Financial institution
Alternative markets give edge to Florin Court strategy
By concentrating on exotic and alternative markets, Florin Court Capital Fund has sidestepped overcrowding and correlation to the main trend following commodity trading advisers, offering investors a diversified alternative to the standard systemic macro…
Lessons from the past – The evolving importance of historical tick data (Part I)
A recent Risk.net webinar in association with Refinitiv examined the opportunities and challenges for using historical tick data in today’s volatile markets. Panellists outlined the variety of ways the industry is harnessing historical tick data, but…
Lessons from the past – Overcoming historical tick-data challenges with the cloud (Part II)
The panel at a recent Risk.net webinar in association with Refinitiv outlined some of these challenges, including the expense of data cleaning, maintenance and storage; access to relevant data; and dataset integration. They agreed that cloud-based…
Managing AML and fraud – A risky business needs a risk-based approach
Financial services organisations (FSOs) are expected to meet strict financial crime regulations regardless of their size, and those with smaller budgets and fewer resources are finding this increasingly difficult as regulations, guidelines and threats…
Asia debt market suffers SOFR inertia
Issuers of floating rate notes stick with Libor in absence of term version of risk-free rate
Driving anti-money laundering efficiency gains using artificial intelligence
Anti-money laundering (AML) is expensive and labour-intensive, and artificial intelligence (AI) can offer improved efficiency gains. Could they be a match made in heaven? This Risk.net webinar, in association with NICE Actimize, took place amid the…
Elevating enterprise resiliency practices in a crisis
Patrick Potter, digital risk strategist at RSA, shares insights into how financial institutions – some already heavy with digitalisation – need to elevate their business recovery and resiliency strategies to navigate through the global pandemic and…
Libor Risk Q&A – KPMG
Chris Dias and Chris Long, principals and global Libor solution co-leads, discuss key industry concerns around the transition away from Libor, including how the discontinuation deadline will be impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic, the benefits and…
A new risk era – Recovering stronger from the pandemic
Jose Ribas, global head of risk and pricing solutions at Bloomberg, discusses how risk management at financial institutions is changing in the wake of the pandemic and the subsequent volatility, the role of regulations and how technology can help risk…
Mental health: the new frontline for risk management
Rise in stress and anxiety among locked-down staff could open up banks to range of risks
Machine learning in fraud analytics to combat financial crime – Getting it right
Risk and compliance professionals gathered for a Risk.net webinar in association with NICE Actimize to consider the challenges and opportunities of successfully harnessing artificial intelligence in the fight against financial criminals
Estimating the contagion effect through the portfolio channel using a network approach
This work studies contagion risk through the portfolio investment channel using network analysis and simulation on bilateral cross-country data.
Implementing Basel IV in Asia-Pacific – Mapping out the next steps
This webinar explores the current pain points and provides insights on Basel IV implementation in Apac, addressing the most common challenges and what it takes to transform to a Basel IV-compliant financial institution
Utilising technology to integrate capital management and stress-testing
This webinar explores how stress-testing has evolved over the past few years and how financial institutions can benefit from leveraging models in capital planning
Machine learning in fraud analytics – Getting it right
Over the past couple of years, financial institutions have made significant achievements in the fight against fraud by embracing machine learning analytics and advanced artificial intelligence
A sea change – Driving awareness to confront climate risk
Amid a global push towards green policies, the reality of overhauling how industries worth trillions of dollars operate is causing concern. A forum of market participants and sponsors of this report discuss the levels of awareness of climate risk and its…
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…
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…
Hedging incentives for financial institutions
Using a simple model, this paper derives two results that provide guiding principles for hedging by, and capital regulation of, financial institutions.
Credit data: a sharp turning point in CCP credit risk
The credit risk of CCPs is worsening, even as margin requirements rise, writes David Carruthers
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.
The Fundamentals of market risk rules
With the 2022 Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) deadline looming, banks are fast coming to grips with the amount of work still to be done to achieve a successful implementation