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       Posted on May 1st, 2012

The New ‘Trust Fund’? Yet Another Perfect Storm? Cross-border Banking In a ‘New World’

This Thoughts paper is based on the Swiss Finance Institute – Capco conference proceedings and market survey. The inaugural SFI/Capco conference Banking in the “Glocal” World was held in March 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Now, cross-border banking faces its own ‘perfect storm’. Brand trust has never been more important to client loyalty. [...]


       Posted on April 2nd, 2012

Cass-Capco Institute Paper Series on Risk – Journal 34

Contents:

Ideas at Work

IT Complexity: Model, Measure, Manage, and Master
IT Complexity Metrics – How Do You Measure Up?

Part 1

Toward a Bottom-Up Approach to Assessing Sovereign Default Risk: An Update
International Liquidity Provision and Currency-Specific Liquidity Shortages
The Failure of Financial Econometrics: “Stir-Fry” Regressions as a Con Job
Lehman – A Case of Strategic Risk
Explaining Credit Default Swaps Pricing for [...]


       Posted on January 19th, 2012

IT Complexity Metrics – How Do You Measure Up?

This is the second Capco Thoughts white paper in the IT Complexity series. The series describes a groundbreaking initiative underway by Germany-based Commerzbank and Capco to develop a model for measuring IT complexity in the financial services industry.

Source: CAPCO

To read the first paper in the series, download: IT Complexity: [...]


       Posted on December 4th, 2011

Technical Finance

Most of the articles in this edition of the Journal focus on two pertinent topics: increasing regulation and the complexities of integrating operations.

Contents:

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Form and Functions in the 21st Century
Liability Index Fund: The Liability Beta Portfolio
The Financial Stability Oversight Council – Risk Manager or Debating Society?
Systemic Risks and Macroprudential Bank Regulation: A Critical [...]


       Posted on October 9th, 2011

Avoiding a repeatable history: Using risk-based profitability to help ‘run the business’

Financial services companies should continue to enhance their risk-adjusted performance capabilities to compete effectively in the post-crisis economy. This paper explores what organizations can do to avoid repeating the turmoil of the past few years by striking the right balance between risk and use of capital.

Source: CAPCO


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