Asset management
Trading heads call for reform of double volume caps
Asset managers endorse UK move on caps and back changes to EU’s unloved share trading restrictions
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
Margin rules snare FX options users
US banks forced to post margin on ‘naked’ trades, with buy-side firms soon to follow
Diginex chief on taming the Wild East of cryptocurrencies
Asia Risk 25: Singapore-based digital exchange wants to bring respectability – and regulation – to the sector
People news: Yarian leaves HSBC, Goldman’s Lemkau joins MSD Partners, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Time for the next-generation investment book of record – Eidos
Calypso Technologies’ end-to-end Ibor, decision and order support (Eidos) is the only effective and efficient way to bring together suppliers and consumers of enterprise investment data
Esma warns of UK-sized hole in Europe’s fund leverage radar
Executive at hedge fund AQR also urges reform of EU leverage measures to better assess risk
Model misfires raise questions over training data
Quants wrestle with how far into the past their machine learning models should peer
Thinking the unthinkable – Staying ahead of the crisis curve
Industry leaders discuss the increased value of stress-testing in a world rocked by its second financial crisis in 12 years, the likely emergence of non-financial risks, and how financial institutions can establish efficient and effective stress-testing…
What buy-side risk professionals can learn from the Covid‑19 crisis
The lessons learned from the pandemic so far, and how risk professionals are continuing to manage risks as the Covid-19 situation remains untamed.
Fulcrum hangs ESG designs on honing hard numbers
ESG risks will become part of investment and risk management processes across all funds at the firm
Accelerating fixed income’s risk‑on rise
Jason Waight at MarketAxess reveals how advances in data and technology are enabling faster, more agile risk-on trading strategies in today’s fixed income markets
Asia moves: Asifma appoints new board chair, HSBC names new head of wealth, and more
Latest job news across the industry
Europe’s clampdown on fund outsourcing chills market
Esma proposals spark worries AIFMD review could wreck existing delegation models
A winning formula – Risk’s rising role in investment strategy
Risk.net surveyed 124 asset managers and hedge funds to explore the changing role risk offices play in the evolution of investment strategies, from early-stage product development through to portfolio management and re-evaluation, and the key financial,…
FX swap volumes set to rise on China bond index inclusion
Traders expect greater use of FX derivatives if FTSE Russell adds bonds to WGBI this week
Don’t blame HFT: plug liquidity gaps for market stability
Dynamic fees could incentivise liquidity when and where it’s most needed, writes quant fund founder Bouchaud
US regulator may bend on margin rule for segregated accounts
CFTC open to extending September 15 deadline
House of the year, Vietnam: Techcombank
Asia Risk Awards 2020
GRC product of the year: Financial Risk Solutions
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Custodian of the year: BNP Paribas
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Goldman Sachs
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Asset management firm of the year: Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong)
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Derivatives house of the year, Asia ex-Japan: UBS
Asia Risk Awards 2020