Australia
Optimisation firms prep for SA-CCR boom
Flush with new cash, vendors ready rebalancing services ahead of risk-sensitive leverage framework
NAB’s bad loans ratio climbs as Covid moratoria expire
Australian lender sees percentage of past due and impaired loans hit 1.18%
Easing of op risk add-on boosts Commonwealth Bank
Op RWA relief offset increases due to credit, market risk
Don’t blame CCPs’ models for Covid margin spikes – WFE
Lobby group counters popular view that tools could ease procyclicality; puts focus on liquidity management
Banks worldwide have built up liquidity buffers post-Covid
Lenders in Japan have the highest LCRs of global banks surveyed
Guy Debelle on the FX Global Code and the rise of the buy side
Asia Risk 25: Code’s creators considering updates to sections on last look and pre-hedging
Must do better – Apac slow to curb control risk
Asia Risk 25: Even as the level of regulatory scrutiny peaks, meaningful change eludes the region’s banks
Asia edging towards integrated capital markets – SGX’s Loh
Asia Risk 25: full regional co-operation could still be 10 to 15 years away, says Singapore exchange head
Aussie bank loan-loss provisions top A$11bn
Westpac absorbed the largest charge of the ‘Big Four’
Op risk data: firm-wide control fails cost Citi $400m
Also: Deutsche draws fire and AML fine over Danske trades. Data by ORX News
Asic to weigh in on Libor transition conduct risk
Australia’s markets regulator will publish guidance on firms' conduct obligations in move to RFRs
Asia moves: Asifma appoints new board chair, HSBC names new head of wealth, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Private bank of the year: Credit Suisse
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Market, interest rate risks surged at Commonwealth Bank in H1
Market RWAs jumped 129% over the first half
Rethinking compliance – New approaches to conduct risk and surveillance
Improper behaviour by employees of a financial institution that has the potential to contribute to market instability – known as conduct risk – can have severe financial, regulatory, legal and reputational ramifications. This Risk.net webinar, in…
Why Asian firms expect a major systems and data overhaul
In this feature, Bing Li, head of Asia‑Pacific, and Steffan Tsilimos, global head of interest rate derivatives products at Bloomberg, explore the implications of the Libor transition on the Asia markets and the broader market impact of the transition
Why CME couldn’t sell its reg reporting arms
Costs and competition proved fatal for Abide and Nex businesses and trade repositories
Deutsche Börse to exit regulatory reporting business
Pricing war and cost pressures force service providers to reconsider regulatory reporting businesses
A sea change – Driving awareness to confront climate risk
Amid a global push towards green policies, the reality of overhauling how industries worth trillions of dollars operate is causing concern. A forum of market participants and sponsors of this report discuss the levels of awareness of climate risk and its…
A peek inside op risk managers’ coronavirus response
Op risk managers steel their firms for looming pandemic amid an expected rise in cyber attacks
Apac CCPs: we’ve come a long, long way together
Members still gripe about arcane policies, but risk management fundamentals are strong
Top 10 op risks 2020: conduct risk
Root-and-branch reform of bank culture remains a work in progress
All aboard for LNG freight derivatives?
Tools to manage LNG freight risk were developed last year, but how is the market responding?