J une marked a pivotal moment in global AI governance, as regulators across continents ramped up their efforts to set the guardrails for...

A ndhra Pradesh has signed a landmark MoU with NVIDIA to establish India’s inaugural AI University in Amaravati. NVIDIA—a pioneering...

A newly released paper from Barclays' Quantitative Analytics team— B eyond the Black Box: Interpretability of LLMs in Finance —offers one...

E arlier this year Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed that artificial intelligence is now capable of generating 95% of the...

Mid-90s witnessed the influx of Physics and Maths PhDs to Wall Street in large number. The likes of Goldman, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley would make beelines to the pristine campuses of Columbia, Harvard and Wharton to hire their Quant PhDs as associates to do the complex Maths behind Derivative models. Many of the academically oriented quants (Maths and Physics PhDs) decided to take a shot at this new-found career option with the I-banks to try out what they learnt in

P ope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, has made artificial intelligence a priority in his new papacy. In recent speeches at the...

A walk into the digital age, with continuous generation and sharing of data, is exposing us to our naked core and creating multiple...

Welcome to the March 2025 edition of our regulatory newsletter, where we bring you the latest developments in risk management, financial...

In this edition , we explore a series of groundbreaking developments that highlight AI’s vast reach and transformative potential. Early...

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) is a flagship market risk regulation that is a game changer for financial institutions. For FRTB compliance, banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have a choice between the Internal Model Approach (IMA) and the Standardised Approach (SA). Within the SA, banks can use the advanced approach based on risk sensitivities or a simplified standardised approach (SSA). The decision for FRTB compliance should be thought through care

I collaborated with Humane Intelligence  - a tech nonprofit building a community of practice around algorithmic evaluations, on a...

A story 📖   Imagine you have a new idea. It could be great – some sort of innovation , or new project type, something that the client...

February was a month dominated by AI governance as various regulatory bodies scrambled to put in place some ground-rules, in the face of...

Let me start by saying that the future of eCommerce is literally thriving, not just surviving ! E-commerce is on fire! By 2026, the...

What does the AI landscape look like when the lens is focused on the top 10 AI visionaries under 30? Expanding onto these success stories...

A thought-provoking question: “Can a machine make a fair hiring decision? As financial services firms are increasingly turning towards...

The financial services industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI),...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a general purpose technology with applications in practically every industry and is expected to...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has just released a comprehensive Information Paper on Artificial Intelligence Model Risk Management (AI MRM) . With financial institutions increasingly integrating AI into their operations—including the rapidly evolving generative AI technologies—this guidance arrives at a critical juncture. MAS’s key message is clear: while AI offers immense opportunities to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and enhance customer experiences, it

In today’s fast-evolving financial landscape, structured lending connects capital with need, managing risk with precision. This post kicks off a new series—developed with the help of AI tools—that explores the mechanics of structured lending, its key products, and the game-changing role of technology in the sector. Overview of Structured Lending Structured lending is a creative financing tool designed to meet unique borrowing needs, typically backed by specific collateral lik