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Regulatory Updates Newsletter : July 2025
Welcome to the July 2025 edition of our regulatory newsletter, highlighting major developments in financial regulation, AI governance,...
Staff Correspondent
Aug 1, 20256 min read


CSRBB – Increasing Focus on Banking Book and Capital
Contents CSRBB Product Scope – Banking Book . Aligning CSRBB Methodologies . CSRBB Risk Assessment Methods . CSSRBB Vs IRRBB – Holistic View . Challenges faced by banks in incorporating CSRBB as Pillar II risk . Best Practices for Managing CSRBB Regulatory Compliance . Conclusion . References . Incorporating CSRBB into Pillar II Risk and Capital Requirements Managing credit spread risk in the banking book (CSRBB) is crucial for effective risk management, especially given the

Ravi Bhushan
Jul 21, 202511 min read


Geopolitics, Financial Crime, and the AI Revolution: The New Battlefield for Financial Services
The intersection of geopolitics, large scale economic crime, and artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the global financial...

Yair Samban
Jul 17, 20257 min read


Who Is Responsible When AI Makes a Mistake?
In today’s hyper-automated world, artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t just suggest your next movie—it decides whether you get a loan,...

Ankita Tiwari
Jul 11, 20256 min read


Developing Trust in AI for Financial Services: Current Progress and Future Directions
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into financial services has reached a critical point. Recently, Sam Altman...
Anshuman Prasad
Jul 8, 20258 min read


Understanding and Mitigating Algorithmic Bias: A Comprehensive Guide
According to Britannica, bias is a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others, which usually results in...

Ayşegül Güzel
Jul 3, 20259 min read


Regulatory Updates Newsletter : June 2025
Welcome to the June 2025 edition of our regulatory newsletter, where we bring you key updates shaping the global landscape of AI...
Staff Correspondent
Jun 30, 20256 min read


The Dawn of Autonomous AI: How Intelligent Agents Are Reshaping Our Digital Future
T he artificial intelligence revolution has unfolded in waves, each wave more transformative than the last. From voice assistants...

Kamal Das
Jun 24, 20254 min read


AI Insights: Key Global Developments in June 2025
J une marked a pivotal moment in global AI governance, as regulators across continents ramped up their efforts to set the guardrails for...
Staff Correspondent
Jun 19, 20256 min read


NVIDIA to Establish India’s First AI University
A ndhra Pradesh has signed a landmark MoU with NVIDIA to establish India’s inaugural AI University in Amaravati. NVIDIA—a pioneering...
Staff Correspondent
Jun 17, 20254 min read


From Black Box to Glass Box? A Finance-Focused Exploration of Mechanistic Interpretability for LLMs
A newly released paper from Barclays' Quantitative Analytics team— B eyond the Black Box: Interpretability of LLMs in Finance —offers one...
Staff Correspondent
Jun 16, 20251 min read


Perplexity Labs Can Draft 98% of IPO Prospectus, Says CEO
E arlier this year Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed that artificial intelligence is now capable of generating 95% of the...
Staff Correspondent
Jun 10, 20253 min read


Kenya's National AI Strategy: Opportunities, Challenges, and Implementation Pathways
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly recognized as a transformative force across global economies and social landscapes. In...

Dr. Moody Amakobe
Jun 2, 20257 min read


Regulatory Updates Newsletter : May 2025
W elcome to the May 2025 edition of our regulatory newsletter, highlighting the most significant developments in financial regulation...
Staff Correspondent
May 31, 20257 min read


Fractal launches Fathom-R1-14B, a reasoning-focused open-source AI model
Fractal , a Mumbai-based AI company, has launched Fathom-R1-14B , an open-source large language model with 14 billion parameters. This...
Staff Correspondent
May 28, 20252 min read


Navigating the AI Frontier: Risk, Responsibility, and Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape
As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries, economies, and global systems, it brings with it immense opportunities—and...

Mariusz (Mario) Dworniczak, PMP
May 25, 20255 min read


Agentic AI vs Generative AI: Key Differences, Benefits, and Use Cases
If you've been engaged with the technology sector recently, you've likely encountered the terms " Generative AI " and " Agentic AI ."...

Ankita Tiwari
May 22, 20256 min read


Global Banks' Dilemma over FRTB IMA vs SA Implementation
Global banks are grappling with the trade-offs between FRTB IMA and SA approaches. As deadlines for the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) draw nearer across many jurisdictions, debates around using the Internal Models Approach (IMA) versus the Standardised Approach (SA) are intensifying. The decision is not straightforward. In this article, we examine the pros and cons of each approach and discuss how market participants are addressing this challenge. Ba

Ravi Bhushan
May 21, 202511 min read


Quant Risk and Regulations - a potpourri of multiple disciplines
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

Diganta Saikia
May 15, 20254 min read


Pope Leo XIV Cautions on AI Risks
P ope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, has made artificial intelligence a priority in his new papacy. In recent speeches at the...
Staff Correspondent
May 15, 20253 min read
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