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RiskSystem wins Irish Funds Fintech Factor

We were delighted to win the prestigious FintechFactor competition hosted by Irish Funds – please see the announcement from Irish Funds below: “Congratulations to the winner of the FinTech Factor webinar last Friday, 29 April: RiskSystem. RiskSystem is a Cloud Based Risk Intelligence firm. RiskSystem provides a cost-effective yet comprehensive solution for asset managers currently struggling […]

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022, by administrator

Irish Funds Annual Conference

RiskSystem were delighted to attend the Irish Funds annual conference held in the conference centre in Dublin. It was great to be back in person! It was the perfect opportunity to demonstrate RAPTOR and the RiskSystem ESG solution.

May 31, 2022July 4, 2022, by administrator

Stressing Stress Testing

Scenario analysis, stress testing, call it what you will, it is ubiquitous in financial risk management. Risk reports are littered, both literally and figuratively, with the detailed and sometimes not so detailed results of stress tests. The question that I would like to pose is, to what extent do all those numbers and graphs aid […]

February 11, 2022May 2, 2022, by administrator

A Fit for Purpose Risk System

Questions to ask regarding a fit-for-purpose risk management and reporting system The criteria for a fit-for-purpose risk management and reporting system come under three main headings – Comprehensiveness, Flexibility, and Appropriate Transparency. Comprehensiveness Any risk system that is fit for purpose must be comprehensive on a range of levels – strategies and instruments, risk […]

December 12, 2017, by administrator

ManCo Risk

We talk a lot in the financial services industry about potential fines and/or enforcement action from non-compliance with regulation. What are the risks and what are the potential fines? From the point of view of a Management Company a key risk has to be a “blow-up” of a fund on the platform that can lead […]

December 7, 2017, by administrator

Risk : The Next Five Years

Below we have reproduced an article in the September issue of the NED magazine – ned-sept-2016-risk-article-2 Perhaps the most important current development in alternative fund governance is in what is happening at fund board level on risk. Traditionally boards have had little to no proper information on risk at all. Most boards might get […]

October 13, 2016, by administrator

Risk Management and the ManCo Model

We attended an interesting seminar the week before last in London run by IFI Global, ably moderated by the ever-energetic Simon Osborn. The panel on risk management was of course of most interest to us – no surprise there. Simon presented highly illuminating research undertaken by his firm. It would appear from the data that […]

October 7, 2016, by administrator

Risk and ManCo's (Management Companies)

Interestingly the Tracker magazine published by IFI Global had the following to say about risk and management companies (ManCo’s): “There is a dearth of risk managers in the jurisdictions where ManCo platforms are based anyway. It is very difficult to find qualified people available to perform the risk oversight function on ManCo platforms (or indeed […]

April 27, 2016, by administrator

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