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European regulator praises Japan’s ‘smart’ NMRF manoeuvre
Comments come after revelation that Nomura is able to reverse NMRF status for risk factors
DFAST fashion: emerging trends from 12 years of US stress tests
The banks that breach buffers, the assets that perform best under stress, and other insights from Dodd-Frank Act stress-testing exercises
The investors who aren’t fretting over Trump’s stat sulk
Some see dismissal of statistics agency chief as an assault on US institutional integrity; for others it offers a chance to throw off outdated methods
Untangling corporate actions data complexity
LSEG is developing AI capabilities and leveraging expert validation to bring structure and speed to corporate actions data
SRT growth raises fresh questions on valuation and risk
SRT growth and the implications for banks, investors and regulators
Saved by the Byrd? The fight over the OFR’s future
Dodd-Frank made it the premier data-grabber, and the financial world doesn’t like it
Nomura wins NMRF reprieve from Japan’s FSA
Relief granted due to scarcity of vendors offering pricing data for market risk models
A comprehensive explainable approach for imbalanced financial distress prediction
The authors suggest an explainable machine learning method for imbalanced financial distress prediction which uses extreme gradient boosting.
Cat on life support after appeals court ruling
Consolidated Audit Trail’s funding order setback could herald its demise
Removing the barriers to AI success
Addressing challenges of data quality and governance to scale AI for competitive advantage
Repricing risk in a global rate reset
Firms are reallocating risk exposure, evolving forecasting models and leveraging deep macroeconomic data to uncover patterns and challenge assumptions
More than half of banks manage change as an operational risk
Others are moving to incorporate it into risk taxonomies, although some now treat it as a cause, citing supervisory guidance
A paradigm shift for prepayment risk assessment
For MBS investors, the ability to link data to specific loans and securities offers more precise analysis, alongside other advances in data and analytics
Best in-house risk data initiative: EFG Bank
EFG Bank’s Digital Risk Pilot unifies risk data, enhances analytics and reporting, and empowers decision-makers with enterprise-wide insights
Amundi’s in-house expert keeping watch on Putin, Trump and Xi
Geopolitics expert Anna Rosenberg believes data and probability are key to forecasting market-moving events
Are EU banks buying cloud from Lidl’s middle aisle?
As European banks seek to diversify from US cloud hyperscalers, a supermarket group is becoming an unlikely new supplier
Esma sounds out industry for ways to cut reporting burden
Markets watchdog asks consultative groups for ideas to simplify reporting rules
Data and analytics firm of the year: LSEG Data & Analytics
Energy Risk Awards 2025: Firm’s vast datasets and unique analytics deliver actionable insights into energy transition trends
Hedging advisory firm of the year: AEGIS Hedging
Energy Risk Awards 2025: Advisory firm’s advanced tech offers clients enhanced clarity in volatile times
Did fintech loans default more during the Covid-19 pandemic? Were fintech firms “cream-skimming” the best borrowers?
The authors propose a model which can be used to identify the "invisible prime" consumers from the nonprime pool for fintech loans.
Gaussian GenAI: synthetic market data generation
A method to generate financial time series with mixture models is presented
Eyes on automation as FX options volumes surge
Dealers and trading platforms are making gradual progress to electronify foreign exchange options pricing and workflows
APG upbeat on sustainability derivatives despite setbacks
Isda AGM: Dutch pension fund manager’s chief executive believes instruments have room to grow
Evalueserve tames GenAI to boost client’s cyber underwriting
Firm’s insurance client adopts machine learning to interrogate risk posed by hackers