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Hazards of complexity
Posted by: Sandeep Vishnu 16.05.2012
Two themes are apparent after the revelation last week that JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion on complicated derivatives trading: The complexity and velocity of the system has reached such a level that by the time a problem becomes apparent, it’s almost too big to contain. Further, the ever-increasing size of institutions, their positions and hedges causes the magnitude of events associated with them to be large as well.

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Improving portfolio management: A business case for Enterprise Project Management Office
15.05.2012

As Capco practitioners, no matter which practice we reside in, the majority of us are, ultimately, delivery resources engaged by our clients to deliver projects. These projects provide us with ...read more

Building an effective operating model for enterprise analytics
07.05.2012

For organizations that successfully derive value from predictive analytics, decision management and business process management are part of their operating models. This is where many companies ...read more

Harnessing the power of predictive analytics
23.04.2012

How does your company use Data to gain competitive advantage in the market? Leading Financial Services companies deploy predictive analytics to digest, study, and review business trends of the ...read more

What can be done to seal the cracks in the lending landscape?
16.04.2012

It is a time of clichés for banks as they currently find themselves caught in a Catch-22, stuck between a rock and a hard place. In the UK, government initiatives such as ‘Project Merlin’ have ...read more

The risks and returns of algorithmic trading
02.04.2012

On Friday, March 23, 2012, a sequence of events unraveled in the equity markets that left many investors puzzled and the staff at Better Alternative Trading Systems (BATS) scrambling. BATS, a ...read more