Keyword

Banking

Case Study

Regulatory Reporting of a UK Branch, EU Bank

Avantage Reply assisted the UK branch of an EU bank who was expanding its UK activities in deposit-taking and commercial mortgages. The goal of the project was to assist the client with its regulatory reporting and compliance in the UK. Avantage Reply reviewed the reporting requirements for the branch and developed a comprehensive suite of all reports that branches in the UK need to review and assess.

Case Study

Business Model Analysis and Capital Management Governance

Subject to increasing supervisory requirements, the client was looking to strengthen its internal processes and comply with the annual SSM SREP. Avantage Reply was engaged to help the set up a new capital management governance and conduct a range of dedicated work to strengthen the linkage between the BMA and the ICAAP.

04.12.2018 - 05.12.2018 / Frankfurt

Event

Banking as a Platform - Reply at the Annual Banking Technology Forum

Blue Reply and Avantage Reply are exhibiting at the 24. Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Banken-Technologie in Frankfurt from 4 to 5 December 2018. Learn more about Banking as a Platform - technology and ecosystems for the banks' digital initiatives.

Banking System Solidity

Briefing Note

Capital adequacy, cost of the risk and profitability: during a crisis, a real puzzle for Banks

Source: Avantage Reply Observatory
Following the burst of the real estate bubble on the US sub-prime lending market and following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the worst economic crisis since 80 years has now passed through, and in some cases overcome, different stages, both from a real and from a financial point of view. In such a context, the banking industry is still facing several and complex challenges.

03.04.2013 / Amsterdam

Event

Avantage Reply Systemic Risk Breakfast Session

Avantage Reply together with the Dutch Banking Association (NVB) organised a knowledge sharing breakfast session on Systemic Risk on 3 April 2013 in Amsterdam.

Case Study

Support to Compliance Function

In the context of the extension of its activities and the integration of recently acquired businesses, the Luxembourg subsidiary of an international banking group sought to identify relevant risk, treasury and capital management regulatory requirements, and to assess whether its current operating model and capabilities were adequate. Avantage Reply supported the client’s Compliance Function by undertaking a review of existing requirements, developing a user-friendly tool, and providing training sessions.

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Establishment of a Global Treasury function following an acquisition

A leading custodian bank was establishing a full service Global Treasury in Europe as a platform for growth following a recent acquisition, and sought to build a robust infrastructure in a compressed timescale. Avantage Reply worked closely with the Head of Regulatory Reporting to deliver the FRS reporting solution for the expanded Treasury functions.

Case Study

Collateral Management: Unlocking the potential in collateral

A Transactional Bank specialised in securities services sought a better understanding of the impact of recent market and regulatory dynamics in the collateral management business and in liquidity management, and wanted to test key working assumptions in the market. Avantage Reply was engaged to interview representative banks and use other sources of research, which resulted in the production of a paper the client intends to use in public presentations and in articulating their business proposition.

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Implementation of Basel III and CRD IV Requirements

Avantage Reply provided assisance to a leading an International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) to define and evaluate the business, operational and IT impacts of the introduction of Basel III and CRD IV.

26.06.2012 - 27.06.2012

Event

Basilea 3 2012

Avantage Reply attended the annual event organised by ABIEventi focused on the themes of Basel 3 which was held in Rome from 26 to 27 June 2012.