Challenges of OSINT
Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) is an incredibly powerful tool for both the public and private...
From the Balance Sheet to the Value Sheet
This week, the World Economic Forum kicked off its annual summit with the theme of "A Crucial Year...
FT Feature: Fitch invests in AI start-up to improve bank misconduct detection
Fitch Ratings has struck a partnership with a US artificial intelligence start-up as it seeks to...
Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
This week, as the United States’ Senate held the confirmation hearings on presidential nominations,...
History of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Laws
As the Biden administration prioritizes the recently enacted Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020...
Fire & Ice
This week, the outgoing U.S. administration has continued its “aggressive use of sanctions” with a...
Reflections & Predictions
What you should be paying attention to in 2021: For ease of reading, we divide predictions between...
Shifting The Burden
This week, both the United States House of Representatives and Senate, through the “must-pass”...
Sigma Risk API - Risk Scoring Data on Over 60 Indicators
Hello Sigma network! As the year comes to a close, not only have we celebrated being named in the...
Impact of AML Act of 2020
Sigma Ratings has reviewed the history of anti-money laundering legislation in the United States...
On the FBI’s Radar...
This week, according to a leaked intelligence bulletin, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation...
A Pandemic of Corruption
Last week, following weeks of investigative reporting, The Washington Post compiled their various...
Cruising Along... But For How Long?
This week, France, following similar moves by Poland and Denmark, announced that companies that...
Predicting ‘19…
In a few weeks, it will be the year of the pig, but I’m not so sure that its going to be that...
What Does Transparency Look Like?
Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard “To achieve an equitable, inclusive, and more prosperous...
ESG’s Next Frontier
More than $22 trillion assets are now invested according to ESG principles, according to a McKinsey...
What the experts are saying about the value of Sigma Ratings
Q & A with Mark Batts, the Former Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Head of Enhanced...
Inconvenient Truths
Last week the Wall Street Journal highlighted a new, burgeoning money laundering hub. Where is it...
Perception & Reality
During recent travel in the Middle East, we met with senior executives at leading banks, exchange...
Scoping LEI Data Availability
In 2014 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) set up a standardized way to label and find the legal...
Using Soccer to Explain Country Risk Mapping
Not to be outdone by Goldman Sachs’ AI-generated World Cup predictions (spoiler alert: Goldman...
