Risk Live
Bond issues stumble on liquidity drought – Aviva treasurer
Insurer’s £500 million RT1 notes narrowly avoid market freeze as ECB ends asset purchases
Ex-Deutsche CRO: banks face hundreds of billions in climate fines
Banks risk becoming a “whipping dog” in the fight against climate change, says departing risk chief
GFXC launches tool to spur buy-side adoption of FX code
Standard-setter aims to overcome “lukewarm” buy-side response with web-based prototype tool
European banks can’t escape SA-CCR hit, warns FX exec
Although not yet directly affected, EU dealers may feel regulation’s impact, says Goldman’s Wilkins
LGIM’s climate modelling shows ‘point of no return’ in 2025
Cost of limiting global warming to 1.5°C will become too great for economy within 36 months
Don’t just reach for the ’70s inflation playbook – CROs
Lack of inflation experience on risk teams not a concern, buy-siders say
Market’s mystery jumps might be predictable after all
Endogenous volatility has a tell-tale pattern, quants find
Investment flow tracking is next ‘frontier’ for alpha
Risk Live: Flows impact asset prices more than widely believed and may be more predictable – quants
Risk Live playback: Citi’s Andrew Morton on rates markets
Citi’s co-head of markets tips EU bonds to rival USTs, and backs batch auctions as alternative to Clobs
Quantum computing experts voice explainability fears
Risk Live: big speed-ups for quantum-powered models could prompt bigger questions from regulators
EU regulators want Basel sign-off before leverage ratio changes
Risk Live: Benefits of temporary leverage exemptions still to be determined, ECB official says
Risk Live playback: BlackRock’s Fishwick on buy-side risk
BlackRock’s co-head of risk discusses challenges facing firms today, including compliance and op risks
UBS exec: first trades via USC could take place this year
Risk Live: utility settlement coin project backed by group of banks moving “incredibly fast”
Banks and prop shops expect more trading tie-ups
Risk Live: White-labelling a new battleground, with Barclays, BNP, Citadel and Jump touting price streams
JP Morgan warming to derivatives-based term RFR rates
Risk Live: Unlike Libor, the market has a say in them. (Though they may not be real term rates, executive muses)
Dealers issue rallying cry for cross-currency benchmark reform
Risk Live: Global banks need to drive new standards for multi-rate swaps, say leading industry execs
JP Morgan’s Hudson: innovation stuck in trading web
Risk Live: Digital head floats shared platform, rather than “point solutions”
BoE probes banks on machine learning use
Risk Live: watchdog wants to know “how prevalent” ML models are, say execs
Goldman and SG on alternative data: do believe the hype
Risk Live: New data will “completely transform the landscape” of investing, says SG's Albert Loo
Isda backs regulatory push on derivatives data project
Risk Live: Common standards for trade reporting should be mandatory, argues senior industry representative
Model risk managers: banking’s future VIPs
Risk Live: Machine learning models are changing the risk profile of banks, says UBS CRO
BoE drops Libor for hedging UK forex reserves
Risk Live: Central bank adopts Sonia in Treasury swap programme, consults on restrictions for Libor collateral