Modelling
Insurers grapple with model complexity pressures
Insurers’ risk and investment models are becoming more sophisticated – but will greater complexity limit their usefulness? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
US insurers overhaul lapse risk assumptions
Switch to predictive models to provide better understanding of risk
Regulators should keep internal models
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is looking closely at the use of supervisor-approved internal models by banks, but the alternatives, such as a leverage ratio, are not a realistic option, argues Uwe Gaumert
Liability modelling speeds boosted by computer games technology
As insurers look for ways to improve the speed of their modelling calculations, some are turning to microprocessors originally developed for computer graphics in games consoles to increase calculation times. But while graphical processing units can…
Hedge fund valuation practices under scrutiny
Under pressure from regulators and investors, hedge funds are establishing robust pricing policies for hard-to-value assets.Rubber stamping the manager's pricing model is no longer acceptable
What Libor reform will change – and what it won’t
What Libor reform will change – and what it won’t
Physics versus finance: Science strikes back
Science strikes back
Adjoint Greeks made easy
Adjoint Greeks made easy
Quant Congress Europe: Quants should take share of blame for crisis
Quants should take their share of the blame for the crisis, and should focus on less mathematically complex models, said some panellists – although not everyone at Quant Congress Europe agreed
Is risk modelling keeping up with the energy market?
Lean times in energy and commodity derivatives trading have caused a cutback in the amount of time and resources spent on energy risk modelling – a worrying trend that could leave firms unprepared for future market challenges, argue some experts. Mark…
Insurers explore 'risk geographies' for capital modelling
Risk geographies
Cutting Edge introduction: Computation, computation, computation
Computation, computation, computation
Senior insurance executives do not understand economic capital models, KPMG survey finds
Ineffective use of economic capital frameworks 'could obscure true risk profile of firm'
Data challenge for Asia’s disparate derivatives markets
Plugging the gaps
Technology: Cloud on the horizon?
Cloud on the horizon?
Applied risk management series: modelling spreads in energy markets
Implications for valuation and risk management of spread options
Risk 25 firms of the future: Bank of England
CCPs will not be too big to fail
A model future (part II)
A model future (part II)
Don't blame the quants, says Merton
Quantitative models were unfairly criticised in the aftermath of the financial crisis, says legendary quant and co-creator of the Black-Scholes equation, but there’s plenty for quants to work on in the current environment
Risk.net poll: Basel Committee wrong to be sceptical of capital models
Readers of Risk.net vote two to one against the Basel Committee's new-found distrust of internal capital modelling
Longevity modelling must evolve
Longevity modelling must evolve