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ESG strategies: special report 2021
This Risk.net special report comprises a series of articles that reflect on the latest initiatives for consistent standardised global frameworks for measuring ESG, consider the methodologies investors are using to make measurable progress for people and…
ESG strategy, investment and risk
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Clearing of legacy Libor swaps
Phillip Whitehurst, LCH, discusses the most disruptive aspects of all the conversions of non-US dollar Libor trades that will have happened by the end of the year, how LCH is dealing with legacy swaptions that settle into cleared swaps and how this…
Hints on quantification approaches
Tiziano Bellini, head of risk integration competence line, international markets at Prometeia, examines the key components of successful model risk management, focusing on the importance of integration, processes, governance and IT solutions to…
Libor Telethon: looking ahead
In this Libor countdown clinic, a panel of experts explores the future landscape in a post-Libor world
Libor Telethon: interviews with Tom Wipf and Elisabeth Kirby
This Libor countdown clinic features interviews with Tom Wipf, vice-chairman of institutional securities at Morgan Stanley and chair of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, and Elisabeth Kirby, managing director and head of market structure at…
Libor Telethon: leaving Libor behind and clearing legacy Libor swaps
This Libor countdown clinic explores the impacts of moving on from Libor and how to clear legacy Libor swaps, and features an interview with Phillip Whitehurst, head of service development, rates, at LCH
Libor Telethon: interview and Q&A
In this Libor countdown clinic, an interview with Edwin Schooling-Latter, director of markets and wholesale policy at the Financial Conduct Authority is followed by a Q&A with Nicolas Cerrajero, Irina Ursachi and Nicolas Millot from audit, tax and…
Leveraging liquidity scores and pricing data in portfolio trading
In this podcast, Zoi Fletcher, associate commercial editor, Risk.net, talks to Matt Walters, head of product, portfolio trading at MarketAxess, about how data analytics is improving outcomes in portfolio trading, the optimal situations in which it should…
Institutional ETF trading: innovation, efficiency and versatility fuel growth
Despite a 30-year history, exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption still felt new and nascent in many parts of the world when this survey was first conducted in 2017. Today, ETFs are widely accepted as important tools and usage has greatly expanded among…
How derivatives management is changing post‑Covid‑19
Risk.net explores five derivatives trading themes discussed by experts in a recent webinar sponsored by Numerix
Climate risk takes scenario analysis and stress-testing to the next level
Financial institutions are facing several challenges as they prepare for the transition risk journey that will see them evaluating their existing risk and finance solutions. Ludwig Dickens, client advisor, risk business consulting, at SAS discusses what…
Did COP26 deliver?
Jaspreet Duhra, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), explores the opportunities that came out of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and why S&P DJI will continue to produce rules-based indices that align with a 1.5° Celsius scenario
Data analytics set to fuel change in the oil market
Privileged data insight is no longer the sole preserve of the world’s oil conglomerates. Access to insightful analytics is providing a new competitive edge for smaller and mid-sized commercial and trading firms in the oil market, helping them navigate…
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.
XVAs and counterparty credit risk for energy markets: addressing the challenges and unravelling complexity
In this webinar, a panel of quantitative researchers and risk practitioners from banks, energy firms and a software vendor discuss practical challenges in the modelling and risk management of XVAs and CCR in the energy markets, and how to overcome them.
Moonshots and machines: can AI solve the problems of fincrime?
New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning promise much in the battle against financial crime, but where are these solutions best deployed? A panel of anti-money laundering and analytics professionals convened for a Risk…
The FRTB challenge: banks brace for further uncertainty
The widely anticipated implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) hit another obstacle when the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision pushed back the roll-out by another year to January 2023. With different jurisdictions…
UMR efficiency: optimising systems and processes for IM compliance
UMR are among the biggest collateral management issues faced by investors in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. At a specially convened session sponsored by IHS Markit at Risk.net’s Buy-Side Risk Global event, panellists discussed the latest phases of…
Assessing climate risk in bond portfolios
Running climate stress tests on bond portfolios is a nascent exercise for many asset managers. MSCI looks at what to consider when optimising bond portfolios for climate exposures
Climate risk – Special report 2021
This Risk.net special report contains a collection of articles that consider the impact rising carbon prices will have throughout the economy, discuss the challenges of modelling climate risk exposures and of integrating climate risk into risk management…
Sending the right signals: quantifying and repricing risk
Risk.net convened a panel of three experts from different fields to discuss some of the most pressing and pertinent climate-risk related issues, each offering different insight to the discussion from their respective backgrounds, providing an exchange of…
Managing physical and financial risk in today’s volatile commodities markets
This webinar examines what firms are doing to modernise their IT systems to get better control on their risk measures and key performance indicators across their physical and financial businesses.
Credit risk & modelling – Special report 2021
This Risk special report provides an insight on the challenges facing banks in measuring and mitigating credit risk in the current environment, and the strategies they are deploying to adapt to a more stringent regulatory approach.