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Bank balancing: optimising margin and capital in a higher rate environment
This Risk.net paper, featuring leading practitioner insights, assesses the challenges banks are facing in the new higher-for-longer interest rate environment, and the strategies and tools they are using to optimise margin and capital on their derivatives…

Apac banks put trust in pre-trade
Amid tougher trading conditions, Apac banks are making greater use of pre‑trade analytics to inform their strategies and reduce risk. But how successful are these tools?

Mounting pressure to capture real-time exposures spurs data aggregation efforts
A range of market factors and technological advances is driving the need for real-time data and analytics, and persuading firms to move away from their risk management infrastructures. In a recent Risk Live panel session sponsored by KWA Analytics,…
New developments in XVA: an inside view on bank strategy in a changing world
This webinar addresses market issues and explores banks' strategies for optimising capital efficiency, shedding light on how banks are adapting to changing regulation, how they minimise the impact of market volatility on capital requirements and how…
The future of capital raising in Asia: inside Crédit Agricole CIB’s client-centric solution offerings
Asia’s fixed income markets represent a pool of prospects in which investors can allocate capital to markets that are relatively isolated from global macroeconomic trends
DTCC’s blockchain for CDS trades finds no takers
Clients shun DLT connectivity to centralised swaps database in favour of the cloud
Fixed income ‘big 3’ tap Finbourne for EU consolidated tape bid
Bloomberg, Tradeweb and MarketAxess select tech partner to jumpstart cash bond tape ambitions
Barclays, Deutsche, Credit Suisse take $437m hit on leveraged loans
Higher interest rates eroded value of facilities stuck in pre-syndication during Q3
Machine learning models: the validation challenge
Machine learning models are seeing increasing demand across the capital markets spectrum. But how can firms improve their chances of gaining internal and regulatory approval for these type of models?
Markets Technology Awards 2022 winner's interview: swissQuant
Joe Kenel, capital markets technologies at swissQuant, discusses the technology solutions provider's Central counterparty clearing support product of the year win at the Markets Technology Awards
Bond issues stumble on liquidity drought – Aviva treasurer
Insurer’s £500 million RT1 notes narrowly avoid market freeze as ECB ends asset purchases
Ukrainian debt holders brace for restructure
Investors could see a 40% haircut on the bonds, but it’s never that simple
Asia moves: Senior hires at Barclays, Crédit Agricole and more
Latest job news from across the industry
Emission impossible? Why voluntary offsets may not be scalable
As finance looks to shape decarbonisation in its own image, critics wonder if its efforts are misplaced
Asia moves: Senior hires at Citi, Crédit Agricole and more
Latest job news across the industry
Sustainable finance, Ibor transition and China bond investment take centre stage
Sustainable finance, moving to risk-free rates, and the further liberalisation of China’s capital markets will all remain a focus for Crédit Agricole CIB in Asia-Pacific
Tradeweb’s head of Asia reflects on the firm's year of connecting China’s investor community with global financial markets
James Sun, industry veteran and Tradeweb's head of Asia, talks about the firm's 2021 Asia-Pacific highlights, including the evolution of mainland China’s financial markets and how Bond Connect’s Southbound channel is streamlining Chinese investors’…
Does economic policy uncertainty exacerbate corporate financial distress risk?
This paper adds to the literature on factors driving distress risk and the economic consequences of economic policy uncertainty, and it provides a basis for enterprises to respond to changes in policies.
Top venues mull offering joint EU consolidated tape
Market participants worry venue-led CT is designed to protect high-cost data services
Helping firms make the most informed business decisions
Stephane Rio, founder and CEO of Opensee, discusses the extent of the data challenges facing all capital markets firms
Technology vendor of the year: NICE Actimize
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Fund industry bristles at rush to re-write MMF rules
ICI questions regulators’ assumptions about the role MMFs played in Covid-19 liquidity crunch
Next-generation technologies and the future of trading
At a Risk.net webinar in association with capital markets technology provider Numerix, panellists discuss the potential for increased adoption of the public cloud to boost investment performance, its impact on risk management and overcoming barriers to…