Nasdaq
Eurex’s risk chief on the need for boring models
Banks need stability and predictability of VAR-based margin when volatility spikes, says clearing house CRO
Don’t run CCP auctions by fear, study argues
Paper by BoE economist and co-authors backs ‘second-price’ auctions and limited penalties
To model the real world, quants turn to synthetic data
Future financial models will be built using artificially generated data
LCH suffered longest operational outages of top CCPs in 2019
London-based LCH LTD said core systems were down for almost seven hours in 2019
European CCPs home to 241 non-bank clearing members
Majority of non-financial counterparties are energy and power firms
Mifid’s free data mirage vexes markets
Users struggle to access post-trade data despite European regulator’s push for transparency
Risk Markets Technology Awards 2020 winners' review
Advances in technology are often a double-edged sword. For banks, the past couple of years have brought tremendous leaps in the ability to capture, manipulate and apply large volumes of data to everyday decisions; but it has been accompanied by a step…
OTC client clearer of the year: Bank of America
Risk Awards 2020: Pivot to Europe pays off with market share growth and big client wins
CCPs, margin ease and equity option freeze
The week on Risk.net, November 23–29, 2019
The end of the fintech gold rush?
Why did so many new fintech start-ups fail, and how can ‘fintech 2.0’ succeed, asks consultant
Banks warn of trader crunch at CCP default auctions
Risk USA: dealers hope for more cross-CCP fire drills
US clearers move to dole out losses besides default
ICC wants members to chip in on investment and custodial losses; the OCC, on the whole op risk enchilada
People moves: ING fills two top roles, RBS confirms Rose as CEO, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
ETF strategies to manage market volatility
Money managers and institutional investors are re-evaluating investment strategies in the face of rapidly shifting market conditions. Consequently, selective genres of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are seeing robust growth in assets. Hong Kong Exchanges…
Default auctions, Libor replacement and op risk capital
The week on Risk.net, August 10–16, 2019
SGX’s Koh defends clearing methods post-Nasdaq
Existing tools still work, despite external scrutiny on default management, says risk chief
LCH tightens harness on market experts in defaults
CCP sets punctilious rules for loaned traders to be ready for defaults – or to pre-empt them
Ice, CME set to launch new VAR models in early 2020
Bourses plan to switch margining of energy futures at different times, prompting speculation of “arbitrage opportunities”
Exchange leaders see a greening future in derivatives
On ESG, Europe leads the US, new products are sprouting and sourcing of metals is being examined
Podcast: Kaminski on lessons from commodity market defaults
Professor Vince Kaminski analyses Nasdaq and PJM defaults
Don’t fear the clearer
Wider use of CCPs not systemic threat – but participants do face hard-to-measure risks
Will the Nasdaq default spur CVA for CCPs?
Quant proposes model to calculate bank credit risk exposure to CCP
CCP risk panels aren’t listening, banks say
Simmering resentment surfaces as two banks insist committees be more responsive to clearing members
Nasdaq auction failure ignites anti-clearing backlash
CCP members wary of illiquid risks