Commodities
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2020: The winners
BNPP wins top derivatives award, with Macquarie scooping environmental products house
Managing commodity risk in turbulent times
Faced with today’s razor-thin margins, firms must be able to monitor all risks holistically, in real time and to hedge effectively. This brings technological challenges, and many firms are now grappling with issues such as getting the right datasets,…
Citi’s energy loans continued to sour in Q3
22% of funded exposures rated CCC or lower as of end-September
Deal of the year: Deutsche Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Vol decay and correlation flips: CFM’s take on the Covid crisis
Market bounce-back blindsided quant investment firm – and others
LME distressed at severity of Esma stress tests
Watchdog’s simulated price shocks said to be unprecedented in metals markets
WisdomTree shuts oil ETPs after Shell terminates swap deal
Counterparty departure forces closure of eight oil trackers with $580 million of assets
Ion’s wrists slapped in probe of Broadway deal
Competition watchdog extends initial investigation after Ion failed to comply with call for info
Global macro views combine with quantitative models to produce consistent returns
The team behind River and Mercantile Group’s global macro strategy team operates under two key principles: that macro is the most important aspect of any investment decision and that decision-making should incorporate both systematic and discretionary…
Virus weakens banks’ defences against internal fraud
Stressed markets and remote working leave firms vulnerable to op risks and cyber attacks
ABN winds down Ronin books after Vix losses
$200m loss suffered by bank’s clearing business is thought to be mystery second default
Energy Risk Software Rankings: A different world
Energy Risk’s Software Rankings reveal the industry’s technology preferences in a changing world
Banks rail against China CCPs’ loss-sharing policy
Controversial loss allocation technique remains unused during recent market routs, but banks want it banned
All aboard for LNG freight derivatives?
Tools to manage LNG freight risk were developed last year, but how is the market responding?
Portfolio management of Commodity Trading Advisors with volatility-targeting
This paper shows analytically that a volatility-targeted allocation methodology improves the risk-adjusted performance of portfolios under a broad set of assumptions regarding the serial correlation of returns and the dependence of the expected Sharpe…
Rates trading revenues up 154% at top US banks
Net gains on interest rates-related exposures top $21 billion
Who killed FX volatility?
Beyond central bank policy, traders see a range of hidden structural factors at work
Caveat pre-emptor: Man ESG chief talks snubbed markets
Robert Furdak is sparking discussions about responsible trend following in unsustainable stocks
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
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
Better risk reporting doesn’t need an IT upgrade
By revisiting certain calculations, new insights into risk and profit drivers can be gained, says data scientist
ETF strategies to manage market volatility
Money managers and institutional investors are re-evaluating investment strategies in the face of rapidly shifting market conditions. Consequently, selective genres of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are seeing robust growth in assets. Hong Kong Exchanges…
House of the year, Taiwan: CTBC Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2019