Market manipulation
AI expert warns of algo-based market manipulation
Regulators must keep pace with new technology that could be used to control financial markets
Op risk data: Frank fiasco costs JP Morgan $175m
Also: Internal fraud burns fewer fingers, but flame is far from out. Data by ORX News
Hedge funds’ use of barrier options comes under spotlight
Former traders say Glen Point CEO’s arrest highlights compliance gulf between funds and dealers
Op risk data: Wells Fargo whacked for Wachovia lapse, and a Ponzi slap
Also: Long and winding road to the end of Credit Suisse; Swedbank IT fails. Data by ORX News
Op risk data: Stanford fraud haunts banks for billions
Also: Helaba’s crank capital relief; TSE stock price sanction; 1MDB mauls Mudabala. Data by ORX News
Mediobanca’s Generali deal revives an old sec lending concern
BoE warns against lending shares to borrowers aiming to influence AGM votes, but will anyone outside the UK listen?
Op risk data: Glencore hauled over the coals in $1bn+ bribery probe
Also: Russian banks in fraud fails; Citi’s fat-finger fumble; devil’s in the data detail. Data by ORX News
FSB warns on Archegos-style leverage
Isda AGM: Knot takes dim view of banks piling up leverage blind
Market set to reject SEC’s anti-fraud CDS rules ... again
Industry groups dislike retread of rules around fraud and manipulation, and want longer comment period
Opt in or opt out: an FX class action decision worth millions
Six banks accused of manipulation may see 40% reduction in damages if UK lawsuit proceeds along ‘opt-out’ route
Insider dealing: amping up surveillance measures
Joe Schifano, global head of regulatory affairs at Eventus, examines how volatility resulting from the Covid‑19 pandemic has made markets more susceptible to insider dealing activity, prompting regulators to urge firms to reinforce surveillance measures…
Page 19901: the benchmark that time forgot
CFTC probe into swap price rigging revives the ghosts of Libor manipulation
Dealers split on role of Japan’s term rate
Isda AGM: Japanese corporates continue to eye “fragile” JPY term rate, despite concerns
Jumbo Goldman 1MDB fine upends 2020 trend to lower losses
Financial fraud and fat fingers loom large, but annual top 10 op risk losses still show fewer fails. Data by ORX News
Rethink of Mifid, MAR extraterritorial impact ‘on the table’
Brexit could lead to firms facing different compliance requirements on the same trades
Op risk data: Record $920m fine for JP metals ploy
Also: counting the cost of Covid cons; Citi audio dynamite. Data by ORX News
Finra plans machine learning push against market rigging
ML trained to find spoofing and layering
Debelle swings at ‘buyer beware’ disclosures in FX
“They don’t give you free licence to do whatever you want,” says new GFXC chair
Isda’s CDS fix draws murmurs of dissent
Proposed changes don’t go far enough for some; others say it will block legitimate activity
Isda seeks consensus on CDS clean-up
Credit definitions amendments expected in Q1 to stamp out manipulated triggers
Measuring latent risk preferences: minimizing measurement biases
In this paper, the author uses a unique data set, containing the revealed risk preferences of 9235 subjects, elicited with four different methods, to estimate latent risk preferences.