Risk management
ECB’s stress capital buffer still a ‘black box’ – banks
National regulators retain wide latitude to set Pillar 2 Guidance under new rules
Model risk management: building trust and governance
As organisations increasingly rely on models that cover a wide range of business functions, there is an increasing need to create and maintain a comprehensive model inventory for enhanced collaboration and regulatory compliance across multiple regions…
Risk Technology Awards 2021
Recognising vendor excellence in credit, operational and enterprise-wide risk management
Next-generation technologies and the future of trading
At a Risk.net webinar in association with capital markets technology provider Numerix, panellists discuss the potential for increased adoption of the public cloud to boost investment performance, its impact on risk management and overcoming barriers to…
Asia moves: LCH appoints new head of Asia, BNY Mellon picks treasury services chief, and more
Latest job news across the industry
A quant’s view on protecting stock-pickers from themselves
Ex-Citadel, Millennium risk manager says fundamental investors have much still to improve
Rethinking the model lifecycle: from quick fixes to long-term gain
Covid-19 has caused widespread disruption to banks’ risk models. Some failed in the crisis while others have required significant overlays or frequent recalibration as extreme volatility has given way to ongoing uncertainty. As banks seek more agile…
Could prime of primes go pop?
The PoP market is booming, but some tier one banks are wary
Tackling insider fraud – Best practice for banks
Volatile markets, the pivot to remote working and the prevalence of private messaging are just some of the factors contributing to the rising risk of insider fraud. At a recent Risk.net webinar, an expert panel explored the challenges for banks and…
Eurex plans hedging contest in default auction revamp
New step in the default management process would enhance transparency in hedge provider selection
Archegos report details margin failings at Credit Suisse
Dynamic margining and a $150,000 software fix for ‘bullet swaps’ could have saved the bank $3 billion
Lacima’s models stand the test of major risk events
Lacima’s consistent approach between trading and risk has allowed it to dominate the enterprise risk software analytics and metrics categories for nearly a decade
A numerical approach to the risk capital allocation problem
The aim of this paper is to use a model-free, nonparametric approach based on the method of maximum entropy in the mean to solve the capital risk allocation problem.
Goldman tackles climate risk controls
Lender joins other banks in translating physical and transition threats into controls framework
A simple and robust approach for expected shortfall estimation
This paper proposes a simple and robust expected shortfall estimation method based on the tail-based normal approximation.
Helping brokers manage risk in an evolving fintech industry
Finalto’s rebrand of TradeTech Alpha, TradeTech 360 and CFH reflects the move towards full integration and assimilation of these companies. The name Finalto describes the vision of the business: next-level financial markets, and reflects the company’s…
Operational resilience – Driving excellence and effective measurement in financial services
This webinar explores how to build resilience across an organisation, discussing actions and measures companies are currently taking to become more agile, adaptable and able to future-proof their business growth
Data and risk strategies to hedge against future black swan events
Risk technology, data strategy and innovation audiocast series (part 2 of a series of 3)
Procyclicality control in risk-based margin models
This paper revisits the procyclicality issue in risk-based margin models and provides additional insight on procyclicality mitigation techniques.
The new rules of market risk management
Amid 2020’s Covid-19-related market turmoil – with volatility and value-at-risk (VAR) measures soaring – some of the world’s largest investment banks took advantage of the extraordinary conditions to notch up record trading revenues. In a recent Risk.net…
Not so green machine? Questioning commodities’ credentials
As ESG investors eye commodities, issues around measurement and management are unearthed
The art of effective market risk management during a period of transformation
This white paper takes a current view of market risk management, its growing complexity and how it can be transformative to institutions as the industry is widely recognising what are the right approaches to addressing evolving risks.