Layering in Insurance
One of the most difficult things in data warehousing is actually not its technicalities, but understanding the business. There is no escape that we have to understand the business, in order for us to...
View ArticleCredit Default Swap (CDS)
Credit Default Swap, or CDS, is an instrument which is used to insured an exposure against a default. When a bank lends credit to an obligor and this obligor is unable to make the payment on time, it...
View ArticleDistribution Yield vs Underlying Yield
If we look at a fixed income investment such as high yield bond funds or high income equity funds on Fidelity, HL or Morningstar websites, sometimes we wonder what’s the difference between Distribution...
View ArticleSecuritising Cash Positions
It is an old age issue in asset management industry, that not all positions consist of security. They are cash positions or cash-like positions, e.g. settled and unsettled cash balances, FX...
View ArticleInvestment Banking
Traditionally, the core business of an investment bank (IB) was to help companies raise funds in the capital market and doing merger & acquisition. In addition to these 2 core services, IBs also...
View ArticleCredit Risk and Market Risk
Broadly speaking when we talk about risk in investment banking IT, it’s about 2 things: Credit Risk and Market Risk. Other financial risks are liquidity risks, operational risks, legal risks, but they...
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