Publications

Article 18 Feb 2020 - 6 minutes read

Santander Outperforms European Peers Globally

Across Europe, banks are facing high competition, market uncertainty and low interest rates. Thus, European banks engage in more cost-cutting programmes. Even so, most banks saw less-than optimal results at the close of 2018. But one bank clearly outperformed its peers: Santander.

Article 30 Jun 2019 - 6 minutes read

Libor Transition: Staying ahead of the curve

Since 2008, the growing scarcity of transactions in the unsecured market and the reluctance for banks to participate due to scandal, have called into question LIBOR’s status as a global benchmark rate.

Article 31 May 2019 - 3 minutes read

LIBOR: In Search of Stability

A high-level overview of the situation with LIBOR today and where to go from here.

Article 31 Mar 2019 - 4 minutes read

Benchmark Regulation: challenges and impacts for Asset-Liability Management

The LIBOR scandal, and IBOR rates in general, highlighted interbank rate manipulation; the fix was based on rate declaration by a panel of banks. This article presents the possible outcomes.

Article 15 Jan 2019 - 5 minutes read

Finance: A prime candidate for RPA?

In recent years, RPA has become a focus in financial services. The prospect of faster, more efficient, cheaper processes has attracted the interest of senior management. Projects have been initiated to implement emerging tools within different departments of banking and non-banking organisations.

Article 30 Nov 2018 - 3 minutes read

Potential End of LIBOR and Operational Impacts

The 2012 “Liborgate” scandal highlighted the limits to this benchmark construction and led to many questioning its reliability. In order to tackle these issues, the European Union approved the “Benchmark Regulation", which came into force in January 2018. How will this affect financial institutions?