Market risk
The case for modularity and interoperability
This report, produced by WatersTechnology and Broadridge, investigates the extent to which firms have optimized their entire trade lifecycles, the structure, challenges and interoperability of their front-office systems, and what they most value when…
JP Morgan on course to escape Collins floor
Gap between standardised and modelled RWAs at its smallest since 2016
Integrating ECL onto a stress-testing platform: portfolio composition
How to grow a portfolio that is internally consistent with a stress scenario
Banks find new uses for discarded FRTB models
Much-maligned IMA models are being upcycled and repurposed for internal risk management
Banks look back in anger as FRTB revives 1990s risk test
Institutions bemoan need for parallel framework to measure portfolios’ sensitivities to market moves
US falls behind in race to match Europe’s FRTB launch date
Recent US bank failures could jeopardise planned January 2025 start date for Basel III
Leaders’ panel: risk culture 2.0: redefining attitudes and behaviours in an era of change
Amid an increasingly complex risk landscape, regulators’ expectations around culture and conduct have become more stringent.
ESG strategies special report
This Risk.net special report sponsored by SAS features 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…
Integrating ECL onto a stress-testing platform: credit risk characteristics
How credit loss in the ECL process can leverage changes in the credit risk profile of a portfolio during a stress scenario
Op risk data: Stanford fraud haunts banks for billions
Also: Helaba’s crank capital relief; TSE stock price sanction; 1MDB mauls Mudabala. Data by ORX News
Integrating ECL onto a stress-testing platform: scenarios
Strategies for producing stress-testing ECL values that comply with IFRS 9, as well as CECL standards
Small banks set for 2% capital reduction under Basel III
Lower leverage ratio requirements expected to offset Tier 1 capital increases for credit risk and output floor
Reading between the fines: a deep dive into financial institution penalties in 2022
Fenergo’s latest research report on financial institution penalties in 2022 is available now. Key analysis shows that fine values in Apac were just 0.77% of what they were in 2021
VAR tail grew fatter at Bank of America in 2022
Gap between 95% and 99% confidence levels widens to 10-year record
Value-at-risk and the global financial crisis
The authors investigate the forecasting ability of bank VaR estimates around the 2007-9 financial crisis using daily data from seven international banks, finding systemic overstating of VaR either side of the financial crisis and mixed performance during…
Nordea’s market RWAs drop 20% on Q4 SVAR cut
Last quarter marked reversal of fortunes after 30-month high hit in June
‘Hung’ leveraged loans push Barclays’ VAR to 10-year high
Trading risk gauge hit a peak of £73 million in Q4, £2 million shy of 2012 peak
SocGen’s VAR up 33% in Q4
Gap with French rival BNP Paribas shrinks to just €9 million, the least since mid-2020
SEB’s market RWAs drop 20% as FX positions recede
Fall in currency exposures below EU’s threshold in Q4 reversed Skr5.3bn RWA hit from previous quarter
Finma cools off UBS’s VAR model overhaul
Estimated $1.3bn RWA benefit temporarily offset by regulatory add-on
Goldman’s VAR drops 20% in Q4
Retreat led by commodities and interest rate risk
Collateralised exposure modelling: bridging the gap risk
Concentration, leverage and correlations may affect a collateralised equity swap portfolio
US banks’ loss-to-VAR ratios fell in Q3
Largest daily trading losses were on average 84% of forecast, compared with 105% in Q2
SPIVA® institutional scorecard
In this white paper, we measure how well actively managed funds stack up against their index benchmarks over short- and long-term periods