Risk management
Buy-side firms turn to tech vendors to address risk management failings
The past few years have shown the importance of robust risk management, but also highlighted shortcomings in the risk approaches of many buy-side firms.
A return to domestic inflation
Activity in Europe’s domestic inflation derivatives markets dropped away after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Now, dealers report buyers and sellers are starting to return. But there is likely to be less warehousing of risk by banks and a greater focus…
A new VAR terminology
In the first of a four-part series, David Rowe considers the development of financial risk management over the past 25 years and offers some thoughts about its future direction
FIA recommends DMA risk management controls
A Futures Industry Association (FIA) report published yesterday aims to establish best practices in managing the risk surrounding direct access to exchanges.
Banks run eurozone crisis scenarios as Greece founders
With markets anticipating a Greek debt restructuring, bank traders and risk managers are preparing for a wider crisis that could drag in northern European countries, tip the euro into a tailspin or even threaten the eurozone’s integrity.
Liberal Democrats plan unilateral approach to bank pay reform
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has committed his party to punitive unilateral bank bonus regulations in the UK election race.
Credit data vendors focus on liquidity metrics
Vendors and their clients are focusing on the implementation of liquidity analytics to boost credit risk management
Recession has silver lining for GRC concept
Ideas about governance, risk and compliance are still evolving, but the downturn has provided a chance to put them into action.
Turning points: Chris Schlegel, risk manager with Southern Company
Chris Schlegel, risk manager with Southern Company, speaks to Lianna Brinded about the changing landscape for energy risk management amid the new global energy mix
BP and CNPC push forward in Iraq despite oil law uncertainty
BP and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have awarded a raft of other energy and commodities companies deals to start drilling and production in the lucrative Iraqi Rumaila oilfield, which they operate, despite the current lack of a petroleum…
Special report: India's energy derivatives market
Our Special Report for April focuses on India's nascent energy derivatives markets.
Building the blocks for energy risk management in India
The concept of using derivatives for risk management is still relatively new to utilities in India and viewed with caution by market regulators. Katie Holliday talks to market experts about how they expect the discipline of risk management to develop
Where's your motivation?
Discussion about incentives to promote good risk management is increasingly gaining relevance for Basel II advanced measurement approach applicants, as well as for banks adopting the standardised approach
Predicting the unthinkable
Raj Singh, chief risk officer at Swiss Re, talks to Alexander Campbell
Loss leaders
Operational risk is potentially the biggest risk faced by insurers – and also one of the most difficult to model. However, as a number of loss data aggregation initiatives globally either emerge or mature, insurers are much better placed to quantify…
Bank of Spain denies Spanish banks are delaying losses by acquiring NPAs
The Bank of Spain defends Spanish banks' hands-on risk management of non-performing assets related to the property sector.
China secures big Angola oil deal
Chinese oil refining, producing and trading company China Petroleum and Chemical (Sinopec) has acquired deep-water oil assets in Angola by buying a 55% stake in Sonangol Sinopec, in a bid to further secure its diverse portfolio of oil import security.
UK building societies fear new FSA guidance impedes competition
Sector fears new rules will make it harder to compete