North America
Quant Finance Master’s Guide 2019
Risk.net’s guide to the world’s leading quant master’s programmes, featuring a ranking of the top 15 schools
Basel’s archaic op risk taxonomy gets a makeover
Industry moves to revise out-of-date categories that feature risks such as cheque fraud
Sponsored video: Thomas Lee, Vivo Security
Thomas Lee, chief executive and co-founder of Vivo Security – a start-up firm based in Silicon Valley and sponsors at OpRisk North America – talks about how special the banking industry is to Vivo Security and why its approach to model risk management…
Cyber security expert issues call to modernise Patriot Act
OpRisk North America: current policies make it difficult to share information on cyber attacks
Credit data: Brexit gloom lifting for UK companies?
David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark looks at the most recent trends in bank-sourced credit data
People: Shell’s Quartermain replaces Muller
Other moves at Morgan Stanley, Gunvor, Macquarie and others
US Treasury hands CCP resolution powers to FDIC
Mnuchin regulatory review explicitly refers to FDIC as receiver under a Title II resolution
OCC warns on cyber risks from subpar patches at US banks
Regulator says banks have good track record overall, but exams reveal weaknesses
Mnuchin: new Glass-Steagall would not separate banks
US treasury secretary’s stance on banking reform appears to contrast with that of Donald Trump
OFR leads US push for mandatory adoption of LEIs
Berner says his bureau could use repo-reporting project to drive uptake of legal entity identifiers
E&P firms reluctant to hedge in wake of oil collapse
US shale drillers expected to suffer as hedges expire in the second half of 2015
Natural gas house of the year: BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas sees opportunity amid shale boom and withdrawal of other banks
Oil prices collapse: assessing the ‘known unknowns’
Vincent Kaminski explores the potential dangers lurking in oil markets
E&P firms restructure hedges amid oil price plunge
Upstream companies look to cash in on in-the-money positions
There is plenty of life left in US natural gas
Winter 2013 shows potential for volatility, argues Kaminski
Q&A: NAIC's CEO and president on group supervision, systemic risk and captives
The standard-setters
NAIC calls for coordination of US and international systemic risk regimes
Financial Stability Board's G-Sii regime should be consistent with US Sifi rules, says NAIC chief
Hedge fund managers not ready for AIFMD
Two-fifths of hedge fund managers are waiting for the finalisation of EU regulations before taking action to become compliant, according to a survey by Preqin on implementation of AIFMD
US distributor of the year: Incapital
US distributor of the year: Incapital
Talent fuels growth of Asian hedge fund industry
Asian advancement
Special report: The Americas
Special report: The Americas
JVB Financial hires Tessar to help drive distribution expansion
John Tessar will add his 15 years' structured products experience to JVB Financial's expansion drive in North America
Carbon tax here to stay: Alberta energy minister
Alberta, Canada, home to the world’s third largest oil reserves, will await further federal government moves before upping its own emissions limits or developing a carbon cap-and-trade scheme