Valuation
Lease finance accounting – A new standard
International Financial Reporting Standard 16 came into effect on January 1. The impact of the new standard can be felt across all industries, particularly those that rely heavily on rentals and leasing as part of their core business. A global leader in…
Best CVA practices in Japan
At a recent roundtable in Tokyo, banks and regulators discussed progress on credit valuation adjustment (CVA). While, in many respects, the work towards implementing best practices in the country is on track, challenges remain in resourcing and…
Hong Kong eyes SOFR solution for term fixing
New ‘proxy’ Honia could help change discount rate from Hibor to OIS for local swaps, says HKEX
Europe eyes the pitfalls of Japanification
Does the cultural and demographic experience of Japan apply to a heterogeneous grouping of nations that have no common monetary policy or a unified social outlook?
Fed Funds Futures in a Post-ZIRP World
As the FOMC returns to more active management of its key target rate, Federal Funds futures have experienced dramatic growth.
Libor transition and implementation – Covering all bases
Sponsored Q&A
Europe’s regulators grope for value of software
In the US, the cost of software is not taken out of capital. Europe is fumbling for something similar
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 and finance – Better together
Changing regulations and new accounting standards are creating enormous challenges for financial organisations. Thorsten Hein, principal product marketing manager, risk research and quantitative solutions at SAS, explores why, to successfully meet these…
One size does not fit all – Adapting to meet investment goals
Guillaume Arnaud, global head of quantitative investment strategies (QIS), and Sandrine Ungari, head of cross-asset quantitative research at Societe Generale, explore the benefits of QIS for investors, why flexibility is crucial for investors to meet…
A helping hand – Addressing industry concerns
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s final revisions to the FRTB guidelines aim to address industry concerns around complexity and capital implications. A forum of industry leaders discusses whether the changes have been effective and how banks…
Citi, Goldman, State Street add $685m of complex assets
Private equity, asset-backed security and loan holdings drive increase in Level 3 instruments
Prep now for one-day lag in Eonia, market told
Overnight batch calculations will have to run during the day, following change to doomed benchmark
Podcast: Hong on quanto derivatives and Asia’s quant drought
Credit Suisse quant talks about new paper on valuing quanto options
Portfolio traders turn to tech – A new generation of strategies
Chris Bruner, head of US credit product at Tradeweb, explores the products that can help managers express portfolio views and how they can maximise the benefits they can reap by evaluating and understanding the price, risk and relative value of each…
Goldman, Wells Fargo grew hard-to-value assets in 2018
In contrast, the other six US G-Sibs slashed $4.4 billion of Level 3 assets on aggregate
Wall Street vets vie to be BlackRock of crypto
Fund launch uses fundamental analysis to identify value propositions in high-risk industry
triCalculate and Jon Gregory discuss the current state of play for XVA
An excerpt from a discussion between triCalculate's co-CEO, Martin Engblom, and XVA (valuation adjustment) expert Jon Gregory in which they discuss the current state of play for XVA. Our experts provide professional insight on topics such as credit…
IFRS 17 Special report 2019
The insurance industry has long been vocal about the need for a two-year extension to the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB’s) proposed 2021 implementation date for International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 – the accounting…
Valuation model risk on the rise at EU banks
Over two-thirds of fair value assets priced using banks' models
