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SimCorp adds LexiFi modelling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... 4.3. Peter Hill, SimCorp managing director, said integrating the LexiFi technology onto its system would reduce operational risk for its SimCorp Dimension clients. "What would normally happen is your IT vendor would have to go away and take 18 months ...

BNP Paribas responds to alpha demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... division identifies stocks that provide sustainable, above average prospects for growth with low financial and operational risk. Robert Harrison, BNP Paribas Investment Partners managing director, said the fund responds to demands from Australian investors ...

Finsia names new president

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has appointed Westpac group head of operational risk and compliance, Chris van Aanholt to president of the institute's board. In keeping with Finsia policy, van Aanholt succeeds Michael Shepard ...

Sub-prime boosts actuary profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... its stakeholders." He said the US sub prime fallout had highlighted the lack of understanding in areas such as operational risk and leveraged exposure to credit or market risk. "Risk is often a key ingredient, quite deliberately taken and necessary ...

Fujitsu spices up competition

... he advised leading banks and regulators across Asia and Australia on risk frameworks covering both credit and operational risk and has taught on business transformation in Australia and the US. In separate news, Fujitsu Australia announced it will spend ...

Poor transparency not operations caused sub-prime: Moss

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Bad transparency rather than bad lending products per se is what disrupted credit markets over the last three months, according to Macquarie Group managing director Allan Moss. "Transparency has been the key issue that has unsettled credit markets over ...

Asia Pac fin services IT spend reach $2.3 trillion

... president at Gartner. "Many financial institutions in mature markets like Japan and Australia faced challenges of operational risk management and regulatory requirements, which led to structural changes, which in turn resulted in more server sales," ...

Beware of hedge risk: Deloitte

... pricing validation and only 25 per cent said they have a valuation committee review as part of their regular operational risk management. Woodhouse warned, "It is difficult for hedge funds to get quality assets, which will stay for a while, increasing ...

Zurich head of planning switches hats

... areas including in financial reporting and management, strategic and operational planning, responsibilities for operational risk management and compliance and other senior management responsibilities. Michelle Baltazar

APRA to give guidance on the risks of outsourcing

... them was the most pragmatic. "Well run institutions already apply many of the proposed policies as part of their operational risk management systems. These proposals will ensure a consistent framework across our industries and bring APRA's approach into ...