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Evolution of the fixed income tradable ecosystem
Fixed income tradable indexes are designed to provide an efficient means to measure the bond market. This paper offers an introduction to these instruments and highlights their performance in recent market periods
ERM reboot: how insurers are turning risk decisioning into strategic advantage
Enterprise risk management is a powerful strategy to identify, assess and manage risks across the business. For insurers, two ERM objectives are critical: ensuring regulatory compliance and establishing a framework for healthy investment risk appetite
Cloud control: optimising cloud for risk management gains
Cloud adoption has accelerated rapidly among capital markets participants in recent years. This Risk.net webinar explores how firms can optimise their usage of cloud, driving greater efficiency, avoiding common pitfalls and keeping costs to a minimum
D-day for the rates market: solving the outstanding issues in US Libor transition
The next months will determine how rates markets cope with the death of Libor. With transition efforts approaching D-day, experts discuss the issues facing the market, the progress made so far and the outstanding issues facing the ‘new look’ rates market…
Climate risk: a more positive approach pays dividends
As the world grapples with the impacts of climate change, organisations are racing to keep up with new ESG disclosure requirements and climate risk analysis methodologies. But what separates those ahead of the curve from those that are lagging? The…
Active versus passive investment in declining markets
The latest S&P Indices versus Active (SPIVA®) Scorecard provides an update on the active versus passive investment debate
UBS precious metals team shines amid market turmoil
Global uncertainty always adds allure to precious metals, putting a premium on the long-standing relationships and cutting-edge technology of the UBS precious metals team
Enabling green choices despite market turmoil
Throughout recent market tumult, ENGIE remained committed to net zero, forging even closer connections with clients to fuel global growth
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2023: Axpo – the power of partnerships
In the face of recent extreme volatility and price hikes, the strong partnerships Axpo has with its clients has enabled both parties to weather the storm
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2023 winner’s video: Axpo
Following the firm’s strong performance in the 2023 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings, Axpo Solutions' Domenico Franceschino discusses the extreme market conditions of 2022, along with future expectations for the gas and power markets
Counting down to dollar Libor transition
In a Risk.net webinar, experts discussed the impact of market volatility on Libor transition, the availability of term SOFR, developments in non-linear markets and management of forthcoming CCP conversions
Managing inflation risk with hedging strategies
Dmitry Pugachevsky, director of research at Quantifi, explores how banks manage inflation risk using inflation swaps and inflation-linked bonds as hedging instruments
Managing a high-inflation environment with clearing
Recent geopolitical events, macroeconomic forces and market disruptions have created significant challenges for the investment community. LCH explores how clearing can help market participants manage inflation.
Action time on FRTB: is your bank ready for the data challenge?
FRTB has been a long time coming and some have wondered if the new rules for market risk capital would ever see the light of day
Incorporating climate risk into ALM frameworks at banks
In this webinar convened by Risk.net in collaboration with SS&C Algorithmics, experts discuss the challenges and benefits of incorporating climate risk into asset-liability management frameworks at banks
Regulating interest rate risk
Over the past decade, regulators have introduced stress tests, liquidity and funding standards – and overhauled rules specifically on IRRBB – that have all had some bearing on the current crisis. But they haven’t yet been implemented fully, or equally,…
FRTB implementation: Spotlight 2023
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) introduces significant technical and operational challenges for banks on the path to compliance.
Banks in crisis
The peak of the global financial crisis arrived in 2008 with the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and a raft of bailouts. However, it had already been rumbling on for a year at that point, blowing holes in bank funding models and capital…
Leveraging compliance: the looming challenges of the post-FRTB paradigm
FRTB guidelines will soon be implemented across a wide section of the global financial industry and will introduce a mountain of complexity to risk management standards and practices. Roger Coroas, head of business development, North America at…
ION Commodities: addressing the market’s recent pain points
Energy Risk Software Rankings winner’s interview: ION Commodities
Stemming the tide of rising FX settlement risk
As the trading of emerging markets currencies gathers pace and broader uncertainty sweeps across financial markets, CLS is exploring alternative services designed to mitigate settlement risk for the FX market
Model risk management is evolving: regulation, volatility, machine learning and AI
Thomas Oliver, head of model validation at Quantifi, explores how the model risk management (MRM) landscape is changing in response to geopolitical uncertainty, increased concerns over counterparty risk, rising interest rates and other related challenges