Case Study: HSBC achieves 16x faster risk modeling with Looker

Embracing the cloud to lower risk exposure through rapid insight and analysis capabilities

HSBC needed to replace a cumbersome manual process for fixed-income risk analysis with a faster, more scalable data-science solution. Working with Looker on Google Cloud capabilities, the bank aimed to speed up “what-if” scenario modeling for traders and risk managers while improving confidence in risk and capital decisions.

Looker helped HSBC implement a powerful self-service risk advisory tool that could run complex simulations in minutes instead of hours. The result was up to 16x faster calculations, support for hundreds of simultaneous scenario requests, and a production rollout in under five months, enabling more productive portfolio analysis and more informed trading and risk discussions.

HSBC

Ajay Yadav

Global Head of Fixed Income for Traded Risk