The changing shape of buy-side risk technology

The changing shape of buy-side risk technology

The changing shape of buy-side risk technology and the role of data for risk managers

Intense competition, market volatility, sophisticated clients, and a demanding regulatory environment continue to raise the stakes for investment risk management.

A robust risk function has underpinned buy-side firms strategy for some time. However, the unprecedented disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is a reminder that a sound risk culture is now more crucial than ever for investment managers. Risk leaders must enable and support investment platforms, data and analytics capabilities, operations, and strategies to ensure a secure and compliant enterprise function.

This webinar aims to address how buy-side firms are adapting in volatile markets and beyond paying specific attention to the following:

  • The complexities of data aggregation, analysis and reporting
  • Integrated risk management tools – fat-tail risk, stress-testing, credit and liquidity, impact on investment and compliance risk management frameworks
  • Socio-economic uncertainty and the new requirements it poses on the risk management process
  • How COVID-19 is reshaping buy-side firms’ risk management strategies and solutions


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Boryana Racheva-Iotova

Senior vice-president and global head of quantitative analytics and risk

FactSet

Boryana Racheva-Iotova, co-founder of FinAnalytica and former global head of risk at Bisam, is senior vice-president in charge of risk research and cognity operations at FactSet. She has over 15 years of experience in building risk and quant portfolio management software solutions. Before founding FinAnalytica, Racheva-Iotova led the implementation of a Monte-Carlo based value-as-risk calculation to meet Basel II requirements at SGZ Bank, as well as the development of six patented methodologies for FinAnalytica. She holds a master of science degree in probability and statistics from Sofia University and a doctor of science magna cum laude from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

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Racim Allouani

Head of portfolio construction and risk management

KKR

Racim Allouani is head of portfolio construction and risk management across KKR's public credit, private credit and special situations businesses. Prior to begining his current role, he had a similar responsibility in the hedge funds business. Prior to joining KKR, Allouani spent five years at Lombard Odier as a senior quantitative portfolio analyst and risk manager, covering equities and credit strategies. Prior to that, he worked at Arden Asset Management in the portfolio optimisation and risk management group. Allouani has held previous positions at Deutsche Bank in equity research and WestLB in fixed income research. He earned masters degrees in international economics from Sciences Po, Paris, in financial engineering from Cornell University, and a bachelors degree in applied mathematics and computer science from Ecole Nationale des Ponts Et Chaussees.

Lisa Wang

Senior Vice President and Head of Investment Risk

Alliance Bernstein

Lisa Wang is a Senior Vice President and Head of Investment Risk at AB. She oversees investment risk management of a wide range of strategies in Multi-Asset, Equities and Fixed Income Management. Wang's responsibilities include advising senior management on enterprise risk exposures, advising investment teams on portfolio construction and leading the development of enterprise risk infrastructure. Prior to joining AB in 2015, she was a director of investment risk management at Ally Financial, in charge of portfolio analytics and research of multi-asset portfolios. Previously, Wang was a fixed-income portfolio manager at Royal Bank of Canada, overseeing multibillion-dollar fixed-income portfolios, and was a member of the firm's asset-liability management committee. She holds a BASc in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from York University, and she is a CFA charterholder. 

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