Settlement risk

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Unlike other asset classes, the settlement mechanisms in the foreign exchange market appear to have worked well, even when market turmoil was at its height late last year. Risk and roundtable partners CLS, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and HSBC…

Taking time to settle

Regulators have looked to eliminate any gaping holes in risk management since the onset of the financial crisis. But with the focus firmly on counterparty credit risk, has settlement risk fallen off the radar? By Alexander Campbell

BIS: decline slowing on derivatives exchanges

Volumes continued to fall on international derivatives exchanges this year, but there are signs of recovery, according to the latest figures from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), released today.

BIS shows first OTC derivatives market decline

The total outstanding notional of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts fell 13.4% to $592 trillion at the end of December 2008, from $683.7 trillion at the end of June 2008, according to statistics released by the Bank for International…

Settlement settled?

The collapse of Lehman Brothers and other banks last year proved that settlement risk in the forex market has been greatly reduced. But while forex operational risk managers may be giving themselves a pat on the back, there are warnings that settlement…

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