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Best modelling innovation: CompatibL
CompatibL wins the Best modelling innovation award for the second year running, this time for creating a new type of interest rate model based on autoencoders
Transforming risk controls for next-level decision-making
In an exclusive Risk.net panel session, convened in collaboration with ServiceNow, experts discussed the unique challenges facing risk and resilience practitioners, and the utilisation of frameworks and risk quantification for optimal decision-making…
ESG: the new risk factor in your portfolio
Risk officers, managers and quants at leading buy-side firms are experimenting with ESG as an ‘alpha enhancement’ to day-to-day risk management, to stay ahead of the pack and boost profit-and-loss margins
Leveraging data science for next-generation risk and P&L
Alexei Tchernitser, director of analytic solutions at Quantifi, discusses the impact data science has had on next-generation risk, and profit and loss (P&L)
Repo clearing: trends, developments and outlook
Recent volatility in the UK gilt market has highlighted the repo market’s need for CCP stability, predictability and resilience. LCH RepoClear unpacks the trends and key developments of 2022, and shares an outlook for 2023
Digital banks: harnessing technology to deliver growth
In their relatively short lives, digital banks have needed to navigate some choppy waters, but the stormy economic outlook for 2023 could mean the roughest seas are yet to come. Weathering the storm will require digital banks to make astute technology…
Optimising balance sheet management in today’s market conditions
Financial institutions are going to continue struggling with challenges and volatility in 2023
The evolving use of swaps by pension schemes
The end of the Emir mandatory swaps clearing exemption for pension scheme arrangements (PSAs) is approaching. Susi de Verdelon, global head of LCH SwapClear, discusses the significance of the upcoming change for PSAs, and the implications for their…
Raising the bar on real-time trade controls with next-gen tech
In an exclusive Risk.net panel session, convened in collaboration with Droit, experts discussed the evolving challenges and opportunities resulting from tighter regulations, and tips for building a future-proof real-time trade control framework
Impactful short duration: green bonds and yield curve strategies
In the search for impact and yield, how does a green bond investment strategy compare with the performance of the wider European credit market?
S&P Indices versus Active (SPIVA): institutional scorecard
How well do actively managed equity funds stack up against their index benchmarks over short- and long-term periods?
Credit risk: best practices for predicting future risks
In today’s uncertain times, credit risk managers are under increasing pressure to provide robust, forward-looking insights on counterparties. Fitch Solutions explores the key pain points in the process and crucial steps to improving data quality
Complying with climate risk framework standards for streamlined processes
Financial institutions worldwide are actively studying ways they can integrate climate risk management into their more traditional risk frameworks
Marginal gains: buy side gets set for cross-product margining
Faced with higher margin and funding costs, more buy-side firms are looking to optimise margin requirements across their fixed income portfolios. Here Lee Bartholomew, global head of FIC product design at Eurex, and Per Haga, global head of prime…
Banks and financial powerhouses map out climate risks
A day after the hottest Double Ninth Festival on record in Hong Kong, experts gathered at Asia Risk Live at the Ritz-Carlton to explore how banks can manage climate risk for a net-zero economy
Offshore renminbi: breaking new ground for a new era of safe settlement
With offshore renminbi (CNH) now one of the world’s five most traded currencies, Alex Knight, global head of Emea at Baton Systems, explains the importance of extending the ease and speed of riskless, payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement access across…
Next Generation ETD: a future-proof concept
In June, the infrastructure for Eurex’s next generation of exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) contracts went live. The concept meets changing market demand and is implemented across Eurex’s entire value chain, allowing more flexibility in the design of…
XVAs and counterparty credit risk for an energy market in crisis
Europe’s current energy crisis, coming on the heels of global market volatility caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, has introduced additional complexities to valuation adjustments and counterparty credit risk modelling. Additionally, underdeveloped forward…
Getting op resilience right: breaking down silos and developing a cohesive data strategy
As banks further define their frameworks for operational resilience, firms are now grappling with developing a cohesive data strategy, correlating regulatory expectations and defining concrete outcomes. This Risk.net webinar covers how leading banks are…
Transforming your actuarial function to stay agile and competitive
While transformation is important, its success depends on putting data in capable people’s hands
US dollar Libor transition: the role of CCPs in conversion
As the transition from Libor to alternative risk-free rates approaches a new milestone, Philip Whitehurst, head of service development, rates at LCH SwapClear, discusses the central counterparty's (CCP's) plans for US dollar Libor conversion, the…
Critical divergence in prices between Spikes and Vix after the Fed’s rate hike
In these uncertain times, when rates hikes and other structural drivers are giving rise to adverse market moves, reliable indicators of 30-day implied volatility are crucial
Machine learning and AI in model risk management: a quant perspective
Statistical risk models face issues of validity as unprecedented events and social phenomena occur. However, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can assist models in maximising accuracy. By Tiziano Bellini, head of risk integration…
Equities clearing and CCP resilience: protecting post-trade from geopolitical turmoil
Headline-making events in 2022 have driven market volatility with sustained increases in trading and clearing volumes. With market participants under pressure, how do central counterparty (CCP) resilience and innovation in equities clearing provide…