Compliance
The Playmakers: risk management's role in the new frontier of business agility
This white paper discusses the role of risk management in creating the organisational context, capability and connectivity that builds the muscle of business agility
Improving efficiency and your financial crime compliance programme
The financial crime landscape is constantly evolving, and organisations are facing increasing pressure to stay compliant with rapidly changing regulations and combat financial crime effectively. At the same time, organisations must balance the need for…
ERM reboot: how insurers are turning risk decisioning into strategic advantage
Enterprise risk management is a powerful strategy to identify, assess and manage risks across the business. For insurers, two ERM objectives are critical: ensuring regulatory compliance and establishing a framework for healthy investment risk appetite
Compliance can help fintechs grow from adolescence to adulthood
It may slow US banking down, but customer safety is the difference between success and failure
The case for modularity and interoperability
This report, produced by WatersTechnology and Broadridge, investigates the extent to which firms have optimized their entire trade lifecycles, the structure, challenges and interoperability of their front-office systems, and what they most value when…
Hedge funds’ use of barrier options comes under spotlight
Former traders say Glen Point CEO’s arrest highlights compliance gulf between funds and dealers
Integrating ECL onto a stress-testing platform: portfolio composition
How to grow a portfolio that is internally consistent with a stress scenario
FRTB implementation: Spotlight 2023
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) introduces significant technical and operational challenges for banks on the path to compliance.
SEC securitisation rule could hamper interest rate hedging
ABS participants say breadth of resurrected 2011 proposal creates compliance minefield
ESG strategies special report
This Risk.net special report sponsored by SAS features a series of articles that reflect on the latest initiatives for consistent standardised global frameworks for measuring ESG, consider the methodologies investors are using to make measurable progress…
SEC cyber rules risk creating web of confusion and costs
Proposals would require breach notifications, public disclosures and annual cyber assessments
Top 10 operational risks: Focus on regulatory risk
Tougher regulatory enforcement, new consumer rules and rise of ESG are ringing alarm bells
Integrating ECL onto a stress-testing platform: credit risk characteristics
How credit loss in the ECL process can leverage changes in the credit risk profile of a portfolio during a stress scenario
Integrating ECL onto a stress-testing platform: scenarios
Strategies for producing stress-testing ECL values that comply with IFRS 9, as well as CECL standards
Reading Between the Fines: A Deep Dive into Financial Institution Penalties in 2022
Fenergo’s latest research report on financial institution penalties in 2022 is available now. Key analysis shows that fine values in the Asia-Pacific region were just 0.77% of what they were in 2021.
Regulated UK crypto firms fear authorisation Groundhog Day
Industry wants grandfathering in new Treasury framework to avoid business continuity risk
An uphill climb to T+1 settlement
The SEC is pushing an aggressive schedule for faster settlement of equities and corporate bonds
Raising the bar on real-time trade controls with next-gen tech
In an exclusive Risk.net panel session, convened in collaboration with Droit, experts discussed the evolving challenges and opportunities resulting from tighter regulations, and tips for building a future-proof real-time trade control framework
CFTC’s re-jigged swap reporting rules go into effect smoothly
No problems yet, but some warn of potential pitfalls ahead with package trades and margin reporting
Complying with climate risk framework standards for streamlined processes
Conscious that climate change affects all sectors of the economy, financial institutions are realising the significant impact this will have on their customers and, ultimately, their own profit margins.
FTX’s Mifid licence exposes Europe’s regulatory gaps
Could Cyprus have spotted the warning signs before handing FTX the keys to European customers?
CBA sheds last $6.2bn of Apra’s op RWA add-on
Punitive charge was imposed in 2018 in wake of inquiry into bank’s practices
‘Holes’ in new UK regulatory net worry trading venues
Regulated venues say rival firms might unfairly escape oversight in activities such as blocking trades and price aggregation
Podcast: Leveraging real‑time data feeds for faster business decisions
The markets have been on a very volatile ride in 2022, which makes low-latency data more crucial to the business