Articles by Duncan Wood
US bank CROs see only ‘modest’ credit risk from tariffs
Risk Live North America: Lower margins are early sign of stress, but Ally, Citizens and Pinnacle confident on loan books
Nifty trades of Graham
Talking Heads 2025: Macro hedge fund shut down swap-spread exposure during April turmoil; sees positive signals amid Trump noise
Brevan Howard: life beyond macro
Talking Heads 2025: Wider range of strategies helped firm rebound from 2018 low – but brought re-correlation risks
More than one-quarter of banks overhaul third-party KRIs
Op Risk Benchmarking data shows more flux – and less confidence – in indicators tracking vendors versus other risks
OTC books grew in 2024 but remain below peaks
Dealer Rankings 2025: US fund and insurer books were larger in 11 of 16 markets
AI ‘lab’ or no, banks triangulate towards a common approach
Survey shows split between firms with and without centralised R&D. In practice, many pursue hybrid path
Everything, everywhere: 15 AI use cases in play, all at once
Research is top AI use case, best execution bottom; no use is universal, and none shunned, says survey
Researchers, quants, strats – AI is coming for you
Survey IDs roles to be most impacted by front-office AI, but experts say many will change, not disappear
For compliance risk, the big get bigger
Second-line teams have been growing at US G-Sibs – and are set to continue – while Europeans’ flatline
US election a ‘classic inflection point’ – Rory Stewart
Risk Live: Podcaster and former politician talks geopolitical risk and UK politics in keynote speech
The squeezing middle: data shows Europeans taking on US foes
Dealer Rankings 2024: Barclays, BNP Paribas and Deutsche grab bigger share of the pie
How Ally found the key to GenAI at the bottom of a teacup
Risk-and-tech chemistry – plus Microsoft’s flexibility – has seen US lender leap from experiments to execution
FMIs get busy, as supervisors circle
Via new roles and controls, exchanges and clearers hope to “get ahead” of regulatory wave
Barking bank watchdogs don’t need to bite
Regional banks add staff, layer up controls to mitigate compliance risks
Inside Blackstone’s $150bn private credit business
Talking Heads 2023: Alts giant has around 10% of global market and hopes to expand its reach by porting quant insights from liquid credit