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Now Is the Time to Get Serious About the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book

The upcoming changes will impact any bank with a trading book.
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Boston, June 24, 2020 –While most regulations have led to concerns at financial institutions given the costs of compliance—from staffing and technology to shifts in operating models—the FRTB rules have challenged both market participants and regulators to such a degree that a number of changes to its implementation timeline have resulted.

This Impact Report provides a recap of the regulatory requirements of FRTB, a review of the timeline, and the implications to banks’ operational models around risk, data management, and technology. Based on an extensive survey of 10 global providers of sell-side risk and FRTB solutions, it highlights some of the latest developments focused on risk management technology and provides details of third-party solutions designed to get banks ready. It also unearths the challenges market participants are experiencing with the regulation and what the industry should expect by 2023.

This 44-page Impact Report contains five figures and 13 tables. Clients of Aite Group’s Institutional Securities & Investments service can download this report, the corresponding charts, and the Executive Impact Deck.

This report mentions ActiveViam, Bloomberg, Calypso, Deutsche Bank, Finastra, FIS, IHS Markit, Microsoft, Murex, Numerix, Razor Risk Technologies Limited, and SS&C.

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