Capital markets
Modifying market risk management – A year into the Covid‑19 pandemic
This webinar explores how capital markets participants revised their market risk management practices during the height of Covid-19 pandemic-induced market volatility and what this means for the future
Developments in the EU bond market
Jutta Frey-Hartenberger and Lee Bartholomew of the Eurex fixed income product development team discuss the take-up and demand for support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency bonds and Next Generation European Union bonds among the investor…
Generating alpha – ETF appeal grows for Asia-focused investors
The Asia ETF Forum 2020 concluded with stimulating discussions among participants from the exchanged-traded funds (ETFs) industry. In this article, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited summarises the topics covered in the forum, including…
People news: Yarian leaves HSBC, Goldman’s Lemkau joins MSD Partners, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
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
Libor transition readiness – The current narrative
The decommission of Libor is making a huge imprint on the global financial services sector. The transition from Libor to alternative reference rates may just be the largest financial engineering project the world has ever seen. While the capital markets…
How energy firms can keep up with the pace of digital change
In this webinar, a panel discusses what organisations should keep in mind as they embark on their digitalisation journey, the challenges of which they need to be aware to be aware and what is next on the horizon
Dealers vie with Markit to electronify bond issuance
Competing platforms could split the market for new issuance in Europe and the US
‘Improving’ Mifid post-trade transparency splits markets
Mooted changes to Europe’s transparency regime are dividing markets – largely along functional lines
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…
Calculating fair valuations for securities – The underlying complexities of trading fixed income
While some things have changed significantly over the past two decades across the capital markets, others have ostensibly remained the same. Take, for example, the challenge facing capital markets firms when calculating fair valuations for the securities…
Transforming trading, risk and operations
Capital markets technology firm, Murex, enjoyed outstanding success in the Risk Awards 2020. Amid fierce competition, the firm was named technology vendor of the year, and picked up a further five gongs in the Risk Markets Technology Awards
Treasurers turn to AI in bid for sharper forecasting
Wider automation could usher in future of ‘hands-free hedging’, but obstacles lurk in data standards and sharing
Asia moves: Natixis hires Asia M&A chief, Deutsche Bank picks north Asia head, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Why Europe’s markets might need Mifid III
Lawmakers leaning towards small-scale review, others call for fuller rewrite
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
Climate risk taxonomy close, but still a moving target – EC
FCA warns of ‘greenwashing’
Seamless integration – Drivers of and barriers to cloud adoption
Siarhei Niaborski, executive vice-president of risk at CompatibL, discusses the rate of cloud adoption in the capital markets industry and its possible drivers and barriers, how firms can derive maximum value from cloud usage and the criteria on which…
Crash risk exposure, diversification and cost of equity capital: evidence from a natural experiment in China
Based on a broad sample of Chinese listed firms for the period 2001–10, this study investigates the effect of stock price crash risk exposure on the cost of equity capital and uses the split share structure reform as an exogenous shock to test whether…
Harnessing AI to achieve Libor transition
Chris Dias, principal at KPMG, explains how the vast increase in accuracy that artificial intelligence (AI) offers when dealing with large volumes of complex agreements is crucial to exploring the market opportunities and mitigating the risks of the…
RMB house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Risk Technology Awards 2019: Making machines more helpful
Machine learning can be too efficient; now, vendors are looking for ways to make it more accurate. Clive Davidson looks at the stories behind this year’s Risk Technology Awards
Risk premia strategies – Lessons learned for the future
After a difficult 2018, investors are increasingly wary of risk premia, concerned that factors leading to underperformance might be a recurring problem. Imene Moussa, executive director at UBS, clarifies this issue