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Adopting a risk-based approach to AML and financial crime management
This webinar explores risk management strategies to develop an effective anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime programme, and addresses the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19 and how they will impact AML systems, combating the financing of…
Lessons from the past – Utilising historical data and technology to assess market volatility
Financial services are increasingly looking at insights from historical data to improve their data-driven decision-making. From evaluating alternative datasets on the back of quantitative analysis and trading strategies, to risk management and compliance…
Managing AML and fraud – A risky business requires a risk-based approach
This webinar explores how to meet AML and fraud management obligations while empowering core businesses to remain competitive and innovative
Operational risk – Unleashing the power of AI to mitigate financial crime and manage conduct risk
Big data, data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence have revolutionised how industry manages and mitigates risk. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, what impact has this had on financial crime, what risks does remote working pose and how…
Managing and mitigating operational risk in the Libor transition
In this webinar, industry experts discuss how, in the lead-up to 2021, firms are preparing for the operational implications of the Libor transition? They explore how their firms are adapting to alternative reference rates and mitigating the operational…
Extreme volatility – Rising to the fair valuations challenge
Capital markets firms of all sizes continue to grapple with the challenge of developing fair valuations for the illiquid and hard-to-value securities they hold. While this scenario isn’t likely to be resolved anytime soon, there are specialist providers…
Covid-19 – Developing resiliency to ensure business continuity
Covid-19 has forced firms worldwide to question how they plan for, build and maintain resiliency to ensure business continuity. With operational and cyber risk departments now firmly concentrating on pandemic action plans and emerging risks, this webinar…
Machine learning in fraud analytics to combat financial crime – Getting it right
Risk and compliance professionals gathered for a Risk.net webinar in association with NICE Actimize to consider the challenges and opportunities of successfully harnessing artificial intelligence in the fight against financial criminals
Reshaping buy-side trading and risk
Video Q&A: Sean Carr, FactSet
Structured products – Transforming risk into opportunities
The structured product market is one of the most dynamic and complex of all, offering a multitude of benefits to investors. But increased regulation, intense competition and heightened volatility have become the new normal in financial markets, creating…
Rethinking compliance – New approaches to conduct risk and surveillance in 2020
Risk.net's annual Top 10 Operational Risks Survey found that conduct risk ranked among the most pressing issues keeping operational risk professionals awake at night. With an emphasis on reducing costs, firms are required to employ data within their…
Global macro views combine with quantitative models to produce consistent returns
The team behind River and Mercantile Group’s global macro strategy team operates under two key principles: that macro is the most important aspect of any investment decision and that decision-making should incorporate both systematic and discretionary…
Calculating fair valuations for securities – The underlying complexities of trading fixed income
While some things have changed significantly over the past two decades across the capital markets, others have ostensibly remained the same. Take, for example, the challenge facing capital markets firms when calculating fair valuations for the securities…
Managing a derivatives portfolio through turbulent markets
Steering a portfolio of non-linear derivatives, such as options and more exotic products, is challenging at the best of times. Market risks change as markets move and time passes, risks offset in complex ways and proxy hedging is common. In this feature,…
Counterparty credit risk – Why data is only valuable in context
Paul Whitmore, global head of counterparty risk solutions at Fitch Solutions, explains how qualitative data can add colour and insight to quantitative metrics for assessing the creditworthiness of counterparty banks
IFRS 17 – Preparing for the transition
This webinar explores the key elements of the International Financial Reporting Standards, the key challenges of implementing the systems and related data issues, and how the regulatory landscape may look post-implementation
Using new AI tools to improve anti-money laundering and drive efficiency
This webinar explores how the marriage of AI and expert models lays the groundwork for a strong AML programme foundation that eliminates backlogs and creates efficiencies
Implementing Basel IV in Asia-Pacific – Mapping out the next steps
This webinar explores the current pain points and provides insights on Basel IV implementation in Apac, addressing the most common challenges and what it takes to transform to a Basel IV-compliant financial institution
Utilising technology to integrate capital management and stress-testing
This webinar explores how stress-testing has evolved over the past few years and how financial institutions can benefit from leveraging models in capital planning
Climate risk – Special report 2020
As governments worldwide focus on the coronavirus (Covid‑19) pandemic amid plummeting demand for fossil fuels, it may seem climate change has dropped down the global agenda. Firms that don’t assess the climate risk in their portfolios, or hedge or divest…
Uncharted waters
How pension plans can better equip themselves for a period of economic upheaval. By Matthew Seymour, RiskFirst, a Moody’s Analytics Company
Uncleared margin – The changing needs of buy-side firms
Raf Pritchard, head of triResolve, discusses the initial margin calculation and collateralisation challenges for firms coming into scope under phases five and six of the uncleared margin rules
Building a holistic GRC framework in fragmented Asia-Pacific markets
This webinar explores best practices in meeting regulatory and data governance requirements in fragmented markets
Libor Risk – Quarterly report Q1 2020
Regulators may have to accept Libor transition will be slower than they hoped. But the final framework may yet be more robust as a result. Knowing how rates perform in times of stress will be crucial to the success of benchmarks intended for real economy…