Iran
Top 10 operational risks for 2026
Industry shares intel on biggest collective threats, as well as remedies and loss gauges
What futures and options say about the cost of war
Spot prices reveal major disruption, futures indicate this will pass, options imply ongoing instability
Ice CDS volumes surge as investors hedge Iran shock
Single-name volumes outpace indexes as investors target specific risks
Oil clearing volumes surge at Ice, CME
Ice Europe nears Brent clearing record midway through March
Oil producers hedge rally with Brent shorts
Energy firms hedge oil spike as funds position for further gains
FCMs held record customer funds on eve of Iran war
F&O funds climbed 6% in February as seven brokers set new records
Polytechnique’s Lehalle on bottleneck models and Hormuz closure
Iran conflict raises a now-familiar problem, says quant: how to predict which goods go where
Iran conflict squeezes hedge funds’ short inflation bets
Rising gas and oil prices have sent headline inflation soaring with some funds being stopped out
Hedge funds stopped out on euro steepener amid Iran conflict
Gas price rises flattened 10s30s euro swap spread, forcing investors to cut positions
Iran strikes a stress test for CCP margin models
CME’s Span2 and Ice’s IRM2 are performing as advertised. The next few days could test their mettle
Iran conflict forces EM carry trade unwinds
Surging oil prices, rising vol and dollar flight triggered stop-outs of emerging market positions, say dealers
Op risk data: GVA and Nobitex in geopolitical risk strikes
Also: UBS chief a target of third-party data hack, internal bank frauds in Asia. Data by ORX News
Why Iran tensions failed to rattle markets
Despite initial fears, traders say risks were signposted and investors had deleveraged after April
Op risk data: Barclays bungles multi-billion-dollar note issue
Also: Russia sanctions redux; Lloyd’s of London names bullying and sexism brokerage. Data by ORX News
To offset US sanctions risk, banks bake in China loan clauses
Global lenders seek to hedge against the threat of US sanctions on China – which seems unlikely to ease under Biden
Growing sanctions raise compliance risk for energy firms
Sanctions increase risk for energy firms as regulators step up enforcement, writes maritime data expert
Top 10 op risks 2020: geopolitical risk
Nationalism, trade wars and epidemics make for a heady cocktail
Top 10 operational risk losses of 2019
Fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, subprime (still) and rogue trading – and Citi crops up twice. Data by ORX News
FBI sees steep rise in state-sponsored cyber theft
Risk USA: Impact of US sanctions driving theft “to fund coffers”, says special agent
Energy firms grapple with rising customer risk
A case study on developing dynamic risk-based customer screening
Burden of implementing US sanctions now firmly on energy firms
Energy firms must now screen operations of every vessel they deal with, writes maritime data expert