Financial markets
Banks urge EBA to delay risk benchmarking amid Iran conflict
Risk managers say hypothetical portfolio exercise clashes with severe market turbulence
Risk Markets Technology Awards 2026 winners’ review
Will a new wave of AI-powered assistants live up to expectations? Recognising the work of tech vendors as part of Risk Awards 2026
US Treasury clearing success depends on competition and choice
The origins of the forthcoming clearing mandate for US Treasury securities and details of the ICE clearing platform scheduled to launch by end of year
For Esma to triumph as supervisor, it must stop being Esma
Europe’s markets watchdog may soon have sweeping new powers, but experts say it will have to shed its reputation as slow, expensive and process-driven if it is to succeed
Will Taiwan lifers ramp up FX hedging amid tariff turmoil?
As TWD remains strong against the US dollar, Taiwanese life insurers are still poised to act
Amundi’s in-house expert keeping watch on Putin, Trump and Xi
Geopolitics expert Anna Rosenberg believes data and probability are key to forecasting market-moving events
‘This is not a wobble’: Brunello Rosa on the path to de-dollarisation
Digital currencies will play a central role as China challenges US hegemony, says economist
The Term €STR transition: challenges and market readiness
The progress, challenges and factors shaping the adoption of Term €STR as financial institutions transition from Euribor
Deutsche’s Americas CRO on risk-taking in choppy markets
Risk Live Boston: Risk managers must stay alive to sudden market moves, but volatility can also bring opportunity, says Jonathan Hummel
Expert vision, efficient execution
Why more investors are turning to third-party portfolio implementation platforms to maximise efficiency and impact
Iosco mimics industry codes to tackle pre-hedging dilemma
Advocates breathe sigh of relief, but Iosco release carries suggested restrictions
Pricing American options under irrational behavior in a Markov regime-switching model with a finite-element method
The authors investigate the problem of pricing American options under an irrational strategy, putting forward a method to negate this problem and demonstrate the performance of this model against alternatives.
Adapting to ever-evolving technology for trading and risk management
The challenges faced by financial institutions, and the innovative technologies and tools that are helping organisations stay ahead in the Apac financial market
Are investors betting on Kamala or Donald? Neither
Hedge funds and others shun election-based trades and rely on existing hedges to guard against surprise market moves
Dutch regulator in new push on algo manipulation
AFM teams up with Oxford Uni academics to develop data models that will identify “harmful” activity in automated trading
Ruled out: can regulators settle the pre-hedging debate?
Market participants are at odds over the practice and whether regulation or principles can settle the score
Iosco delays pre-hedging consultation to November
Review into controversial practice splits industry
Rates markets rattled as tech outage hits broker pricing feeds
Dealers widened spreads and pulled live curves after TP Icap’s pricing feeds went offline
Bank of America’s Kris Fador elected FS-ISAC board chair
Industry consortium for cyber security also adds new board directors from Swift, PNC, Truist and CME
Can machine learning help predict recessions? Not really
Artificial intelligence models stumble on noisy data and lack of interpretability
Mission-critical risk frameworks vital for navigating volatility
Financial markets in 2023 have been marked by heightened volatility, and driven by economic uncertainty, geopolitical tension and technological disruption against a backdrop of digitisation. As the repercussions of bank failures and rising defaults…