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Japanese generally accepted accounting principles – CVA accounting
In April 2021, Japanese generally accepted accounting principles (JGAAP) will incorporate credit valuation adjustment (CVA) and debt valuation adjustment pricing for derivatives portfolios. With several challenges left to overcome and the deadline…
Achieving a holistic view of risk in times of crisis
What happens when risks become too global in scope and increasingly uncertain for a business to manage? Jeroen van Doorsselaere, senior director – finance, risk and regulatory reporting value propositions at Wolters Kluwer, explores the key steps to…
Fair valuations – Change for good?
The regulatory framework governing fair valuation practices in the US hasn’t undergone any substantial change for the best part of a decade. Now, thanks to a recently proposed rule by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that is all about to…
Four key questions financial institutions should be asking their technology partners
Resilience: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties
Guiding Asean through Covid‑19 challenges
Chu Kok Wei, group head, treasury and markets at CIMB Group, explores how technological changes brought about by the Covid‑19 pandemic will impact traditional bricks-and-mortar banking, and how Asean banks are particularly well prepared for this…
Thinking the unthinkable – Staying ahead of the crisis curve
Industry leaders discuss the increased value of stress-testing in a world rocked by its second financial crisis in 12 years, the likely emergence of non-financial risks, and how financial institutions can establish efficient and effective stress-testing…
Stress‑testing under Covid‑19
Stress‑testing is a challenging exercise to regularly assess a bank’s level of risk or capital adequacy. Olivier Brucker, Sunayana Mehra and Ed Young of Moody’s Analytics explore an approach that can address this, proposing an alternative methodology…
Libor transition – Know your conversation and value impact
Ross Allen, managing director, and Ming Cheung, director of platforms and regulatory compliance at IHS Markit, explore some of the key issues with regard to upcoming changes to interbank offered rates, including Libor, and how the service provider’s…
Accelerating fixed income’s risk‑on rise
Jason Waight at MarketAxess reveals how advances in data and technology are enabling faster, more agile risk-on trading strategies in today’s fixed income markets
Solving the SFTR data challenge
Europe’s new rules on securities financing transactions require firms to collect and report a mass of new data. This is a challenge, but also an opportunity
Solid foundations – Bridging the transition gap
Phil Whitehurst, head of service development, rates, SwapClear at LCH, explores the potential parallels between forward-looking term Sonia rates and term SOFR rates. He presents his thoughts on the recent announcement of increased powers for the…
A winning formula – Risk’s rising role in investment strategy
Risk.net surveyed 124 asset managers and hedge funds to explore the changing role risk offices play in the evolution of investment strategies, from early-stage product development through to portfolio management and re-evaluation, and the key financial,…
The Libor transition – Let’s talk about SOFR
Time is ticking to Libor’s planned decommission date of December 31, 2021. Firms need to move quickly to execute their transition strategies, and having unique insight into certain key issues can aid decision-making. Numerix’s Ping Sun discusses…
