Competition
Risk and finance – Better together
Changing regulations and new accounting standards are creating enormous challenges for financial organisations. Thorsten Hein, principal product marketing manager, risk research and quantitative solutions at SAS, explores why, to successfully meet these…
Risk FX Briefing: Event insights
What lies ahead for investment managers
Banks use machine learning to ‘augment’ corporate sales
Big banks are embarking on massive projects to tie up machine learning and big data to sell better to clients
Taking the lead on financial crime regulatory compliance
Increased scrutiny of anti-money laundering and customer due-diligence procedures means banks must create more efficient and effective systems. A recent webinar conducted by Risk.net and IBM discussed how leading banks are utilising artificial…
Risk Markets Technology Awards 2019: Vendors enter the pick-and-mix era
Modular tech and micro-services – plus new risk and regulatory needs – are creating openings for insurgents and incumbents
Bank risk, bank bailouts and sovereign capacity during a financial crisis: a cross-country analysis
This paper analyzes the competitive effects of government bailout expectations on bank risk using a sample of banks in OECD countries from 2005 to 2015.
Obstacles and opportunities in adopting cloud computing
Sponsored Q&A
EU seeks US-style freedom to delay rules
Power to grant “no-action relief” appears in proposals from EU Council and Parliament
Institutional ETF trading: Liquidity improving, trade sizes growing
Sponsored survey report: Jane Street
Banks cry foul over LCH compression policy changes
Allocation of compression slots favours TriOptima over competitors, critics say
Swap spreads halve as dealers fight for corporate market share
US bank push, rate movements and evolving market practice driving spreads to “suicidal” levels
Bank merger ban key to stability, conference hears
"Hypercompetition" fatal to UK and US banks
Banks held back e-trading for swaps, new lawsuit alleges
Icap and Tradeweb also named as defendants
Bank clients see cross-sell pressure in swaps and clearing
Clients get a harder sell – but say they still have enough choice – as regulators circle
Energy stirs political passions around the globe
Keystone XL, Russia, position limits and the ‘big six’ draw strong views
UK electricity market likely to be hit by CMA probe
Power market shake-up on the cards, say industry observers
Competition in bank-provided payment services
Relative competition in payment services assessed by new frontier-based method
UK power market licence changes ‘no silver bullet’
Ofgem hopes moves will boost liquidity for small suppliers
White paper: Competing in a new highly regulated industry - how banks need to consider their IT infrastructure
The global credit crisis exposed the weaknesses inherent in the risk management and IT infrastructures employed by banks. Learn how these weaknesses can be overcome to increase competitiveness and reduce risks.
EC investigating collusion in CDS market – Almunia
European competition commissioner confirms probe of banks' attempts to scupper CDS trading platforms
Eurozone faces “intractable” problems, says BarCap economist
Eurozone faces stunning economic and financial challenges, says Julian Callow, chief European economist at Barclays Capital.
RBS fined £29 million for sharing pricing information
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has settled with the OFT for breaking competition rules with Barclays