Infrastructure
Tackling the Basel III SCRA data challenge
Fitch Solutions examines how a more granular and sensitive approach to credit risk under 2023 Basel III updates will increase the quality of counterparty assessments, but create additional compliance costs for banks
Helping brokers manage risk in an evolving fintech industry
Finalto’s rebrand of TradeTech Alpha, TradeTech 360 and CFH reflects the move towards full integration and assimilation of these companies. The name Finalto describes the vision of the business: next-level financial markets, and reflects the company’s…
Assets under custody creep up at BNY, JP and State Street
Across the eight US systemically important banks, custody assets rose 27% year on year
Time to act – Smart transitions to UMR compliance
Firms face many challenges as deadlines loom for phases five and six of the uncleared margin rules (UMR), including getting their average aggregate notional amount calculations right to determine which phase they are in. With only three months to prepare…
Next-generation technologies and the future of trading
This webinar explores how trading businesses can adapt to this new environment to improve margins and generate alpha, examining the future of trading technology, how companies will implement these new innovations and new skills that might be needed.
Banks urged to take action as FRTB implementation nears
While the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) has been a long time in the making, and implementation guidance remains sparse in some jurisdictions, banks cannot afford further delays in deciding their market risk model approach and putting the…
The new rules of market risk management
Amid 2020’s Covid-19-related market turmoil – with volatility and value-at-risk (VAR) measures soaring – some of the world’s largest investment banks took advantage of the extraordinary conditions to notch up record trading revenues. In a recent Risk.net…
Next-generation technologies and the future of trading
Register for our webinar convening groundbreakers, thought leaders and senior representatives from the buy and sell sides to discuss how trading businesses can adapt to this new environment to improve margins and generate alpha
Changing derivatives strategies to address the new normal
The events of 2020 have propelled liquidity and collateral management to the top of the priority list for many buy-side organisations. A recent survey by Risk.net and Eurex explores how derivatives strategies are changing in response
Options trading – Real-time tools evolve as ‘butterfly effects’ take flight
Michael Hollingsworth of Cboe Data and Access Solutions discusses the factors accelerating change in the options market and explains why buy- and sell-side participants are demanding a more nuanced view on options pricing and risk management data
Top 10 op risks 2021: data compromise
Remote working elevates fears of data theft, misuse and abuse
Italian job: the real UK stock trading heist
Italy has not been seen as a candidate to pick up business from the UK – until now
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage
Key questions in Libor transition – Q&A with Tom Wipf
In this audiocast, Navin Raunier, partner for risk advisory at consultants TCS discusses recent developments in Libor transition with Tom Wipf, vice-chair of the institutional securities business at Morgan Stanley, and chair of the Federal Reserve Board…
Libor to Sonia – If not now, when?
At the end of this year, Libor will cease to exist. It is no longer about getting ready – it's about being ready. If we think of Libor as an 'approaching storm', the potential for disruption is great. If you heard a large storm coming, would you wait…
Risk solutions house of the year: Santander
Risk Awards 2021: agile approach kept complex transactions on track during pandemic
UBS gears up for another tilt at clearing
Swiss bank makes senior hires and upgrades tech platform ahead of Brexit and leverage offset
Ion-Broadway merger approved with strings attached
Broadway chief executive Tyler Moeller leads consortium to buy divested fixed income business
Banks rent ready-made algos for FX trading
NatWest, XTX Markets and others develop new outsourcing model for tech
AFM seeks to ‘level playing field’ for venues and vendors
Dutch regulator suggests some liquidity aggregators should be classified as OTFs
Vendor for system support and implementation of the year: Finastra
Asia Risk Technology Awards 2020
FRTB implementation – Covid-19 and Libor pressure
Industry leaders discuss the pressures FRTB is placing on banks’ data infrastructure and systems, how FRTB may constrain banks’ ability to manage future volatility, and the potential complications to implementation caused by such factors as the Covid‑19…
Basel sets out its stall on operational resilience
Body says banks expected to maintain critical services, but steers clear of setting compliance metrics