Collateralised loan obligations (CLOs)
Staying ahead of financial crime: powered by the cloud
A webinar exploring how to safeguard your institution and customers from financial crime with the speed and agility of the cloud
Varying responses from defined benefit pension schemes as TCFD requirements come into force
Zoi Fletcher speaks to Simon Robinson, director of product management at Moody’s Analytics, about how the industry and DB pension schemes are responding to the TCFD recommendations
Op risk data: Allianz dealt a $4bn blow for not-so-Alpha Funds
Also: Credit Suisse cops two cartel shops; banks get slapped in gender pay gap. Data by ORX News
US Treasury urged to investigate private equity insurers
Senate banking committee chair says Athene and other PE-owned firms take more risk, may hold less capital
Apollo, KKR, Ares and the Bermudan CLO arbitrage
‘Capital efficiency’ may explain a 1,100% surge in life assets reinsured on the Atlantic island
Emerging trends in op risk
Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…
How PGGM made 11% a year selling credit protection to banks
Dutch investor expects returns to drop over time unless rising inflation widens risk premia
Libor countdown clinic #2
There is still a lot to do ahead of the Libor cessation deadline, and predicting the story’s closing chapter is not easy. This webinar explores what is left to prepare, who’s ahead, what they’ve done and how they’ve done it.
Assessing climate risk in bond portfolios
Running climate stress tests on bond portfolios is a nascent exercise for many asset managers. MSCI looks at what to consider when optimising bond portfolios for climate exposures
The impact of European gas prices on climate goals
As governments increase their focus on climate change following the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, ZE Power asks whether high gas prices in Europe could derail decarbonisation efforts
Building resilience into ESG risk management
Risk and resilience continue to play an important role in the navigation of an increasingly uncertain world. Fusion Risk Management explores why it is equally crucial for technology to support organisations in addressing pertinent environmental, social…
Moving from risk to resilience: making your organisation anti-fragile
Moving from basic risk management to real resilience is a critical capability organisations must strive to attain. Teams are seeking to quickly mature resilience as businesses, countries and economies reopen (and, in some cases, close again) in the wake…
Data-driven execution: looking back to see forward
Reviewing favourable outcomes and attempting to replicate them is by no means a new concept across the capital markets. Portfolio managers, execution professionals and risk managers use this principle to drive their decisions, although it is really only…
Measuring climate risk: what’s possible now
Governmental and societal pressure on banks and asset managers to help manage climate risk and disclose progress toward a sustainable future is high. Institutions are working to quantify the impact of climate change on their balance sheets and want to…
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
Next-generation ESG derivatives
Amid increasing concern for the future of the planet, the demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has grown significantly. As such, global investors are looking for tools to support the development of sustainable portfolios. ESG…
How Athora uses its ties to Apollo to boost returns
European life insurer boosts returns by sourcing loan assets directly from private equity firm
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
Insurers’ favourite credit rating becomes more expensive
US institutions face a dilemma: go up a rating and lose yield or go down a rating and increase risk
Even Covid couldn’t stop insurers buying risky CLO tranches
NAIC rules make mezzanine debt more attractive than AAAs or corporate bonds with similar ratings
Navigating UMR with the right partnership
The importance of uncleared margin rules (UMR) was brought sharply into view by the collapse of Archegos Capital Management at the end of March, resulting in more than $10 billion in losses at several prime brokers. IHS Markit considers how partnerships…
Botched fallbacks leave CLOs facing early Libor switch
Nearly two-thirds of CRE securitisations issued since 2019 have already triggered fallback clauses
Citi-led consortium plans multibank CLO trading platform
‘Project Octopus’ aims to fend off independent platforms eyeing a push into CLOs
Credit migration: generating generators
A stochastic time change helps the modelling of rating transition