Climate change will bang on the doors of insurers, and, to adapt, the risk managers of the world are putting their houses in order. Climate change (CC) has very quickly transformed from a topic at research conferences into an adversity experienced by millions of people.

Inflation targeting (IT) is a seemingly attractive option for developing countries—or less developed countries (LDCs); but upon closer inspection, IT turns out to be an unwise imitation. The word inflation has been demonized since Alexander del Mar mainstreamed it.

The ability to track and visualise data lineage is becoming increasingly important in financial services.  When valuing portfolios or modelling risk, or investigating referential data in regulatory reporting, firms need to trace data back to its source, demonstrate who has looked at it, what quality verification it has undergone and what tests it has passed.