News/Risk management
‘Stigma’ around some fund liquidity tools must end, say CROs
Fund managers are wary of using redemption gates and fees to manage outflows during crisis periods
Fed set to unveil operational resilience proposals
OpRisk North America: banks expected to design idiosyncratic stress scenarios to test resilience
OCC warns on cyber and fraud control lapses during Covid
OpRisk North America: Covid-induced changes in operations and working practices creating openings for bad actors, says senior regulator
Regulators seek harmony on op resilience rules
Alignment on principles needed “in short order”, says Basel working group chair
After FinCEN leak, banks want more help from regulators
OpRisk Europe: Suspicious activity reports are going into a “black hole”, banks complain
Banks warn of rise in ransomware attacks
OpRisk Europe: Banks must improve resilience of remote-working staff, says Wells Fargo financial crime expert
Citi turns to fintech to boost FCM interest income
Clearing giant is optimising its treasury function to combat low rates and CCP fee hikes
BoE may update resilience guidance, post-Covid
OpRisk Europe: Granular targets on minimum service provision after outages could be revisited, adviser suggests
Ex-Isda risk chief: ditch gross notional thresholds for clearing
10 years on, David Murphy says mandate should be rebased to exempt less risky firms
Dutch banks seek quantum edge for stress tests
ABN, ING and Rabobank working together; US quantum developer seeks patent for CCAR
Banks welcome US overhaul of AML rules
Proposals signal shift to risk-based approach to financial crime detection
State regulators could lead on CFTC climate risk plans
Sympathetic rulemakers don’t need to wait for a change of federal government, say experts
Banks aim to close op risk stress test capital gap
Standardising stress drivers could help smooth differences between bank loss estimates
Covid scenarios, pt II: apocalypse how?
Second crowd-sourced scenario exercise reveals polarised views in equities and FX
Ratings can still sharpen credit risk picture
Study shows even the most modern default models benefit from adding credit rating information
US regulator may bend on margin rule for segregated accounts
CFTC open to extending September 15 deadline
BofA becomes first US bank to adopt SA-CCR
Move cut leverage exposure by $66bn, but other banks wary of trade-offs
LCH to accept Sing dollar bonds as collateral
Singapore’s banks hope move will ease margin funding burdens, and speed direct membership
Podcast: CFM’s Bouchaud on agent-based models and ESG investing
Hedge fund quant, and Risk.net’s new columnist, shares his unique take on markets
Ronin, felled prop giant, shuts up shop
Firm cancels regulatory licences; traders receiving payouts on equity stakes
Big buy-side firms seek better model risk disclosures
Working group building standardised disclosure doc for managers and vendors
Target2 ‘fingerprint’ could flag liquidity problems – research
Deviations from regular payment patterns are a sign something might be wrong
After Covid, CCPs face calls for revamped disclosures
Banks and buy-side firms working with clearers to provide more granular info on margin shortfalls
Facebook’s libra could disrupt collateral markets – IMF paper
Collateral used to back ‘stablecoins’ such as libra will be unavailable for reuse