Tax
Online attention and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance: evidence from Chinese listed firms
The authors investigate how online attention impacts the purchases of D&O liability insurance.
Funding adjustments in equity linear products
How tax asymmetries and Tobin tax affect the pricing of total return swaps
Carbon tax spike could spur global recession – S&P
Higher carbon prices would trigger widespread industry defaults, says agency research unit
Tax windfall at Crédit Agricole to fund capital shake-up
Relief for Emporiki sale bolstered CET1 capital ratio +40bp
Opening the buy-side liquidity pool
Vikash Rughani, business manager at triReduce and triBalance, outlines a new approach enabling buy- and sell-side participants to optimise the transition of legacy Libor over-the-counter swaps contracts to alternative reference rates
The digitisation of legal negotiations and data
In partnership with Risk.net, specialists from AcadiaSoft, Linklaters, and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association weighed in on the digitisation of derivatives documentation for a virtual roundtable discussion. Recent innovations, aimed at…
Politicians must heal a fractured UK society
Political journalist Robert Peston has grave concerns over the future of Britain, seeing profound risks with or without Brexit
An investigation of cyber loss data and its links to operational risk
This paper investigates cyber loss data and focuses on quantifying the direct financial and compensatory losses emanating from cyber risks.
Deploying agile analytics in the fight against fraud
Financial firms are under pressure to tackle the widespread problem of financial fraud. As the speed, scale and sophistication of fraudulent activity grows, a panel of financial crime experts reveal how firms can develop an agile analytics capability to…
Libor transition and implementation – Covering all bases
Sponsored Q&A
ETF investing – Building better portfolios
At the Asia ETF Forum 2019, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) welcomed industry experts from around the region to six key Asian exchange-traded fund (ETF) cities, offering attendees an updated view on the growing ETF market in Asia. This article…
Risk premia strategies – Lessons learned for the future
After a difficult 2018, investors are increasingly wary of risk premia, concerned that factors leading to underperformance might be a recurring problem. Imene Moussa, executive director at UBS, clarifies this issue
US Treasury won’t issue SOFR notes until at least 2020
Project Titan will delay issuance of floating rate Treasury notes linked to new reference rate
Extending the ETF frontiers: Institutions are finding new ways to use ETFs
Growing institutional adoption of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been an undeniable trend over the past few years. In this article, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) explains why institutions are increasingly using ETFs to gain targeted exposure,…
Profit emergence under IFRS 17
Major changes are expected under the new IFRS 17 regime – insurance companies must make efforts to comprehend and communicate the full impact of changes to profit emergence under different scenarios, and its sensitivity to different methodology choices,…
Growing an institutional footprint in Asia’s ETF market
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) explores the burgeoning impact of institutional investors in Asia’s exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) market – which is demonstrating the potential to establish itself as a global force – with a focus on the rapid…
Industry fears EU ‘Google tax’ will hit trading venues, CCPs
Broad wording of digital services tax could place market infrastructure in firing line
Lenders save £200 million as UK bank levy shrinks
Aggregate levy brings in £206 million less year-on-year across five largest banks
Facing down complexity – Creating a global framework for compliance
TMF Group discusses how in‑house general counsels can help Asia-Pacific‑based organisations navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape by creating a global subsidiary compliance strategy that also addresses regional needs