Opinion
Market manipulation push is widening the compliance gap
Aggressive pursuit of wrongdoing harms market efficiency and competition
Commodity derivatives lead the way for OTC reform
Enron proved merits of bottom-up evolution, not change imposed from above
Managed futures ‘not a tail risk strategy'
Investors should not try to time allocations, says Abbey
Crypto-currencies pose risk management questions for banks
Uncertainty reigns over the legal and accounting status of currencies such as bitcoin and their regulation
Op risk benefits from looking outside the office
Air safety and epidemics are all relevant to bank ORM
BlueBay: "ever higher" market dislocation, mispricing of risk
But bank deleveraging problem loans creates opportunities
End of the bumping grind?
In quest for processing power, banks are choosing 'unnatural' calculus over fancy chips
Oil promises better investment environment for hedge funds
Price drop not short-lived, and is boon for investors
Cutting edge introduction: The only way is backward
Quants find way to streamline future value calculations for exotic
The era of computational abundance – and its risks
Financial firms should plan for a time when they have more computing power than they need
Oil prices collapse: assessing the ‘known unknowns’
Vincent Kaminski explores the potential dangers lurking in oil markets
Six steps for preventive KRIs
A step-by-step guide on how to establish a suite of key risk indicators which can help prevent systems or process failures
Hedge funds' year in review
Event driven strategies disappointed in 2014, while trend-followers thrived
Ignore Eiopa's stress test results at your peril
Worst-case scenario looks worryingly possible
Approaches to reputation risk vary around the world – survey
Studies find wide spread of management methods
Big Data: managing legal and operational risk
Banks face particular problems in exploiting big data analytics
Gauge China's growth by derivatives use, not GDP data
Using PPP figures to assess the comparative size of China's economy is a pointless exercise
The 'right to be forgotten' and financial institutions
ECJ decision means new problems for data preservation
Non-cleared margin rules pose cross-border challenge – Isda
Key differences between European and US rules could hit Asia
Piecing together the October 15 puzzle
Huge US Treasury swing was result of hedge fund crowding and gamma hedging
Backtesting is not the way forward for structured products
Projections represent the only way forward
Whistleblowing in the UK: the law and your responsibilities
Companies should implement a robust whistleblowing policy to ensure protection for all
Dealers have the last word on derivatives notionals
Compression is the ultimate retort to those who equate notionals with exposure
Indos: unexpected conflicts of interest emerging from AIFMD
Are depo-lite standalone administrators independent enough?