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‘Holes’ in new UK regulatory net worry trading venues
Regulated venues say rival firms might unfairly escape oversight in activities such as blocking trades and price aggregation
From ‘cottage industry’ to quant-ready: prop data at JP Morgan
Unique information now “table stakes” for brokers as they compete for new clients
Applying scenario analysis to climate risk
Matthew Lightwood, director, risk solutions at Conning, discusses the application of stochastic modelling with scenario analysis to quantify climate risk in a portfolio
Institutional ETF trading – ETF traders navigate changing conditions
After years of growth and development, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have cemented their place as a mainstay in investment portfolios and trading strategies. During a year of exceptional volatility and uncertainty, traders were able to take full advantage…
Stress‑testing under Covid‑19
Stress‑testing is a challenging exercise to regularly assess a bank’s level of risk or capital adequacy. Olivier Brucker, Sunayana Mehra and Ed Young of Moody’s Analytics explore an approach that can address this, proposing an alternative methodology…
Solving the SFTR data challenge
Europe’s new rules on securities financing transactions require firms to collect and report a mass of new data. This is a challenge, but also an opportunity
Strategic preparation – The impact of the UMR phase five delay
Bruce Kellaway, global head of rates, securities and collateral at LCH, discusses the most likely instruments to be pushed into the cleared world as a result of phase five implementation, the tactics firms use to drive efficiency in exchange threshold…
Leveraging technology to address modernisation challenges faced by bank treasuries
Today, bank treasuries are required to take on a greater job scope with an increased level of responsibility. In addition to an increased workload, treasuries must also deal with the realities of limited budgets that prevent them from optimally executing…
Why credit risk managers need to see around corners
The Covid‑19 pandemic – and the subsequent extreme volatility – has exposed the fragility of long-established market and supply chain systems, affecting borrowers’ ability to repay debt. David Croen, global head of credit risk products at Bloomberg,…
Switching CCP – How and why?
As uncertainty surrounding Brexit continues and the impacts of Covid-19-driven market volatility are analysed, it is essential for banks and their end-users to understand their clearing options, and how they can achieve greater capital and cross…
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Extreme volatility – Rising to the fair valuations challenge
Capital markets firms of all sizes continue to grapple with the challenge of developing fair valuations for the illiquid and hard-to-value securities they hold. While this scenario isn’t likely to be resolved anytime soon, there are specialist providers…
Counterparty credit risk – Why data is only valuable in context
Paul Whitmore, global head of counterparty risk solutions at Fitch Solutions, explains how qualitative data can add colour and insight to quantitative metrics for assessing the creditworthiness of counterparty banks
Implementing Basel IV in Asia-Pacific – Mapping out the next steps
This webinar explores the current pain points and provides insights on Basel IV implementation in Apac, addressing the most common challenges and what it takes to transform to a Basel IV-compliant financial institution
Three strategic priorities to meet the new FFIEC regulations
This webinar analyses the key challenges and strategic priorities for firms to meet the evolving requirements for operational resilience
Dealers turn to mid-cap and EM deal-contingent trades
Premiums of more than 25% are attractive to banks battling low vol and increasing competition
ICAAP/ILAAP – Unlocking business value from capital and liquidity assessment
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital adequacy and assessment process (ICAAP) and internal liquidity adequacy assessment process (ILAAP) important tools in managing risk. The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) updated guidance – which came into effect…
Credit risk – The bank data challenge in frontier markets
As the regulatory net tightens, banks working in and across frontier regions are under pressure to source and maintain more accurate data in the assessment of counterparty credit risk, but some are investing in tools to tackle the problem
ICAAP/ILAAP – How can banks improve the process?
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital and liquidity adequacy assessment processes (ICAAP/ILAAP) – important tools in managing risk
ICAAP/ILAAP – What’s new and what’s next?
The European Central Bank’s ICAAP and ILAAP guidelines aim to harmonise European banks’ approach to capital and liquidity management
Smarter trading in a fragmented world
FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask foreign exchange industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped forex markets in Asia
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
MVA taking the long road to acceptance
Four years on, the adjustment is still not a standard part of non-cleared swap pricing
The problem with GRC
Boards may care more about products and profits than governance, risk and compliance (GRC). But without an effective GRC programme, the fun soon stops when trouble calls, says Michael Gibbs, chief executive of SureStep Risk + Analytics