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EU eases non-cleared margin rules for smaller players
New proposals aim to cut compliance and reporting requirements for phase five and six firms
Asian banks close out energy clients as Iran war bites
Firms with short jet fuel positions faced losses up to $100 million as initial margin soared 566%
Banks eye agentic AI to streamline KYC workflows
Execs from ING, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered tell how they plan to tap AI to optimise onboarding
Equity trading volumes surge at Canadian, Singaporean banks
Seven of eight lenders post double-digit rise in 2025, early systemic data shows
SGX fortifies its defences to ward off tomorrow’s outages
Exchange operator fosters “breach mentality” to help prepare for business disruption, explains risk chief
AI and the next era of Apac compliance
How Apac compliance leaders are preparing for the next era of AI-driven oversight
Environmental products house of the year: ENGIE
Energy giant signs raft of forward-thinking environmental deals in Apac
Derivatives house of the year, Singapore: OCBC Bank
Risk Asia Awards 2025
Global CCPs suffer record IM breaches in tariff-hit Q2
JSCC leads surge ahead of Eurex, CDCC, OCC and LCH
CVA risk hits record highs at DBS and UOB
Singaporean banks post biggest RWA increases since 2022
Global OTC derivatives jump €72trn in 2024
Europe, UK, Canada and China hit record highs, while US banks pull back
CCP default funds 35% larger than on eve of pandemic
Sixteen out of 25 clearing services had bigger buffers heading into the recent tariff turmoil compared to Q4 2019
Singaporean banks see surge in systemic risk indicators
2024 figures show underwriting activity spike across the board
SGX suffered five-hour op failure from CrowdStrike outage
First major service disruption at CCP’s Central Depository service in nine years
Thin-skinned: are CCPs skimping on capital cover?
Growth of default funds calls into question clearers’ skin in the game
Basel III slashes $78bn in RWAs from top Singapore banks
Credit and operational risk recalibrations fuel double-digit falls at DBS, OCBC and UOB
CCPs’ skin in the game drops to historic low
Clearing members bear increasing load, analysis of 15 clearing houses shows
Nine jurisdictions yet to finalise Basel III rules
Turkey and South Africa worst laggards, with no final drafts published
Derivatives house of the year, Singapore: OCBC Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2024
Best structured products support system: Goldhorse Capital – Extramile
Goldhorse Capital – a Hong Kong-headquartered fintech platform now making waves across Asia’s structured products market – wins Best structured products support system at this year’s Asia Risk Awards
SGX-DC’s prefunded resources short of stressed losses 37 days in Q2
Latest round of shorftalls linked to double-member default lay bare lack of Cover 2 requirement