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Risk management system of the year (vendor): Markit Group
Capital and funding efficiency is a new discipline for derivatives desks, and there is a shortage of comprehensive systems - so Lloyds Banking Group teamed up with Markit to build one
Trading technology product of the year: Nasdaq OMX
Trading technology product of the year: Nasdaq OMX
In-house system of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
A 30-fold increase in its computing grid, enabling coverage of 90% of the bank's derivatives business - a two-year overhaul of the counterparty risk framework at Royal Bank of Scotland wins this year's in-house system award
Vague Volcker causes confusion
Vague Volcker bemuses
CFTC cross-border guidance 'has the feel of a rule', lawyers agree
A rule by any other name
Not too big to fail: Has US crossed bank resolution Rubicon?
Not too big to fail?
People: Brevan Howard hires HSBC’s forex derivatives chief
Vincent Craignou moves to Brevan Howard, Gavin Wells takes responsibility for CDSClear, and Thomas Poppensieker takes Deutsche risk role
Structured deposits face uncertain future under UK ring-fence plans
Caught in the net
EMR heralds greater government intervention in UK power
UK Electricity Market Reform, which is set to come into effect in July, will introduce a level of government intervention not seen in the country’s power market since the early 1990s. The impact will be felt by UK power firms and could ripple across…
Crude-by-rail data gains in value for traders
As an increasing volume of crude oil is transported via North America’s railroads, market participants are growing hungry for data and market intelligence on crude-by-rail. Such insight had been in short supply, until recently. Alexander Osipovich reports
Insurers to ramp up private equity exposure in 2014
Insurers are rethinking their investment strategies and beginning to increase their exposure to private equity. Some are even looking at it from an asset-liability management perspective.
AMA, RCSAs and dealing with Libor at Rabobank
Dutch bank Rabobank has shaken off its Libor label pretty quickly, leaving it to focus on its co-operative roots, the AMA and its RCSA roll-out. Anne Snel-Simmons, head of operational risk management at Rabobank, talks to OpRisk about the challenges of…
The rising problems of PEPs
Instability in the Middle East and Africa coupled with growing regulatory pressure on financial institutions has raised the profile of political risk for banks – in particular, the problems of dealing with politically exposed persons, or PEPs, as…
Quants turn to AI for market insights
A Trade Odyssey
MFSA sees AIFMD as stimulus for growth of funds sector
As an early adopter of AIFMD, the Malta Financial Services Authority believes the rules should help boost the alternatives business in the island state
Malta has ambitious plans for development of hedge fund sector
While it is the smallest EU member state, Malta campaigns for development of the financial services sector and the fund industry in particular, keen to make Europe competitive in a global context
Poor risk analysis weighs on Dutch disability market
After an overhaul of legislation in 2006, Dutch insurers eagerly tapped the occupational disability market. But they grossly underestimated the risks and costs of providing cover and have been forced to increase their reserves in response to higher than…
Supply glut heats up Vietnam coffee derivatives market
Overproduction and resulting lower prices could spur development of nascent sector
Risk management sweatshops? Number-crunchers move to satellite offices
From Berlin to Birmingham, from Tampa Bay to Dallas, banks have tried to boost their risk management resources – while keeping a lid on expense – by building teams in relatively low-cost cities. But do these far-flung offices improve performance? Joe…
Review of 2013: Grave new world
From collapsing equity repo rates to footnote 88, and from the leverage ratio to new clearing house liquidity rules, the year has been full of surprises, many of them unpleasant. By the end of 2013, an industry that had seemed to be back on its feet was…
Europe set for swap futures shoot-out
Up to eight venues are gearing up to launch interest rate swap futures in Europe – each with a different take on the product. What does the market make of their chances? Tom Osborn reports
Fear the repo: funds face up to rate-contingent liquidity risks
As interest rates rise, big fixed-rate receivers such as pension funds will all slide out-of-the-money at the same time, potentially triggering huge margin calls. Some are already trying to soften the blow, rather than relying on a repo market that could…