Equities
Navigating the impact of climate risk on financial stability
As uncertainty abounds on the impact climate change may have on the industry, financial services firms must best equip themselves for potential regulatory and socioeconomic changes to ensure they maximise the opportunities of embracing new best practices…
EC official: supervisors must manage Brexit trading disruption
Trading obligations won’t change, but Mifid-style forbearance possible in event of disruption
How banks game stress tests: the ‘shocking’ truth
Leaked memo exposes effort to swap out risky assets despite Fed’s push to end “window dressing”
What gold's rise means for rates, equities
It has been several years since we have seen volatility in gold. An increase in gold volatility can typically be associated with a change in sentiment and investor behavior. The precious metal has surged this year on increased demand for safe haven…
Natixis hires Boleslawski to head equities
Long-standing SG trading head arrives at French rival
Structured products – The ART of risk transfer
Exploring the risk thrown up by autocallables has created a new family of structured products, offering diversification to investors while allowing their manufacturers room to extend their portfolios, writes Manvir Nijhar, co-head of equities and equity…
Mifid redux? Esma insists on LEIs for repo collateral
Mifid-style ruling will bar firms from using securities without identifiers in financing transactions
Asia moves: Barclays picks Pecot as markets head, new Australia CEO for Credit Suisse, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
First-half trading revenues at US G-Sibs increase by a third year-on-year
Income from interest rate exposures more than tripled on H1 2018, while equity revenues increased 17%
Esma proposal may limit short-selling
Reporting requirement would bar securities without LEIs from being used in financing transactions
In hunt for yield, US insurers turn to illiquid assets
Mortgage exposures grow 72% in eight years since 2010
JP Morgan equity VAR surges 56%
Total trading VAR stood at $44 million for Q2
Asia moves: New CEOs at Credit Suisse and ANZ, Invesco gets new MD, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
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
All along the watchtower – Surveillance tools against market abuse
Surveillance tools against market abuse are enjoying a technological revolution in analytics, while anxious supervisors are also closing in on market practices. Risk.net hosted a webinar in association with NICE Actimize to analyse the threats and…
Autocall concentration weighs on dealers
Hedging headaches force issuers to seek new structured product blockbusters
Capturing alpha in Asia’s ETF market – Trends to watch in 2019
As the inclusion of China A-shares into major indexes could potentially lead to record inflows into China, 2019 is set to be an exceptional year for the Asian exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market. Meanwhile, investors in the region are increasingly eyeing…
Derivatives assets soar at eurozone insurers
Surge in values near year-end hint at hedging gains
US G-Sibs’ VAR-based charges jump 23% in Q4 2018
On aggregate, the eight G-Sibs posted a VAR-based capital charge of $2.9 billion
Equity risk amps up Citi’s VAR charges
Requirements connected to equity positions jumped 49% quarter-on-quarter
Data mining, machine learning and problems with autocalls
The week on Risk.net, January 19–25, 2019