Investment
Putting automations on autopilot – Getting the most from RPA programmes
Over the past two years, robotic process automation (RPA) has taken the energy industry by storm. As organisations are forced to do more with less, tools that allow companies to gain efficiencies, reduce cost and improve performance are critical
Corporate equity performance and changes in firm characteristics
The authors' findings affirm prior work illustrating the importance of profitability, size, liquidity, momentum and market returns, although we observe minimal evidence of the importance of investment in capital expenditures.
EU bond issuance and the impact on the derivatives landscape
This webinar explores the implications of EU bond issuance, how it impacts the derivatives market, and the opportunities and challenges a relatively fast pace of new debt issuance has created for market participants
People moves: new CRO at LCH, changes at Natixis investment bank, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Quants say they can fix value’s broken ratio
Price-to-book metric can be tailored to the new economy, researchers believe
Asia moves: Allianz adds two to China, Allen & Overy appoints new partner, and more
Latest job news across the industry
How can banks drive value from risktech investment?
Jeroen van Doorsselaere and Steve Hostettler, Wolters Kluwer Finance Risk and Regulatory Reporting, discuss the key findings from a recent Risk.net survey exploring the challenges, priorities and trends influencing risk teams’ investment decisions and…
Sharpening risktech’s cutting edge – Maximising value from risktech investment
This Risk.net survey report, commissioned by Wolters Kluwer, explores the current challenges, priorities and trends influencing banks’ investment in risk technology, and assesses how they can drive better value in the future
Haitong set for warrants wins as China sanctions hit US banks
China securities firm doubles HKEX warrant output as US banks pull listed products on vetoed names
Trading heads call for reform of double volume caps
Asset managers endorse UK move on caps and back changes to EU’s unloved share trading restrictions
Asia moves: HSBC appoints Apac CIO, Crédit Agricole names regional transaction banking head, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Asian banks bite back at big tech
Asia Risk 25: Asian lenders eye technology and data to help tame disruptors on their turf
Family office investing – Special report 2020
Even before the tumultuous events of 2020, many wealthy family investors across Asia were becoming more careful with their investments – wary that the longest bull market in history had to end sometime. Their prudence proved well judged when storm clouds…
Machine learning will create new sales-bots – UBS’s Nuti
Technologists working to automate indications of interest from trading desks
People news: Yarian leaves HSBC, Goldman’s Lemkau joins MSD Partners, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Asia’s private wealth giants shift gears to market-neutral
With interest rates low, structured product investors bypass capital-protected products for market-neutral strategies
Guiding Asean through Covid‑19 challenges
Chu Kok Wei, group head, treasury and markets at CIMB Group, explores how technological changes brought about by the Covid‑19 pandemic will impact traditional bricks-and-mortar banking, and how Asean banks are particularly well prepared for this…
Back to school: BlackRock uses quant quake lessons on Covid
Pandemic prompts a switch in approach from strategic to tactical
Accelerating fixed income’s risk‑on rise
Jason Waight at MarketAxess reveals how advances in data and technology are enabling faster, more agile risk-on trading strategies in today’s fixed income markets
New HKEX warrant buyers surf vol in unfamiliar waters
While stock volatility is boosting inline warrant turnover, it’s driving bets more suited to wholesale products
A winning formula – Risk’s rising role in investment strategy
Risk.net surveyed 124 asset managers and hedge funds to explore the changing role risk offices play in the evolution of investment strategies, from early-stage product development through to portfolio management and re-evaluation, and the key financial,…
Ratings can still sharpen credit risk picture
Study shows even the most modern default models benefit from adding credit rating information
GRC product of the year: Financial Risk Solutions
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Equally diversified or equally weighted?
New diversification measure enables construction of equally diversified portfolios