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Data and risk strategies to hedge against future black swan events
Risk technology, data strategy and innovation audiocast series (part 2 of a series of 3)
Japan’s CCP goes global
International investors are flocking in ever greater numbers to clear their Japanese yen swap books at the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation. Their arrival is driving some big changes – within the clearing house itself and across the broader JPY…
Unlocking the potential of a firm-wide and systematic approach to operational resilience
This webinar explores best practices in response to regulatory policy and supervisory guidance, offering practical approaches to achieve a mature and robust operational resilience programme
Initial margin – Special report 2021
With many phase five firms in limbo, this special report assesses the issues and key challenges involved, and reveals the changing strategies of firms in meeting their IM responsibilities
Sharpening the tools – Preparation for UMR phase five
A forum of industry leaders discusses the suitability of Simm for phase five firms, how they can optimise portfolios to minimise margin costs and how the lessons learned from previous phases can help them prepare
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…
A sharper focus on credit risk – Accessing Basel III SCRA data
The final Basel III framework will usher in a more nuanced approach to credit risk assessment. To address the challenges and benefit from the attendant opportunities, organisations need to be able to gather and manage the necessary data
Turning challenges into solutions
With margin requirements a potential drain on financial resources, delivering healthy returns while meeting regulatory obligations is paramount. To help participants optimise more of their risk, Varqa Abyaneh, chief product officer, Quantile, discusses…
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.
The future of private market asset investing in Asia‑Pacific
The findings from research into the future of private market asset investing in Asia-Pacific, conducted by Asia Risk in partnership with IHS Markit, shine a light on the reasons private asset allocations decreased across the majority of investors in the…
Real-time scenario analysis to prepare for the unknown
In today’s trading environment, fast, risk-enabled decision-making is increasingly considered a key competitive advantage. In this audiocast, Cboe Data and Access Solutions’ Jerry Hanweck explains how developments in real-time scenario analysis are…
Navigating UMR phases five and six
As awareness grows of the complexities ahead, a panel discusses best practice, their recent experiences and the challenges in-scope firms face as they prepare to meet UMR
Libor Risk – Quarterly report Q2 2021
The countdown to Libor's demise is officially under way. If a recent jump in Libor usage is anything to go by, regulators face a Herculean task prising dollar markets off the discredited rate by year-end. The mission is complicated by huge swathes of the…
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…
Pricing services play critical role in securities valuations under SEC rule
Pricing services face scrutiny from investment managers as the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) new 2a-5 ‘fair value’ rule takes effect. Here, Refinitiv’s Joseph Hayek explains how pricing services should prepare for the surge in customer…
Margin matters – A smarter approach to margin risk
Michael Hollingsworth, head of financial risk analytics in the Data and Access Solutions division at Cboe Global Markets, reveals how trading firms are calculating margin in real time to manage pre- and post-trade risk and end-of-day clearing-house…
Green midstreamer powers ahead
Unique green capabilities and a ‘glocal’ strategy are behind the firm’s strong performance in this year’s Energy Risk Commodity Rankings, believes Mircea Caratas, chief commercial officer, ENGIE Global Energy Management
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…
Driving value from GRC
In today’s fast-changing business environment, an effective governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programme is increasingly seen as a foundation of agile decision-making. Michael Gibbs, chief executive officer of SureStep Systems Integration, discusses…
Options to mitigate the challenges of index cessation fallbacks and conversion
This has so far been a defining year for index cessation, Isda’s fallbacks protocol and central counterparty conversions. TriOptima insists that now is the time for firms to get their interest rate swap portfolios in order before year-end
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