Does tokenized finance represent an institutional and operational overhaul even though the securities industry has been focused on the wonders of distributed ledger technology (DLT), a.k.a. blockchains, that undergirds tokenization? Tobias Adrian, the financial counsellor and director of the monetary and capital markets department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), makes the case that the… Read More >>
Will Crypto Yield Fool’s Gold & New Op Risks?
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are calling for some brakes to be put upon the mad rush to cryptocurrencies and digital assets because of the threats they might pose to the global financial infrastructure and the operational woes they could present. Michael Hsu, the acting… Read More >>
Global Cyber-Crime Needs a Global Response: IMF
A recent white paper from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) endorses a global response to ongoing and worsening cyber-attacks upon financial services firms while laying out the specifics of the current worldwide situation. Spoiler alert: The current global situation is not good. To address the expected rough times… Read More >>
Greek Default Could Cause Back-Office Nightmares
The specter of an impending Greek default and subsequent exit from the Eurozone that was raised over the weekend unsurprisingly has traders and politicians on the edge of their seats, but a default could mean plenty of pain for the back-office too, industry observers say. “I think it will rank somewhere between a bad dream… Read More >>
