Sound Practices for Fintech
Over the last few years, there has been a convergence of factors that have driven traditional banking businesses into new frontiers. On the one hand, there has been an increase in the cost delivery due to the tightening of the regulatory~compliance grip, while on the other; the market has become massively disrupted with the entrance of new companies into the sector that offers innovative, efficient and cheaper ways to do banking. Whether bankers are on top of these developmen
What is Next Gen ERM
There has been some interesting feedback to the Next Gen Risk posting [LINK] from yesterday which was mostly positive (I was expecting some practitioners to become defensive). However, I clearly needed to be a little bit more illustrative with my dialogue. "Martin, Your article needs some examples" Undisclosed "Thanks, Martin Davies. I just read your article. Not sure I got the point. I guess I am looking forward to the next post to understand what next gen risk management is
The Correction was expected
The last week of market madness [LINK] should be a stark reminder to all of us that [1] Donald Trump may not be the reason for the market highs [LINK] (nothing unexpected there) and [2] as a community, we haven't learned too much since the Global Financial Crisis. The good old saying for bubbles, what goes up quickly has the propensity to come crashing down, especially so it seems in long-only markets like US equities. Gaussian models are evidently not so good for predicting
Control Risks & Fraud
Working with various law enforcement agencies across South East Asia, Causal Capital launched an exciting new masterclass that helps fraud officers, AML teams and police departments really get a grip on the types of risks and crimes that have been emerging across various Trade Finance channels. This is the first of many programs Causal Capital will be running this year that give analysts and investors the cutting edge knowledge required to fight crime. In Q2 and Q3 we are pla
