Volatility
Lower margin can fuel procyclicality in CCPs – research
Efforts to prevent ‘margin spiral’ during stress could encourage more risk-taking, paper argues
Podcast: Dominique Bang on his stochastic local vol model
New approach delivers quick and accurate computation of prices
Risk Awards 2019: The winners
BNP Paribas wins derivatives house; lifetime award for Craig Broderick; CME takes clearing house award
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2018: The winners
BNP Paribas takes Derivatives house, BP wins Oil & products and BOCI and Engie scoop two awards each
VAR-based charges drop at Goldman and Wells, rise at JP
VAR-based capital requirements fell 7% on average across the eight G-Sibs
Brexit drama muddies water for FX options market
Traders focusing on new dates – and scenarios – after domestic UK criticism of proposed deal
Growing an institutional footprint in Asia’s ETF market
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) explores the burgeoning impact of institutional investors in Asia’s exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) market – which is demonstrating the potential to establish itself as a global force – with a focus on the rapid…
Hong Kong stock slump hits CBBC desks
Surging volume and rising leverage expose issuers to gap risk on hedges
Python – Is the buzz justified?
Python is rapidly becoming the world’s most popular programming language and its versatility and ease of use has enabled it to achieve widespread adoption in finance, becoming the multipurpose tool of choice for quantitative analysts and other financial…
All the news that’s fit to print
While the benefits of the information revolution are clear, the risks it brings should not be underestimated, says Andrew Lo
Factor funds ‘do right things for wrong reasons’ – Intech
Firm says conventional investing wisdom is missing out on alpha
Unfinished business: US Treasuries reform stalls
Efforts to improve clearing and settlement of US government debt – and oversight of who trades it – still incomplete
IFRS 9 versus IAS 39: Opportunities in changes to hedge accounting
With financial reporting in a state of flux amid the introduction of several new accounting standards, many corporates may feel overburdened by the need to ensure accounting compliance to take full advantage of IFRS 9 from the point of adoption. Robert…
Cryptocurrencies: king’s ransom or fool’s gold?
Extreme volatility makes products an unreliable store of value – for now
US banks' VAR-based charges drop in Q2
The average decrease in the VAR-based capital requirement across the eight US G-Sibs was 10.4%, compared with a 23% increase in the first quarter
House of the year, Hong Kong: Haitong International
Asia Risk Awards 2018
Covering the world: global evidence on covered calls
Typical covered call strategies may be decomposed, using a risk and performance attribution methodology, into three components: equity exposure, short volatility exposure and equity timing. This paper applies that attribution methodology to covered calls…
Direct streaming gains foothold in US Treasuries market
Cost savings drive dealers away from Clob model into alternative venues
Commerzbank VAR jumps on Italian turmoil
Sovereign bond yield spike hits public finance portfolio
Generali weathers Italian bond turbulence
Solvency II SCR ratio dips to a still lofty 201% in the first half
Korea autocall dealers brace for losses but no 2015 repeat
Traders dampen fears of hedging wipeout despite 20% drop in HSCEI underlying index
Trade war threatens Korea autocall losses
Dealers warn of $240 million in hedging losses if HSCEI index slides further
