Risk Europe: euro volatility and regulatory uncertainty biggest concerns, say CROs

Buy-side chief risk officers voice their concerns about the effects of regulatory inconsistency on volatility.

The lack of a co-ordinated regulatory response to the European debt crisis has been a key driver of the volatility in the markets over the past month, according to several buy-side chief risk officers.

Participating in a panel discussion at the Risk Europe conference in Frankfurt this morning, four chief risk officers agreed that regulatory uncertainty is one of their biggest concerns at the moment, whether it relates to long-term projects such as Solvency II, or emergency measures such as the