Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business is sponsoring the Risk Americas Convention taking place in New York on May 17^th and 18^th.

More than 400 attendees are expected at the event - the 7^th annual such conference - with more than 80 Chief Risk Officers and Heads of Risk from leading financial services firms set to present.

Will Newcomer, Vice President of Product & Strategy for Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business, will present a session rreviewing the connectivity of liquidity and capital, pointing to the need for alignment, especially for regulatory exercises. The presentation will also update delegates on the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR)  - the regulatory framework introduced by the Federal Reserve to assess, regulate, and supervise large banks and financial institutions.

Newcomer has more than 35 years of experience in risk and finance with major and regional banks as well as leading technology firms. In addition, Newcomer uses extensive experience in enterprise-wide management information systems to help financial institutions in the areas of risk adjusted performance management, budgeting and planning, asset and liability management, incentive compensation, financial reporting and stress testing.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear a case study from Bill Collette, Director of Product Management for Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business and Chris Butler, Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Reporting at BBVA Compass, Birmingham, Alabama. 

Collette has 25 years of experiences across a range of positions for leading financial services technology firms, joining Wolters Kluwer in 2014.  

Guest speakers also include senior representatives from The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantaand Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 

Leading financial services firms from across the world have implemented the company’s OneSumX solution for Regulatory Reporting, Risk and Finance (including CECL and IFRS 9 solutions). Major financial services providers that have recently announced their use of Wolters Kluwer include ABN AMRO, Bahrain Middle East Bank, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, LGT, Nordea, BBVA and CIBC.

Wolters Kluwer has received a number of recent awards, providing independent verification of its leading market position in integrated regulatory reporting. Chartis Research, for example, recently named Wolters Kluwer a Category Leader for IFRS 9 solutions, for the second year running, as well as a Category Leader in its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Report. Wolters Kluwer has won a number of other accolades for its dominant position in regulatory reporting from the likes of Wealth & Finance International, FinTech Finance, Data Management Review and Corporate Vision magazine.