Articles by James Ryder
Princeton tops Risk.net Quant Guide for second year running
UK’s Imperial ranks sixth; first university from mainland China features
Bank disruptors: Barclays finds blockchain nirvana
USC could transform financial markets. But first, backers must prove it is secure
Ready or not – a low-carbon economy is coming
Government and business must avert disorderly move away from fossil fuels, says Geneva Association’s Maryam Golnaraghi
People moves: CRO Landy takes helm at Brevan, SocGen names new Asia chief, Murray out at Bridgewater, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
The human touch: SMCR extension reaches smaller firms
Extended to nearly 50,000 firms, UK regime aims to pinpoint responsibility, from money laundering to #MeToo
IHS Markit loses risk analytics head to start-up
Andrew Aziz will join wealth management analytics firm d1g1t
HSBC’s Elhedery: banks must protect whistleblowers
Corporate culture must respect and reward complainants; compensation could help, says markets chief
Cat risk: why forecasting climate change is a disaster
Forecasters are poles apart on climate-driven catastrophes; insurers fear worse ahead
At bounding MarketAxess platform, a new CRO parses risk
Clarity and communication are basics to Oliver Huggins at one of the biggest US bond platforms
FCA has active pipeline of misconduct investigations
As expansion of SMR to smaller firms looms, regulator says plenty of bankers are under scrutiny
Axoni readies blockchain platform for equity swaps
Service aims to smooth swaps reconciliation – ‘the Holy Grail’ – for Goldman, Citi and other backers
Q&A: CFTC’s Behnam on tackling market risk in climate change
Commissioner wants to see new derivatives products to help mitigate climate threat
Is there safety in numbers for op risk? One regtech thinks so
Acin’s library of op risks allows banks to compare their controls with their peers’
People moves: CRO role for SG’s Ricke, Barclays continues hiring spree, new SwapClear head, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
UBS exec: first trades via USC could take place this year
Risk Live: utility settlement coin project backed by group of banks moving “incredibly fast”
Industry should work together on operational resilience – BoE
Regulator to “shortly” issue report highlighting opportunities for op risk collaboration
Fed pushes big banks to calculate CVA for CCPs
Banks including JP Morgan and Credit Suisse told to quantify exposure to CCPs for annual stress tests
BoE makes climate risk a hot topic for banks
Financial institutions must entrust oversight of climate risk to named individual under senior managers regime
FCA may delay enforcement of UK’s conduct regime
Smaller firms won’t be penalised right away, says head of regulatory decisions committee
BoE to scrutinise banks’ op risk tolerance limits
Watchdog says banks must prove they can stick to tolerance limits; cyber stress test planned
FCA steps up anti-money laundering spot checks
UK watchdog changes fincrime head amid speculation AML spot visits increasing because of critical FATF review
People moves: SocGen changes at the top, new global markets head at HSBC, compliance switch at Natixis, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
UK quant academics fear Brexit brain drain
Brexit hitting graduate jobs, funding and “driving European academics away from the UK”, say universities