Articles by Aileen Chuang
Eurex seeks Hong Kong clearing licence
Bourse has Greater China in its sights after Japan and Singapore licences approved
Sluggish back-office systems added to margin pressures
Systems supplied by FIS struggled to handle massive spike in March trading volumes
Asia CCPs forced to hike margins rapidly during equities rout
Margins for Nikkei 225 futures more than doubled at JSCC in a matter of days
Banks rail against China CCPs’ loss-sharing policy
Controversial loss allocation technique remains unused during recent market routs, but banks want it banned
Clearing members in cash clash with Apac CCPs
Banks and clearing houses wrangle over who should pay for losses on invested collateral
Singapore banks tighten ML governance amid regulatory scrutiny
DBS, StanChart and Deutsche build model inventories and draw up standards around use cases
Haitong taps NLP to inform collateral coverage
Hong Kong broker scours news and blogs in bid for better corporate signals in China’s opaque markets
JSCC caps member cash calls, revamps futures margin model
Clearing house set to end unlimited default fund top-ups for futures clearing
Singapore’s banks eye LCH membership
London CCP’s move to clear for stranded SGX clients pays off, amid broader Apac membership push
Banks step up stress-testing of Hong Kong dollar peg risk
Flurry of forex options trades makes banks re-evaluate exposures
Asia lenders usher in year of the virtual bank
The surge in online banking is informing risk technologies in traditional banks
HK-China blockchain link tipped to boost trade finance
HSBC, StanChart and Bank of China welcome Hong Kong and China trade finance tie-up
Risk oversight at Aussie banks under fire again
Asic criticises boards and management for immature oversight of op risks
How bad is bad? A look at 30 small banks in China
An anxious China has rescued three banks this year. At least 25 more share some of their worst traits
Aussie regulator signals tougher misconduct stance
Asic warns it will use new powers to punish misconduct in wake of excoriating Royal Commission review
SGX’s Koh defends clearing methods post-Nasdaq
Existing tools still work, despite external scrutiny on default management, says risk chief
S&P resists mapping new China onshore ratings to global scale
Uncertainty over state support and accounting prompts agency to keep Chinese ratings separate
Asia-Pacific banks revise conduct scorecards
DBS, Maybank and others tweak performance metrics to reward good behaviour over hard sales
HKEX boosts member credit risk monitoring
Hong Kong exchange’s several hundred clearing members pose complex default risk correlations, says chief risk officer
Ex-Huawei tech security chief on steeling UOB’s cyber defences
Singaporean bank overhauls penetration testing and scenario analysis, with Tobias Gondrom leading the effort
Singapore banks ramp up cyber scenario analysis
StanChart building out scenario library as dealers up use of technique to gauge spending on defences
Apac banks call for regulatory push on AML tech
“Regulators have got to stop being okay with how things currently are,” says financial crime head
Singapore tech risk guidelines spark scramble for IT talent
Watchdog asks banks to demonstrate tech expertise among board and senior management
China Minsheng and SocGen team up for quant index product
CMBC Macro 1 signal index attracts $580 million as investors adapt to products without performance guarantees