How AI is changing the economics of cybercrime Cybercriminals are increasingly using AI across a range of activities, from reconnaissance and phishing to code generation, credential theft, and identity fraud. The concern for now, however, is not that AI is creating entirely new forms of cybercrime, but that it’s making existing attacks faster,
Cybersecurity emphasizes operational resilience Why banks can no longer treat cyber risk as an IT problem In the past, cyber risk was regarded pretty much exclusively as an IT security issue. These days, as instances of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks proliferate, cyber risk has become much more of an operational resilience issue. For
New models in financial crime How fraud and money laundering became one financial-crime problem Until relatively recently, bank risk managers viewed fraud and money laundering differently. Fraud was about preventing the theft of the bank’s or bank customer’s money: that could be from stolen cards, from checks, account takeover, or false applications.
Top 5 skills expected from new banking employees Employers’ expectations of people entering banking and finance are changing. In this age of AI and technological acceleration, it might be thought that this change is a simple one – a shift from traditional finance skills to technology skills. But a spate of recent reports, notably
T+1 settlement: Why one day matters for European markets From October 11, 2027, the EU will shorten the standard settlement cycle for securities trades from two business days to one, with the UK moving on the same date. Settlement completes a trade through the exchange of securities and cash. The move from "T+2" to
The human element shaping sustainable project finance Sustainable project finance is often assessed through familiar lenses: capital structure, expected returns, environmental impact, regulatory requirements, and the technical feasibility of the project. Increasingly, however, another factor is influencing whether projects move successfully from financing to delivery: the people. Communities, workers, and other stakeholders can
The pitfalls of private assets Understanding the risks behind the returns For much of the modern investment era, capital markets were dominated by public markets. Companies raised equity on stock exchanges, governments and corporations issued publicly traded bonds, and investors built portfolios primarily from listed securities. That is now outdated. Over the past
Liquidity risk in capital markets: the one investors overlook Liquidity risk is a factor that is easily overlooked by investors. Naturally, investors tend to focus on factors likely to influence asset prices directly: economic growth, inflation, interest rates and corporate earnings. Yet liquidity, while less discussed, is an important force shaping financial markets. It
Passive investing and its impact on capital markets One of the most notable trends in modern finance has been the spectacular rise of passive investing. Today, trillions of dollars are being invested in index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that seek simply to replicate the performance of market indices rather than outperform them.
How changing rate expectations reshape investment decisions For more than a decade following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) we witnessed an extraordinary investment environment. The response of policymakers to the GFC saw interest rates hover close to zero in many developed economies while central banks injected unprecedented liquidity into financial markets (quantitative easing). Meanwhile,
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