Risk Controller

Risk Controller is a software solution offered by Risk Control Limited that aims to cater to the risk management needs of financial institutions. According to the vendor, this tool provides a range of risk-related consulting services, including risk assessment, quantification, and calibration, as well as regulatory analysis and transaction design and implementation. Risk Controller is specifically tailored for both large and medium-sized financial institutions, including banks, insurers, investment firms, public institutions, and industrial companies. It is intended for use by risk managers, financial analysts, compliance officers, treasury operations, and portfolio managers across various industries.

Key Features

RC-Capital Model: The RC-Capital Model is a portfolio modelling framework within Risk Controller that allows for the calculation of risk statistics for multi-asset portfolios. According to the vendor, it is particularly suitable for credit VaR calculations, counter-party risk analysis, and multi-asset-class analysis. The RC-Capital Model provides VaRs, Expected Shortfall capital measures, and capital contributions over different horizons.

RC-ICAAP and Stress Testing System: The RC-ICAAP and Stress Testing System within Risk Controller enables banks and asset managers to perform Pillar II capital calculations. According to the vendor, it generates stress test projections for a full set of risks required by regulators and offers a wide range of ICAAP calculations for current and future periods under macro stresses. The system also supports scenario generation using conditional Bayesian techniques.

RC-OpRisk Capital Model: The RC-OpRisk Capital Model is a tool within Risk Controller designed for computing Operational Risk capital. According to the vendor, it allows for scenario-based or historical-data-based inputs and provides OpRisk units with flexible tools to analyze Risk Registers or historical loss data. The RC-OpRisk Capital Model supplies VaRs and Expected Shortfall capital at an aggregate level and broken down to subsets of exposures.

RC-Limit System: The RC-Limit System within Risk Controller evaluates limits for transaction authorization purposes and computes headroom. The vendor claims that it delivers calculations via web services to other systems and offers flexibility in the specification and management of limits. The system also provides real-time visibility of limits to downstream business users.

RC-Rating Scenario System: Risk Controller's RC-Rating Scenario System offers a flexible way to analyze how scenarios impact a bank's agency ratings. According to the vendor, it supports the analysis of scenarios involving all aspects of a bank's business and generates full scorecards of major rating agencies such as Moody's, S&P, and Fitch. The system also publishes results to other reporting systems.

RC-Connectivity and Data Validation System: The RC-Connectivity and Data Validation System is a web-based portal within Risk Controller that enables secure data exchange between financial institutions. According to the vendor, it allows for the secure receipt, check, and evaluation of data on asset portfolios, integrating portfolio data with decentralized networks of originators, fund managers, or subsidiaries. The system supports flexible data upload, validation against schema and rules, and the generation of validation messages.

RC-Credit Scoring System: Risk Controller's RC-Credit Scoring System provides a framework for creating and managing multiple credit scoring models. According to the vendor, it supports various scoring methodologies, including Logistic Regression and Artificial Neural Nets. The system offers model development workflow and diagnostics for modellers and publishes scores to downstream systems through web-based or Excel interfaces.

RC-Dashboard and Database Tool: The RC-Dashboard and Database Tool within Risk Controller combines analytics with visualisation of results. According to the vendor, it manipulates data on accounts, portfolios, and financial ratios and presents results through a dashboard for risk and finance teams. The RC-Dashboard and Database Tool supports large numbers of users and provides flexible data access and analysis.

RC-Loan Portfolio Analytics System: Risk Controller's RC-Loan Portfolio Analytics System offers risk and valuation analytics for loan portfolios. According to the vendor, it performs calculations under a wide range of stress scenarios, providing interest rate sensitivity, valuations, and provisioning analysis. The system retains results in a database for future reference and reporting.