Risk analytics accessibility and the opportunity of cloud

Successfully managing risk is becoming more complex. Financial institutions are faced with evolving regulatory challenges, heightened competition, more types and sources of data to analyse and new risk types, all in a low growth environment. However with challenge comes opportunity and with fast, sophisticated insights firms can manage complex risks and seize competitive advantage. 

This three-part audiocast series produced by Risk.net and SS&C Algorithmics, looks at how high-performance risk analytics is shaping the future of risk management. 

In this second episode, contributing editor Tim Bourgaize Murray talks to Curt Burmeister, chief technology officer at SS&C Algorithmics as we turn the focus on risk analytics accessibility and the opportunity afforded by the cloud. 

  • 00:40 Cloud benefits and current usage
  • 02:44 The growth of APIs and microservices
  • 05:33 Moving to high-performance – automation and innovation
  • 09:40 Risk analytics and the future of cloud

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In part 1 of this series, SS&C Algorithmics’ Neil Dodgson explains how high-performance risk analytics can be deployed in pursuit of business gains. 

And in part 3 of the series, Neil returns to discuss high-performance risk analytics from the perspective of usability and the user experience. 

You can read more about the evolution of high-performance risk analytics in the accompanying article to the series ‘Powering the risk engine – supercharging risk analytics for a new era of volatility’