Governance
ESG strategies: special report 2021
This Risk.net special report comprises a series of articles that reflect on the latest initiatives for consistent standardised global frameworks for measuring ESG, consider the methodologies investors are using to make measurable progress for people and…
ESG strategy, investment and risk
Sponsored Q&A
Hints on quantification approaches
Tiziano Bellini, head of risk integration competence line, international markets at Prometeia, examines the key components of successful model risk management, focusing on the importance of integration, processes, governance and IT solutions to…
Managing physical and financial risk in today’s volatile commodities markets
This webinar examines what firms are doing to modernise their IT systems to get better control on their risk measures and key performance indicators across their physical and financial businesses.
The wild world of credit models
The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a kind of schizophrenia in loan-loss models. When the pandemic hit, banks overprovisioned for credit losses on the assumption that the economy would head south. But when government stimulus packages put wads of cash in…
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 and AI: addressing increasing regulation for smarter compliance
This webinar features leading compliance and risk management professionals and focuses on how firms can handle regulatory change management, fraud prevention, AML and other compliance needs through the use of an optimal data and AI foundation built for…
China’s first global multi-asset index embedding ESG criteria
China Minsheng Bank explores its joint initiative alongside Societe Generale – the Minsheng multi-asset ESG global allocation index – and its objective to provide investors across several regions with balanced returns from assets with ESG criteria…
Ethical derivatives strive to win over sceptics
New Isda standards are latest move to overcome client “hesitancy” to use contracts linked to ESG targets
Societe Generale links FX algo fees to ESG targets
Clients face penalties if they fail to meet sustainability criteria during algo rental period
AI helps one investor screen targets against UN ethical goals
PanAgora develops two-stage process that aims to weed out the greenwashers
The sticky question of Europe’s oil-ridden ESG funds
NN Investment Partners SFDR fund holds 91% of investments in oil and gas companies
The changing shape of bank credit risk post-Covid‑19
As banks and fellow market participants manage a return to some sense of normality following the Covid-19 pandemic, what are the likely long-term implications for data and credit risk management?
An approach to simultaneously assess operational risk and maturity levels in information technology management
The aim of this paper is to investigate the operational risk and maturity level of IT in an anonymized financial institution, based on the American Productivity and Quality Center benchmark and control objectives for information and related technologies.
Unlocking the potential of a firm-wide and systematic approach to operational resilience
This webinar explores best practices in response to regulatory policy and supervisory guidance, offering practical approaches to achieve a mature and robust operational resilience programme
Risk governance, market competition and operational risk disclosure quality: a study of the ASEAN-5 banking sector
This paper investigates the impact of risk governance and market competition on banks' operational risk disclosure (ORD) quality (total and voluntary) in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) banking sector
Acadian builds ‘green screen’ to auto-filter ESG phoneys
$110 billion quant investor creates automated system to spot greenwashers
Insider fraud – Getting security and controls right
Even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, insider threats were reported to be increasing with 48% of firms indicating that incidents were on the rise within their organisations. Where are so many firms going astray?
ESG derivatives – From equity to fixed income and beyond
In a Risk.net webinar convened in association with Eurex, panellists discuss the rising demand for and their own experiences of using and developing ESG derivatives, their views on future developments and the challenges of growing the market
Ethical ratings stir debate over saints and sinners
Asset manager Aegon hits out at “flawed” ESG ratings methodologies
EU bond issuance and the impact on the derivatives landscape
Risk and finance professionals convened for a Risk.net webinar in association with Eurex to discuss the impact of the European Union’s groundbreaking Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency – known as Sure – Next Generation EU bond…