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Op Risk Benchmarking 2025: the FMIs
Exchanges and CCPs respond to regulatory scrutiny and evolving threats with tighter vendor management and scenario refreshes
Top 10 operational risks for 2025
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Review of 2024: as markets took a breather, firms switched focus
In the absence of major crises and rules deadlines, financial firms revamped strategy, services and practices
Quant Finance Master’s Guide 2025
Risk.net’s guide to the world’s leading quant master’s programmes, with the top 25 schools ranked
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2025: LCH outshines rivals in its commitment to innovation and co-operation with clearing members
Credit portfolio manager of the year: UniCredit
Risk Awards 2025: A focus on economic value-added prompted a rapid expansion of the bank’s synthetic risk transfer activity
Bank risk manager of the year: Intesa Sanpaolo
Risk Awards 2025: Market risk team developed new tools that helped overcome the challenge of FRTB internal models
Flow market-maker of the year: Natixis
Risk Awards 2025: Flow push pays off, with FX and rates volumes almost doubling year-on-year
Risk solutions house of the year: Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
Risk Awards 2025: Bank-wide co-ordination spurs creative solutions including ‘umbrella’ deal contingent swap
Structured products house of the year: UBS
Risk Awards 2025: bulked-up structuring team is more than just the sum of its parts
Inflation derivatives house of the year: Natixis
Risk Awards 2025: French bank’s hedge fund push boosts its flow standing and creates repack risk offsets
Derivatives house of the year: UBS
Risk Awards 2025: Mega-merger expected to add $1 billion to markets revenues, via 30 integration projects
Law firm of the year: Linklaters
Risk Awards 2025: Law firm’s work helped buttress markets for credit derivatives, clearing and digital assets
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk Awards 2025: Steepener hedges and Spire novations helped clients navigate shifting rates regime