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The impact of climate change on banks
Over the past few years, concern and public discussion around environmental damage and climate change – and their social impacts – have increased dramatically. Peter Plochan, principal risk management advisor at SAS, discusses some key ideas to allow…
Climate risk management – A self-assessment of progress
Due to a combination of increasing social pressure, demands for better disclosure from investors and emerging regulation, companies are increasingly questioning the extent to which they are incorporating climate change into their global risk management…
Increased adoption and innovation are driving the structured products market
To help better understand the challenges and opportunities a range of firms face when operating in this business, the current trends and future of structured products, and how the digital evolution is impacting the market, Numerix’s Ilja Faerman, senior…
Chartis RiskTech100 2020 – SAS
Taking the number five spot in the Chartis Research RiskTech100 2020 rankings, SAS also won three category awards – for IFRS 9, model risk management, and risk & finance integration.
Adapting to technological change in op risk management
Baker McKenzie‘s Jonathan Peddie explains how the role of operational risk manager has evolved in recent years, how financial firms are managing increasing demand for data privacy and transparency, and how technological advancements over the coming…
Exploring new investment prospects in volatile markets
Custom and traditional proprietary indexes have been growing in popularity and actively transforming the investment landscape. Financial products linked to indexes are thriving, enabling more efficient access to the market, whether it is equity, bonds or…
ICAAP/ILAAP – Unlocking business value from capital and liquidity assessment
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital adequacy and assessment process (ICAAP) and internal liquidity adequacy assessment process (ILAAP) important tools in managing risk. The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) updated guidance – which came into effect…
A growing focus on op risk
Operational risk and resilience have taken centre stage over the past year. While op risk concerns all systems and controls that deliver effective solutions against the risks financial services businesses regularly face, Jonathan Peddie, partner at Baker…
SOFR discounting – Analysing the market impact
The switch to secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) discounting brings several complex issues and is impacting market practices. Ping Sun, senior vice‑president of financial engineering at Numerix, discusses the key issues, such as the differences…
Energy25 winners in review
Energy25 aims to capture, define and analyse an important period in the development of energy markets, providing an invaluable yardstick for all participants. More broadly, it represents the latest stage in the strategy of defining, researching and…
Credit risk – The bank data challenge in frontier markets
As the regulatory net tightens, banks working in and across frontier regions are under pressure to source and maintain more accurate data in the assessment of counterparty credit risk, but some are investing in tools to tackle the problem
Understanding the significance of SOFR discounting for derivatives trading and risk
Two years in, the transition toward secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) has seen several milestones crossed, with 2019 in particular seeing a strong acceleration in SOFR usage. With all the SOFR trading activity that has taken place so far, the…
ICAAP/ILAAP – How can banks improve the process?
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital and liquidity adequacy assessment processes (ICAAP/ILAAP) – important tools in managing risk
Eurex takes ESG derivatives to a global level
Zubin Ramdarshan, head of equity and index product design, and Christine Heyde, product manager for environmental, social and governance (ESG) derivatives, Eurex, explore the firm’s decision to expand its range of ESG futures on European and global…
Regulatory IM collateral segregation and the choice of triparty versus third-party
While the need to calculate and post Initial Margin grabs the headlines, so to speak, in terms of priorities for firms looking to comply with uncleared margin rules (UMR), there are many other issues for firms to consider.
ICAAP/ILAAP – What’s new and what’s next?
The European Central Bank’s ICAAP and ILAAP guidelines aim to harmonise European banks’ approach to capital and liquidity management
Harnessing the benefits of more automated fx trade lifecycle operations
FX markets are unique not only in their scale but also in their complexity. There are multiple trading paradigms, and also multiple venues where trades may be executed. The FX ecosystem is highly fragmented and the case for more automation – more…
How AI can automate model validation testing and continuous monitoring
As the business environment becomes more complex – and as regulatory scrutiny increases – it has never been more crucial for financial institutions to ensure their models are robust and fit for purpose.
Smarter trading in a fragmented world
FX Week recently hosted a webinar in partnership with Refinitiv to ask foreign exchange industry leaders to discuss geopolitical challenges, market changes and developments, and evolving technologies, and how they have shaped forex markets in Asia
Coping with uncleared margin rules – the tricks, traps and tools
A unique insight on the evolving UMR strategies of 110 banks and buy‑side firms
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…