International
The impact of emerging risk on credit portfolio management
Bank credit portfolio managers are increasingly finding that non-financial risks, such as cyber risk and climate risk, are falling under the remit of credit portfolio management. This will also be impacted by the upcoming Basel III Final Reforms, which…
FSB: third of climate stress tests not tackling physical risk
Six jurisdictions conducted exercises only for transition risk
What happens when a bank drops off the systemic risk radar?
Russia’s Sberbank skipped this year’s G-Sib assessment. But just because a bank is invisible doesn’t mean it no longer poses a risk
Global banks’ systemic footprint grew at record pace in 2021
Every indicator up on previous year, only the second time in G-Sib assessment history
Hong Kong, India, Turkey lag behind on Basel III framework
Only Canada, Japan and Saudi Arabia ready for full implementation as January deadline approaches
EU banks add overlays as crises evade modelling
Lenders buttress provisions against unpredictable fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Banks begin China close-out netting work after Isda opinion
Rise in collateralised transactions will be next step, dealers say
Russian corporates stashed cash at EU banks in Q1
Deposits from non-financial corporations increased 36%, while Moscow’s central bank cut balances by 28%
Japan’s GPIF divests $1.5bn in Russia-linked assets
Pension fund cut exposure to country by 95% in the 12 months to March
No soft landings in flight to safety from Russia
Impact of Ukraine invasion hit bank balance sheets hard; its effects look set to continue
Isda set to draft China netting opinion
Banks could be in a position to turn on close-out netting in China by third quarter
HSBC, StanChart face capital hit on cleared renminbi trades
Lack of UK recognition for Shanghai Clearing House could prompt banks to reduce exposures
It’s complicated: why backtesting is so challenging, but so important
Hiroshi Tanase, executive director of product analysis and design at S&P Global Market Intelligence, explores why, with the implementation of phase five of uncleared margin rules (UMR) last September and with the phase six roll-out just around the corner…
On Russia, finance needs to find its moral compass
The looming risk of big write-offs should prompt investor rethink
UniCredit ties buybacks to Russian exposure fallout
The Italian lender could lose as much as 200bp of CET1 ratio from a full write-down of Russian assets
‘Dead’ derivatives market leaves big Russia dealers unhedged
VTB and Sberbank face directional exposure to local corporates after mass unwinds by foreign banks
Raiffeisen’s Russia assets hit new high at end-2021
The Austrian lender kept growing its balance sheet in the country even as Moscow’s manoeuvres put it on a path to all-sweeping sanctions
Sanctions threaten top pension funds’ Russia assets
Top global pension funds might dump Moscow-linked holdings in response to Ukraine invasion
Libor countdown clinic #2
There is still a lot to do ahead of the Libor cessation deadline, and predicting the story’s closing chapter is not easy. This webinar explores what is left to prepare, who’s ahead, what they’ve done and how they’ve done it.
Global banks grow systemic footprint
Nine out of the 12 G-Sib indicators increased in 2020
Data-driven execution: looking back to see forward
Reviewing favourable outcomes and attempting to replicate them is by no means a new concept across the capital markets. Portfolio managers, execution professionals and risk managers use this principle to drive their decisions, although it is really only…