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Switzerland moves ahead with backward-looking term rate
Lack of forward visibility in proposed rate provokes concern among corporates
Quants ‘running into walls’ with AI interpretability
Some firms “stumbling” with new technology, conference hears
Quants say big data is all buzz, no alpha
Efforts to extract alpha from alternative data have been “really unsuccessful”, says Domeyard’s Qi
IFRS 9 drives appetite for long-dated hedges in Asia
New accounting standard helps manage mark-to-market volatility of long-term trades
‘Imperfect hedge’ magnified equities slump at BNPP
US index loss, dislocations and weak demand produce worst equity trading results in a decade
Metro Bank execs under scrutiny after loan probe snafu
Lender could see capital buffer rise after admitting regulator, not bank, discovered errors
UBS wins approval for €32bn Brexit swaps transfer
Decision tests boundaries of deposit-taking element, after Barclays had part of its earlier transfer rejected
Modelling interrelated shocks will improve stress tests – research
Call for regulators to ditch standard scenarios for more sensitive approach
Banks rocked by U-turn on FRTB equity risk weights
Risk managers warn of higher capital charge after Basel reverts to original 2016 treatment
Exec who left Natixis after Asia hit said to join Barclays
Reille helped lead French dealer's ill-fated push into regional structured products market
Caveats and slapped wrists in Barclays’ Brexit swaps switch
Judge blocks transfer of some trades from non-deposit taking entity and slams “unrealistic” timeline
Model risk chiefs warn on machine learning bias
ML model outputs open to “potential bias sitting in your datasets”, says RBS model risk head
Hope fading for margin threshold hike
Smaller buy-side firms could still escape compliance burden via expected regulatory guidance
CVA study highlights scale and causes of wrong-way risk
Researchers advise including correlations both with rate level and volatility in CVA calculations
Legislative fix sought for Libor fallbacks
Federal law makes it “almost impossible” to change benchmark rates for FRNs
Large banks thrash regionals’ proposal on CECL
Plan would require more work and produce no capital benefit, executives tell FASB
FCA: ‘We can be Libor fallback trigger’
Amid fears of hedging mayhem, Schooling Latter says FCA verdict could be trigger for smoother rates switch
Metro Bank loan blunder perplexes industry
Bankers surprised risk-weight errors went unnoticed, warn they could harm bank’s IRB aspirations
Lloyds’ head of traded products exits
Christophe Coutte left the UK bank late last year
BrokerTec outage serves as ‘systemic risk’ wake-up call
January 11 shutdown of dominant US Treasury market platform worries participants
Natixis sales exec leaves bank following €260 million hit
Nicolas Reille tried to bring his entrepreneurial spirit to the Asian equity derivatives market
Top 10 operational risk losses of 2018
Mega-fraud at China’s Anbang pushes up total losses year on year; SocGen suffers double blow
Factor timing: scant upside, big downside
Stock selection trounces “tempting” factor timing in study
Nomura plans more hires in equity derivatives, eyes China
Unit head also sees potential in Hong Kong listed market and in demand for bespoke products