Financial services companies have to adhere to regulatory demands by specific timescales or face penalties and potential reputational risk.

For some years now, risk management and its regulatory environment have been at the centre of banking control more than ever before. The equity ratio and the risk assessment of the banks determine the price. We offer you high professional competence and the appropriate support for all questions concerning risk compliance and help you to choose the proper risk models.

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Trends 2021 :

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Regulation, UMR / IM rulings  back in Focus , move toward cost reductions in areas of Infrastructure and Straight Through Processing

In recent Months, capital markets have been thrown into turmoil by the coronavirus outbreak, turmoil that will likely continue to impact capital markets for the foreseeable future. We are entering a critical period for banks, as they need innovative solutions to control enhanced risk associated with a market relying on fiscal rather than monetary policy and navigating a shifting regulatory framework.

This new crisis comes as global banking institutions are still struggling to recover from the global financial panic of a decade ago. While average profitability for banks was on the rise, there were still laggards. Even before the markets were thrown into coronavirus-related turbulence, nearly a third of investment banks carried an unsustainable cost structure. These banks were running at a substantial loss; paying a high price for failing to restructure in a timely manner.

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Technology is also transforming capital markets. Cloud, artificial intelligence, mobility, and blockchain have created new demands, new constraints, but also new opportunities to transform legacy IT landscapes. Fintech is challenging legacy players in both large and small areas. Technology is also allowing the industry to mutualise and standardise processes with utilities for affirmation, clearing, collateral and regulatory reporting.

But complex and tumultuous integration ecosystems can get in the way of simplification and cost reduction. In this context, a new target IT model is emerging as the solution – a unified, built for purpose capital markets technology platform. Banks are increasingly looking to incorporate asset classes, trading, middle office, operations, risk management and finance into one platform that is well connected with the market ecosystem.  It is essential that their IT infrastructure can keep pace with the changing market conditions, evolving regulatory frameworks and enhanced risk profiles.

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Why is now the right moment?

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Banks are already pursuing this new model, since only a handful of players can afford to build in-house, with the vast majority now turning to capital markets technology vendors to share the cost of investment required for successful IT transformation. 

Banks are currently trying to deal with the burden of multiple legacy systems and turbulent market conditions. These are often challenging to untangle across numerous geographies, with silos across asset classes and calculation duplication from years of M&A, making the idea of replacing existing infrastructure appear overwhelming. The potential for significant cost reductions and strategic readiness for the future are tilting the balance in favour of transformation.

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Now is the right time to turn the target model from a dream to a reality for three main reasons:

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It takes two to tango

 

While the target platform exists and now is the moment to transform, such projects are not a walk in the park. It is essential to engage the support of an established software vendor with a long-term vision, strong teams that combine expert business and IT knowledge, as well as a proven track record of innovation and successful project delivery.

The importance of collaboration is critical to success and requires a multi-year investment approach. Commitment needs to come from the board level on both the bank and vendor side and a culture of risk-sharing needs to be cultivated.

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