Luke Clancy
Editor-at-large, Emea
Luke Clancy is the London-based editor-at-large for Risk.net.
Over the past 25 years spent in financial journalism, his previous positions have included: supplements editor, Risk magazine; editor of Hedge Funds Review, ETF Risk and Custody Risk (all formerly published by Incisive Media (now Infopro Digital)); senior investment writer, Investment Week (published by Incisive Media); deputy editor, Global Investor (Euromoney); managing editor, Engaged Investor and Pensions Insight (Newsquest Specialist Media); editor, World Mining Stocks (Aspermont UK); editor, Global Pensions and deputy editor, Professional Pensions (MSM International); online editor, Private Wealth Advisor and Offshore Red (Camden Publishing).
Luke was the 2023 Headline Money investment journalist of the year (B2B), and has been journalist of the year in four categories at the State Street Institutional Press Awards (regulation, 2023; investment, 2022; active investment, 2019; data & innovation, 2016). In 2022 and 2025, Luke won Infopro Digital’s ‘feature/research article of the year’ award.
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Articles by Luke Clancy
AI could shrink trader roles – markets heads
DekaBank, BNPP AM see hedging, risk position management and bond markets as ripe for robots
Doubts linger over start date for 24-hour US stock trading
NSCC will be ready in June, but questions remain over corporate actions and circuit breakers
Waiting for the light: what’s stalling European equity markets?
Esma says EU market has a structural problem, but the focus on lit vs dark trading overlooks post-trade issues
The quiet force steering prediction platforms to regulation
Former Cantor Futures president Richard Jaycobs warns on growth prospects for ‘zero-sum’ market
Clearing firms flummoxed by new margin models at CME, Ice
VAR-based portfolio margining is easier to manage, but harder to explain
EU task force boss calls on NCAs to wield their powers to meet T+1
Europe’s disparity will add to command hub’s challenge to match US co-ordination feat, says Giovanni Sabatini
Foreign banks can swerve US Basel op risk capital charges
New proposal offers category III and IV banks op-out from regime, but intragroup trades penalised
In Iran war, VAR models ease cliff effect on Ice and CME margins
At 105%, EEX – using Span model – saw largest single-day jump compared with those CCPs
NeoClear enters battle for euro swaps clearing
Paris-based CCP to challenge Eurex and LCH with planned 2027 launch
Main Street to Wall Street: Kalshi’s bid to go beyond sports bets
Institutional head Andy Ross’s strategy for drawing in investors and charging for ‘wisdom-of-crowds’
Top 10 op risks: Resilience put to the test in 2026
Firms reinforce first line, ‘nth’-party diligence, scenario analysis and vendor exit plans
EU can handle energy price pressure – it’s been here before
Reforms made after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have made region more resilient to energy shocks, officials say
Iosco chief talks cyber, AI and clearing
Buenaventura discusses Iosco’s role in aiding market resilience and cross-border co-operation