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This transcript was taken from a webinar hosted by Quantifi and Risk.net on “The Future is Now: How Data Science is Revolutionising Risk Management and Finance”.

This survey was conducted during a webinar hosted by Quantifi and Risk.net on “The Future is Now: How Data Science is Revolutionising Risk Management and Finance”.

The key objective for a life insurer, pension scheme or asset manager is to ensure there is sufficient cash flow to fund future payment obligations to clients. However, achieving this goal in a low-rate environment with increasing regulatory oversight and capital requirements is becoming ever more challenging. As a result, many insurance and pension providers are turning to LDI strategies to more readily attain their funding target.

The fixed income market is undergoing a shift in the way trades are executed. Amid growing competition and advances in electronic trading venues, both buy-side and sell-side participants are facing a steady increase in volumes of RFQs that have been facilitated by electronic platforms.

There has been an increase in automation across the fixed income infrastructure and these changes are creating opportunities to increase revenue, as well as reduce operating costs.

The fixed income market is experiencing a wave of increased automation. Over the last ten years the market has evolved considerably but trade processing and pre-trade workflows are still fragmented. Going forward, a firm’s success will be tied to how well prepared they are to respond and participate in automating these processes.

We sat down with Nick Greenwood, founder and CIO of Haven Cove, to learn more about the company, including the effects of COVID-19 and what the future may hold.

We sat down with Quantifi CEO, Rohan Douglas to learn about how Quantifi has grown over the last 20 years and what the future holds for the company.

Relative value trading is a popular investment strategy for firms looking to achieve high returns while minimising risk. This blog explores the challenges of bond analytics and how access to the right analytics can provide opportunities for more comprehensive trading strategies.

Portfolio managers and traders that use over the counter (OTC) derivatives often lack an accurate real-time view of the valuations and risk of their derivative positions, especially when trading exotic derivatives. Unlike liquid securities or exchange traded products, there is not always a market price available for OTC derivatives.

Credit trading is changing - does your firm have the data, analytics and technology required to take advantage of this new environment?

With the growth in bond issuance in 2020, credit is playing an increasingly important role in investment portfolios. The international bond market represents over $128 trillion in debt outstanding. The current credit market environment, characterised by uncertainty and persistent structural inefficiencies, is rich in relative value credit investment opportunities.  Over the past five years, there has been robust growth in the […]

Relative value credit analytics has been the subject of investor attention over the last 12 months, due to the surge of issuance seen in the bond market and the volatility within the credit sector during COVID-19. Both created opportunities for realisation of value, and whilst the markets calmed down from the turbulence 12 months prior, the party is not over.

In 2018, Michael Azlen, a senior investment professional, began to research climate change and environmental investment, focussing on carbon pricing and Emissions Trading Systems (ETS). He is now the Founder and CEO of Carbon Cap Management, which aims to raise awareness about climate change and provide solutions directly related to the capping and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

The process of trading, procuring and selling commodities has always been risky and intricate, and it’s only becoming more complex. Market structures have shifted, and so risk management solutions must respond to that change. Avadhut Naik, Head of Solutions at Quantifi talks to Commodity Technology Advisory about Quantifi's strong track record in the risk management space and how they've extended this capability to cover the needs of the commodity trading sector.

Quantifi recently took part in Intel's Coffee Chat series to discuss their partnership and collaboration with Intel. This Q&A was taken from the video series where Intel Vice President, Pete Baker, discusses risk analysis, analytics and artificial intelligence on Intel architecture in the financial services sector with Sebastian Hahn, AI Lead, Quantifi.

In the post-crisis world, an increasing number of banks have set up a centralized XVA desk. With the introduction of new regulations to ensure banks are adequately capitalized, it has become common practice to include certain costs in the pricing of OTC derivatives that, in many cases, had previously been ignored. To assist in the […]