Regulators
Vendor Analysis: Oracle Financial Services - Insurance Risk Systems for IFRS 17 and LDTI Compliance, 2020
This Vendor Analysis is based on the Chartis quadrant report 'Insurance Risk Systems for IFRS 17 and LDTI Compliance, 2020: Market Update and Vendor Landscape' (published in June 2020). This section summarizes the key theses in that report; subsequent…
Achieving Effective IFRS 17 Reporting
In this report, created in collaboration with Workiva, we focus on the challenges associated with IFRS 17 reporting, and consider solutions to those challenges from the perspectives of accounting policy and technology implementation. And in highlighting…
Insurance Risk Systems for IFRS 17 and LDTI Compliance, 2020: Market Update and Vendor Landscape
In this report we consider insurers’ evolving technology requirements for compliance with IFRS 17 and its US counterpart LDTI. As part of our analysis we also examine the core principles of LDTI, and the main areas in which it differs from IFRS 17…
Biometrics: assessing the opportunities and risks as regulations loom
Biometric technology can enhance fraud and anti-money laundering processes, but can carry big risks. As it becomes more widespread, financial firms and tech vendors must develop the security and governance frameworks to realize its potential – before…
Reinsurers’ IFRS 17 struggles are a reminder that one size does not fit all
The IASB issued IFRS 17 in a bid to standardize insurance contract accounting, but reinsurance firms, because of their particular idiosyncrasies, will struggle to comply. Unless the IASB makes significant modifications to the standard, reinsurers…
For growing FinTechs, risk technology will be a must to appease tougher regulators
In striving for growth, many FinTech firms enter different markets with solutions that use the same underlying technology. As highlighted by recent AML-related issues, however, this technology is seldom regulation-friendly. To withstand deeper inbound…
The IFRS lull: firms must end box-ticking and start hand-shaking
A relative lull in transformative IFRS-related system implementations means that financial firms can relax a little. But not too much: now is the time to work strategically with other players to create real value from IFRS compliance.
The Rhode to ruin? Why stock-drop lawsuits threaten cyber security
A lawsuit against Google’s parent Alphabet threatens broader data security. Regulators should provide clarity on breach disclosure timelines; financial services institutions and suppliers should welcome it.
