Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter July 4, 2022 Private Equity Insights: PE Challenges with ESG, Future of Work, and Cybersecurity As we head into the second half of 2022, it’s a volatile business climate in private equity. Inflation is on the rise, fueled by strong consumer demand. The labor market has stayed hot and unemployment levels low, with the gap between job openings and available candidates in the millions. PE deal activity and exits have slowed but they remain above longer-term trends. That said, public listings… Whitepaper February 22, 2021 Four Ways Finance Leaders Strengthen Cybersecurity As CEOs and boards become more informed about the extreme threats that cybersecurity lapses pose, their expectations are growing. CFOs’ expanding contributions to fortifying organisational data security, the highest priority identified in Protiviti’s latest Global Finance Trends Survey, play a pivotal role in satisfying those high expectations. Board members demand coherent, relevant and timely… In Focus July 19, 2024 SEC rebuked in SolarWinds decision. What does it mean? U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer has dismissed most of the charges made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against software company and 2020 cyberattack victim SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO), Tim Brown. In its original lawsuit, filed in October 2023, the SEC alleged that SolarWinds had defrauded investors by concealing security weaknesses in its… Flash Report December 13, 2023 EU Lawmakers Reach Agreement on AI Act, Creating Regulatory Framework Addressing Risks of AI Im Dezember erzielten der EU-Rat sowie -Parlament nun eine vorläufige Einigung über das EU-KI-Gesetz, den die Europäische Kommission bereits 2021 vorschlug. Dort werden Regeln, Definitionen sowie Verbote für bestimmte Anwendungen vorgeschrieben. Whitepaper May 30, 2023 Reshaping Loan Servicing Compliance Servicers in lending organisations are challenged with navigating economic headwinds that are pushing delinquency- and default-rate projections higher. This task has been complicated by increased global regulatory focus and dynamic customer expectations, which are further providing impetus for servicers to reassess existing strategies and processes from a compliance perspective while continuing… Whitepaper October 6, 2023 ESG Data for Financial Services in an Operational Environment - AFME and Protiviti paper The report looks at the operational consequences from ESG regulatory reporting requirements. It sets out: how financial institutions should manage ESG data across the data lifecycle; the challenges operationally in satisfying the evolving nature of ESG regulations; and where there are opportunities for new technology to exist within this exchange despite the challenges.Click here to view the… Podcast November 30, 2022 Podcast | Quantum-Inspired Applications with Icosa Computing We’re getting close to practical advantage with quantum computing when running optimisation algorithms. Companies interested in being leaders in their industry should already be considering how to harness this promised power with use cases that solve their business problems. But some companies want a better solution that’s advantageous today, even if it’s only quantum-inspired. Join host… Newsletter August 10, 2023 Is Your Board Technology-Engaged? With technology clearly a material driver of change, boards of larger companies are trending toward a more strategic focus on technology. Should your board be a part of that trend?Why it matters: The board community has been acknowledging the speed of disruptive innovation, largely driven by emerging technologies.Yes, but: There are also considerations pertaining to speed-to-market, technical… Podcast September 21, 2022 Podcast | Becoming a Quantum Coder— with ColdQuanta Interessieren Sie sich dafür, Quantum Coder zu werden? Der Arbeitsmarkt ist groß, die Quantencomputing-Branche sucht händeringend nach Talenten. Haben Sie das Zeug dazu? Vielleicht können Sie sogar mit weniger Erfahrung einsteigen, als Sie denken Podcast August 24, 2022 Podcast | Designing Quantum Computing Building Blocks for the Future – with Mirella Koleva from Quantopticon Um bessere Quantencomputer zu bauen, muss jede Komponente optimiert werden. Was wäre, wenn es ein Quanten-CAD-Tool gäbe, das bei der Entwicklung zuverlässigerer Qubits oder effektiverer Quantenspeicher helfen könnte? Quantopticon hat ein Software-Design-Tool entwickelt, das photonische Quantencomputer dabei unterstützen soll Load More