: quantificare, misurare e gestire il rischio legato ai modelli utilizzati.

Italian

Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Machine Learning | Risk Management

Carsten KrahJune 23, 2017 0

Machine Learning allein reicht nicht, der menschliche Verstand ist weiterhin gefragt

Science-Fiction-Autoren sind seit Langem fasziniert von der Vorstellung, dass Roboter die Weltherrschaft übernehmen könnten. Und sie überlegen, was man tun könnte, um die Welt vor dieser Machtübernahme zu bewahren. Doch diese Vorstellung geht weit an der Realität vorbei. Tatsächlich wissen wir heute: Maschinen – und Machine Learning – funktionieren am

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