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Impactful short duration: green bonds and yield curve strategies
Against the backdrop of rising rates and increasing interest in impact finance, this white paper compares the short, medium and long duration performance of EUR-denominated credit bonds and looks at how the performance of a green bond strategy (iBoxx…
Analyzing the global usage of XVAs
This white paper presents the most interesting survey findings. The survey aimed to understand current XVA usage and practices within a still diverse implementation global landscape of XVA
Connecting digital islands: CBDCs
Around the world, momentum for exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is growing. Nine in 10 central banks are already pursuing their own forms of digital value, accounting for 90% of global GDP
Credit risk, data and AI: managing spiralling demands and delivering value
Based on a comprehensive survey of, and conversations with, credit risk professionals globally, this report delves into their challenges they face in trying to source and use forward-looking data.
A wealth manager’s guide to keeping clients invested during periods of market instability
Periods of market volatility and instability are typically some of the most challenging times for investors. This guide explores methods of supporting investors and helping them stay the course during turbulent times
Making smarter decisions
Everyone working in the industry is aware that financial technology is changing the way we operate.
Tapping into liquidity in the high-yield bond market: derivatives and lending markets
The iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index has served as the leading benchmark for the high-yield market since its debut in 2006
Tapping into liquidity in the high-yield bond market: index and pricing
While high-yield bonds have generally been excluded from traditional aggregate-type fixed income benchmarks in the past, they remain a growing asset class that has historically offered yields exceeding those of investment-grade debt
The Spikes® volatility index: why methodology really matters
Using reliable indicators to gauge market sentiment is crucial for investors and traders, particularly during times of uncertainty such as the September 21 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting
SCRA Best practice guide
The financial world has been familiar with the Basel III framework since its inception in 2010 and countless hours have already been spent tackling the 1,626-page tome and its various amendments over the years.
A wealth manager’s guide to investor cash deployment
Sitting on excess cash can be the most costly investment decision your clients make. An investor with a moderate risk portfolio in a globally diverse multi-asset-class 'optimum' portfolio, can expect to see returns over cash of between 4-5% per year
What brokers want: technology, reliability and interoperability
This white paper sheds light on the extent to which brokers make use of single, integrated front-office platforms, their technology sourcing/development preferences, their most acute front-office operational and technology challenges, what they value…
Decision science: from automation to optimisation
Despite its benefits, credit decisioning is severely lagging – average ‘time to decision’ for small business and corporate lending at traditional banks is between three and five weeks, while average ‘time to cash’ is nearly three months
Leading Mexican bank Banorte strengthens credit risk management practices
Leading Mexican bank Banorte strengthens credit risk management practices building a completely new XVA desk and revamps its PFE limits management
Risk applications and the cloud: boosting collaborations to strengthen risk management infrastructure
More of today's financial services organisations are choosing to move their financial risk management applications to the cloud.
The case for modularity and interoperability
This rapid read investigates the extent to which firms have optimised their entire trade lifecycles, the structure, challenges and interoperability of their front-office systems
The post-trade patch-up: revamping processes in volatile times
This Risk.net Rapid Read survey report, commissioned by ION, examines the effectiveness and efficiency of post-trade processes and services at financial firms, and assesses where change is most needed, and the barriers to change.
ESG: the compelling and the compliant
A wealth manager’s guide to meeting Mifid regulation and optimising client demand for ESG and sustainable investing. As client demand increases for sustainable investing solutions, global regulators are starting to sit up and take notice
Outsourcing across the buy side: look before you leap
This paper investigates the extent to which firms have embraced outsourcing across the industry, key benefits they can reasonably expect on the back of outsourcing business processes and technologies to a specialist third party, potential drawbacks of…
Key actuarial transformation trends across Apac in 2022
Digital transformation has resulted in growing market complexity. This has been heightened by both the introduction of more regulations for insurers and consumer demand for customised insurance coverage
Using portfolio management to steer your way through foggy market conditions
Post-pandemic uncertainties, market consolidations, increasingly complex portfolio compositions, margin compressions, new competitors interest rate rises. Portfolio managers are operating in foggy conditions
FX needs for Apac corporates in 2022
This white paper examines the results of a survey, conducted in association with Bloomberg, that offers insight into how corporations based in Apac interact with the FX market
Establishing an institutional brand: a guide to database marketing
Cloud-based databases have become so comprehensive that investment consultants and asset owners now conduct manager research on an ongoing basis
The economic impact of Covid on the US housing and mortgage market
Covid-19 has fundamentally reshaped consumer behaviour. Combined with drastic changes in federal government policy, the impact on financial markets will be long-lasting