Whitepapers

The insurance claims app from OpenText provides a multiplatform mobile application with a built in workflow to allow users to record accident data at the time and site of the accident itself. The app runs through the information required; other parties names and insurance details, policemans names, names of witnesses etc and uses the phones camera,... read more

Portfolio vs. trade or position level analysis has become increasingly important but can be very resource intensive to implement and support. Download today and learn how to: - Implement a portfolio analysis solution that is easy to maintain, extend, and scale - Engage in best practices in portfolio level analyses such as hedging factors, PFE,... read more

In an increasingly competitive context, ratings, regulations costs and risk control require brokers to reach the highest level of operational efficiency. If major investments have already borne fruit as far as front office optimization is concerned, current differentiation has more of a bearing point on post trade. A broker’s operational... read more

In the online and Co-Lo based financial trading markets, performance, both in terms of latency and throughput is paramount. It is the difference between a firm being „in the market‟ or not. Complete trading systems are built from many complex elements, including market data capture, trading algorithms, trade execution, and in-flow risk... read more

There are 3 key challenges treasuries face when it comes to hedge accounting: 1. What documentation is required to comply with hedge accounting standards? 2. How do you test the effectiveness of your hedges? 3. Which methodology should you use? This paper outlines the principles of hedge accounting under current and expected International and... read more

The historic performance of Private Equity This report, written by Professor Oliver Gottschalg, Professor at HEC and Head of Research at Peracs Ltd., assesses the attractiveness of average and top-quartile private equity investments relative to similar, i.e. equally risky public market investments. read more

Draughts are not just responsible for lost food stock, drinking sources, and wildfires -- for utility companies dependent on hydroelectric power, they can also reak havoc on the reliability and prices of electricity that supports industrial and economic growth. That’s where China found itself and its impact left an interesting dilemma for the... read more

In the spring of 2011, Reval conducted a series of interviews with financial executives at a number of public and private companies around the world. Our goal was to collect and disseminate the views of chief financial officers and treasury executives on the future of treasury management in a post-crisis world. What are their responses to the... read more

The objective of this paper is to: 1) Outline Moody’s Analytics recommended best practices in credit risk management for CFOs, corporate treasurers, and financial analysts at corporations involved in managing supplier risk and customer credit risk, 2) Highlight the benefits derived from implementing these practices within an organization, and 3)... read more