Category Archives: Risk / Regulation

Fears Mount About Meltdown and Spectre

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Ian

Fears continue to mount regarding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that were highlighted earlier this month. Both vulnerabilities, which are separate but similar, can be traced back to a design flaw that was introduced 20 years ago. Three different sets of … Continue reading →

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Two Important Regtech Trends That Will Shape The Future

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Ian

A leading Private Equity firm approached me to share my insight on the strategic trends and commercial opportunities that are driving the regtech sector. Regtech is a sub-set of fintech that focuses on the use of new technologies and innovation to … Continue reading →

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Banking As A Utility Changes Everything

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Ian

In today’s highly competitive landscape, banks are facing an ever demanding challenge from an increasing cost base and declining revenues, coupled with rising compliance costs and capital requirements. At the same time, increasing customer demands, internal pressures to identify new … Continue reading →

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Is Risk Depleting Your Capital ?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ian

 In today’s highly regulated environment, many organisations are being adversely impacted with the increasing regulatory burden depleting their economic capital. For every pound spent on regulation, there is a direct reduction in the amount of capital available for the front … Continue reading →

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Reinforce Control & Command (Part 3)

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Ian

As the third post in the series on Targeting a New Operating Model, in this article I will discuss Principle 3 – To Reinforce Control and Command. Many corporations are inhibited in their ability to fully grasp their risk exposure … Continue reading →

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Flash Crash : Equity Plunge

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Ian

The recent plunge in equity markets has placed high frequency trading platforms under fire from both regulators and political administrations on both sides of the Atlantic. At one point last week, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped nearly 1000 points … Continue reading →

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Exchange Independence

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Ian

Over the last 100 years, exchanges have continued to provide a key service in the form of price discover, that is matching buyers and sellers and ultimately discovering the price that a trade will take place. The price discovery process … Continue reading →

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Risk Management – Looking Ahead

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Ian

Flaws in risk management have been stated as the major cause of the credit crunch. A recent S& P Survey found that less than 2% of fund managers have adequate systems to manage risk, or in other words, 98% of … Continue reading →

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Market Evolution – Post MiFID

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Ian

European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) made an interesting presentation on how the Financial Markets have evolved since the introduction of the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). The pan European MiFID directive was introduced on 1st November 2007 and had … Continue reading →

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