Disclosure
Insight Investment wary of banks’ last-look claims
Buy side should “team up” in bid for more forex transparency, argues senior trader
Buy side seeks more clarity on FX trade rejects
Schroders and BoE criticise code mish-mash, as Investment Association presses for standardisation
Trading venues could help enforce the forex code
ECNs have the power to boost last look disclosures, but aren’t keen to be the code police
How the top 50 dealers tackle forex last look
Uneven disclosure practices are making life difficult for agency algos and ECN trading
Banks queasy over idea of building cyber trust
They agree that sharing intel on cyber threats is a good thing. But that doesn’t mean they want to
Forex ‘last look’: how non-banks stack up
Research shows patchy disclosures, plus differences from banks on pre-hedging and rejected orders
A tech-driven transformation
A panel of experts explores how greater collaboration between risk and finance teams can garner significant benefits and add value, how technological innovation is making the regulatory landscape more complicated to navigate and produce transformative…
Risk and finance – Better together
Changing regulations and new accounting standards are creating enormous challenges for financial organisations. Thorsten Hein, principal product marketing manager, risk research and quantitative solutions at SAS, explores why, to successfully meet these…
The operational risk disclosure practices of banks: evidence from India and Romania
This paper compares the levels of operational risk disclosure in the banking industries of India and Romania.
Final rules on securitisation due by year-end, EBA says
European issuers forced to work with incomplete legislation for another six months at least
Confusion dogs start of Europe’s new securitisation rules
Incomplete rules and lack of clarity on designated supervisors thwarts hoped-for revival of key market
A tale of two CCPs
Nasdaq and Ice breaches carry warnings for the market
Compliance preparations amid uncertain rules
A forum of industry leaders discusses how banks will define individual trading desks under FRTB, whether BCBS 239 compliance projects can help banks meet FRTB risk data challenges, which model validation obstacles banks still face and other key topics
Climate risk disclosure gains momentum but work needed: TCFD
Few firms disclose financial impact of climate risk, review finds
Over one-quarter of EU bank credit exposures overseas
Spanish banks exhibit highest level of overseas risk, Nordic banks the lowest
Credit Suisse bolsters liquidity buffers
LCR reinforced in response to choppy markets
IFRS 9 transitional measures save Lloyds £572 million
Capital relief equivalent to 30 basis points uplift to CET1 ratio
Buyer beware: the FX code has not gone far enough
New standards for currency dealers have brought some big improvements, but many practices remain hazy
From BAML to UBS: how 15 banks stack up on ‘last look’
Disclosures show striking differences on pre-hedging, hold times and trade acceptance