Political risk
Sandbar's focus on idiosyncratic factors sets it apart from its peers in equity market‑neutral
With investors sometimes struggling to find hedge funds that deliver uncorrelated, consistent returns, Sandbar Asset Management stands out from its peers. Its success in running an equity market-neutral strategy is a reflection of its founder and chief…
Engle: rise in geopolitical risks may be overestimated
Risk USA: Nobel laureate’s new ‘Geovol’ model suggests geopolitical risk no higher than during past 20 years
A tech-driven transformation
A panel of experts explores how greater collaboration between risk and finance teams can garner significant benefits and add value, how technological innovation is making the regulatory landscape more complicated to navigate and produce transformative…
Risk FX Briefing: Event insights
What lies ahead for investment managers
Santander tames its trading risk
Group value-at-risk falls 40% in 2018
Credit data: how US industries have fared under Trump
At the halfway point in the administration, time for a credit check, writes David Carruthers
Investors warm to quant tools to gauge political risk
Many funds have lost confidence in traditional ways of measuring political risk
Nex’s Spencer on tech, Brexit and the UK’s identity crisis
Risk30: Icap founder fears return of exchange controls under a Labour government
‘We’re being fed a line’: investors vexed by central bank influence
Buy-siders say central bank communications policies broke link between markets and political risk
Quant funds plan to ‘skip the day’ after French election
Some model-driven investors see signs of crowding in short volatility trades
Doubts grow over US FRTB implementation
Fragmented roll-out would price European banks “out of the market”
SEC derivatives rule on the chopping block
Exposure cap for mutual funds likely to be scrapped, but segregation proposals may survive
Draghi’s euro-exit redenomination hedge
Marcello Minenna says new ECB policy effectively hedges QE bond purchases
Brexit preparations block Mifid third-country guidance
EU authorities see keeping rules vague as a way to maximise leverage in negotiations with UK
Brexit and financial regulation: a delicate negotiation
The UK needs access, the EU needs regulatory data, but a mutually beneficial deal could be elusive
Swinburne hits out at ‘politicised’ EU equivalence process
Politics could further frustrate equivalence decisions in the future, particularly after Brexit, warns MEP
Trump casts a shadow over US swap stays legislation
Changes to agency heads could delay or derail a vital part of bank resolution rules
Op risk survey shows the insidious effects of political risk
Rise in geopolitical turmoil drives other risk factors, suggests a network analysis of 2017's survey
Top 10 operational risks for 2017
Risk.net presents the top 10 operational risks of 2017, as chosen by risk practitioners
Cyber is top op risk for 2017, say CROs
This year's Top 10 Operational Risks survey highlights sharp rise in geopolitical risk following Brexit and Trump election
How will banks suffer large op risk losses in the future?
Eight interlocking trends mean more multi-billion-dollar losses to come
Don’t use structured products to bet on politics, say issuers
Structured Products Europe: Panellists speak of Brexit hedges backfiring and Trump win confounding expectations
Trump win forces rethink of investment risk assumptions
Risk management preparations confounded by day that shifted from risk off to risk on
Trump victory: market whipsaw could spell exotics losses
Seesawing markets prompt speculation of big losses for structured product issuers