risk management news from FierceFinanceIT

It's fair to say that collateral management was seen as a sleepy backwoods area that got much more attention after the credit crisis (credit crisis news) took hold. Counterparty risk, of course, got... Read more...

The economy is picking up, if a bit unevenly. Many banks, notably the largest banks, are showing strong signs of recovery. And many think there may be some pent-up IT demand building in the industry.... Read more...

The NYSE Euronext (NYSE news) is aiming to beef up its clearing services at a time when new financial rules are promoting such services as a way to impose order on various derivatives markets. Recall... Read more...

The still unfolding financial crisis has presented marketing opportunities for a host of firms, including compliance, risk management and other vendors. Portfolio modeling vendors certainly fall into... Read more...

The agency execution business is alive and well, as is the research-as-soft-dollars business model. Lots of trading outfits are still offering stock research as a way to generate business from the... Read more...

In the financial services industry, people are accustomed to the latest and greatest--which often means fastest--technology. Many still assume that means some sort of proprietary, customized... Read more...

If you aim to really own the financial services industry (financial services news) as a tech vendor, you had better be more than a product pusher--a simple reseller. It's all about subscription... Read more...

Can it get any worse? That's a fair question when it comes to IT spending in the banking sector. The fact is that most banks were forced to ration their IT spending dollars in 2009. Celent predicts... Read more...

For some companies, 2009 was a banner year. For others, it was another tough year, not as bad as 2008 perhaps, but certainly one to forget. So what will 2010 bring? Well, the spending climate in... Read more...

The Economist has decided to weigh in with a big-picture view of the banking industry's IT spending. No other industry spends as much on technology, "about $500 billion globally," the magazine says,... Read more...