London-based insurance firms have struggled, largely unsuccessfully so far, to work with each other through electronic channels. ACORD, the US insurance standards organization which has been expanding into international markets, appears to be the leader in driving standards, the key to electronic business, into the London market and its global affiliates. An ACORD-sponsored two-day forum…
I recently organised two debates at the Financial Services Club entitled "This House Believes We Really Know Our Customers". Both debates focused upon fraud and money laundering (AML) and the vote at the end of both debates resulted in a resounding rejection … as in this house believes we really don’t know our customers. I…
I recently organised two debates at the Financial Services Club entitled "This House Believes We Really Know Our Customers". Both debates focused upon fraud and money laundering (AML) and the vote at the end of both debates resulted in a resounding rejection … as in this house believes we really don’t know our customers. I…
The International Association of Financial Engineers is bringing in two heavy hitters to discuss the future of financial crises — Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes (If you have to ask, this probably isn’t for you), but: Robert C. Merton is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School & IAFE Senior…
The International Association of Financial Engineers is bringing in two heavy hitters to discuss the future of financial crises — Robert C. Merton and Myron S. Scholes (If you have to ask, this probably isn’t for you), but: Robert C. Merton is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School & IAFE Senior…
And the top three: Information lifecycle management rather than just information management Technology refresh, or Dynamic IT, which involves wrapping new technology around old legacy systems. Sounds like a new name for Saas. It also seems to me that wrapping legacy systems by itself, without a larger strategy for moving forward, risks getting stuck with…
And the top three: Information lifecycle management rather than just information management Technology refresh, or Dynamic IT, which involves wrapping new technology around old legacy systems. Sounds like a new name for Saas. It also seems to me that wrapping legacy systems by itself, without a larger strategy for moving forward, risks getting stuck with…
I recently chaired a breakfast meeting on the future of trading with three key figures from the industry: John Serocold, Director, London Investment Banking Association; Wolfgang Eholzer, Head of Trading Systems Design, Eurex; and Eli Lederman, Managing Director, Electronic and Agency Trading Services, Morgan Stanley. I thought you might be interested in their views, so…
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