Thomson Reuters has expanded its Connected Risk platform to include a Model Risk Management (MRM) solution, allowing institutions to demonstrate a real-time understanding of their model risk landscape, with the ability to report on the model’s governance status, sign-offs and related issues from a single platform source.
Financial modelling plays a critical role in several financial institution activities, including credit underwriting, risk management, capital adequacy and instrument valuation. The MRM solution is designed to provide Risk professionals with a holistic understanding of how each of these models in the business is derived, validated and applied. It features a simple, yet powerful approach to model governance, allowing for the capture of on-the-go updates and additions to the model inventory with real-time reporting to regulators, committees and cross-risk functions. Changes are managed robustly with an audit trail of supporting documentation, issues resolution and sign-off.
“Model transparency and efficiency continue to be key challenges widely expressed by many of our global customers seeking technological solutions that help them streamline their model governance life cycle, prevent gaps and manage risk, as well as ensure accurate reporting and issues resolution,” says Gareth Evans (pictured), managing director, Enterprise Risk Management at Thomson Reuters. “Our Model Risk Management solution not only helps save time and lowers costs, but also evidences a robust framework to internal and external stakeholders while mitigating the risk of model failure and subsequent regulatory fines and operational losses. This holistic approach embodied in our Connected Risk platform is designed to help our customers better manage the unprecedented volumes of regulatory change and complexity they face daily.”
Will Jan, vice president and lead analyst at Outsell, says: “Niche risk and compliance solution providers are increasingly being displaced by comprehensive platforms for risk and compliance management. This stems from the needs of risk and compliance professionals to have a holistic perspective on the total risk profile of their firms. Niche solutions continue to perpetuate silos in risk reporting, mitigation, and remediation efforts, posing a weakest-link model, while connected solutions are enabling more actionable reports to the C-suite and Board.”
