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Consultancy of the year: d-fine
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Quantitative and technological know-how combine to improve performance for clients of German consultancy
Hedging advisory firm of the year: Aegis Energy Risk
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Digital innovation pays off for US hedging advisory firm
CTRM software house of the year: Openlink
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Vendor facilitates first largescale CTRM public cloud deployment
Data house of the year: Thomson Reuters
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Thomson Reuters delivers data and analysis tailored to clients’ specific needs
Technology advisory house of the year: Accenture
Energy Risk Awards 2018: In-depth commodities knowledge and experience enables global advisory to boost client numbers
Innovation of the year: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Awards 2018: French bank’s single-dealer platform brings new transparency to oil markets
Newcomer of the year: N-Ergy Power Solutions
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Flexibility has helped energy consultancy thrive in a rapidly changing regulatory environment
The changing face of European power trading
Webinar: FIS
Rethinking XVA sensitivities – Making them universally achievable
Content provided by IBM
Risk management on course to move beyond cost centre
Video Q&A: Neil Dodgson, IBM Watson Financial Services
Regulatory and economic pressures argue for banks to embrace new approaches to technology
Video Q&A: Neil Dodgson, IBM Watson Financial Services
Facing down complexity – Creating a global framework for compliance
TMF Group discusses how in‑house general counsels can help Asia-Pacific‑based organisations navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape by creating a global subsidiary compliance strategy that also addresses regional needs
CDS spat, CME’s land grab and Mifid problems
The week on Risk.net, May 5-11, 2018
Swaptions CCP basis arrival raises wider valuation questions
Halting rollout of new prices highlights potential weak points in valuing illiquid products
Putting swaptions pricing in the fast lane
Derivatives consultant proposes a model for arbitrage-free pricing
Safeguarding liquidity in a changing environment
Nick Gant, head of fixed income prime brokerage for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific at Societe Generale Prime Services, discusses banks’ evolving responsibilities for providing liquidity in a post-financial crisis environment in which…
On the offensive – Seeking a new edge, buy-side invests in portfolio and risk analytics
A fast-moving, headstrong hedge fund – hit by rare losses after a black swan event touched on an overweight country exposure – ponders adding fresh quantitative expertise. Much to traders’ chagrin, the chief investment officer and chief operating officer…
Europe struggles to get a grip on derivatives transparency
Mifid reporting has fallen short of US swaps data, but national regulators are partly to blame
Swaps data: the allure of liquidity
Liquidity in OTC trading concentrates at one venue, or splits across three, writes Amir Khwaja of Clarus FT
Mifid transparency, FRTB and alternative data
The week on Risk.net, April 30–May 4, 2018
Asia moves: HKEX appoints Cha, CSFS names new chief strategist and executive director, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Credit data: firms with fewer well-paid women are riskier
Gender pay gap disclosures could be a proxy for credit risk, writes David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark
Podcast: Roos on swaptions arbitrage and benchmark reform
Benchmark reform means additional work for rates quants