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What Goldman’s appeal victory means for Fed stress tests
Decision could embolden more banks to appeal, analysts say. But others believe result is one-off
Could Trump presidency herald $27bn margin call on World Bank?
Think-tank’s policy plan to pull US out of multilateral threatens AAA rating, ending collateral exemption
Should banks risk lightning hitting twice for CrowdStrike?
Bank tech teams divided on whether to give security vendor a second chance after update crash
Risk management overhauls juggle speed and independence
Some banks say the 1.5 line of defence responds faster to risk, but supervisors are still divided
Risk Technology Awards 2024: AI hopes and holdups
Live AI use-cases are limited, as vendors warn on over-regulation
The post-Archegos risk model rebuild begins… slowly
Following regulatory prodding, banks start to overhaul counterparty risk models. A flurry of new research on the topic may aid the effort
Bankers hope EBA op risk taxonomy will go global
Proposed update to 20-year-old risk map is welcomed, but international co-ordination urged
Why was Archegos worse than the Fed’s five-fund stress test?
Some believe Credit Suisse was an outlier, but others say the CCAR results underestimated risks
Déjà vu for common domain model
Piecemeal progress on ambitious derivatives data standard raises questions over business case
Between the lines: why banks are rethinking risk management
Lloyds is not the only bank wanting to reshuffle the three lines of defence as tech risks grow
Long shadow of Apollo looms over turmoil at Athora
Risk.net investigation reveals troubling picture of US asset manager’s European insurance project
Stage fright: lenders still struggling with IFRS 9 transitions
Divergence in how banks move loans between stages of impairment prompts regulators to push for more homogenous approach
Fed urged to introduce annual high-rate stress tests
Results of debut scenario were reassuring, but regulators cannot lower their guard
Ace high or busted flush? Digital Asset and the big bet on DLT
Blockchain pioneer’s bumpy journey raises questions over future of distributed ledger technology in finance
House of cards? The $3 trillion (non-systemic) real estate risk
Regional banks share the bulk of US commercial real estate exposure, but the sector’s downturn doesn’t faze them
Drilling for default: dry run gives CCPs a Lehman-like lesson
Member default simulation finds standardisation and porting could help in a crisis, and moots unscheduled repeat drill
Caveat creator: GenAI giants’ pledges won’t pre-empt copyright suits
Tech vendors offer indemnities on generative output, but end-users need to check the fine print, warn IP lawyers
Basel triggers new tussle on anti-Archegos rules
Critics argue new guidelines on counterparty credit risk are either unworkable, or don’t go far enough to tackle concentration and wrong-way risk
Clear warning on escape hatch for optimisation trades
CCPs fear Emir clearing mandate carve-out for portfolio rebalancing could be abused
One year on, regulators still want a cure for bank runs
Broad support for higher outflow assumptions on uninsured deposits, but that won’t save insolvent banks
For a growing number of banks, synthetics are the real deal
More lenders want to use SRTs to offload credit risk, but old hands say they have a long road ahead