Luke Clancy
Editor-at-large, Emea
Luke Clancy is the London-based editor-at-large for Risk.net.
Over the past 25 years spent in financial journalism, his previous positions have included: supplements editor, Risk magazine; editor of Hedge Funds Review, ETF Risk and Custody Risk (all formerly published by Incisive Media (now Infopro Digital)); senior investment writer, Investment Week (published by Incisive Media); deputy editor, Global Investor (Euromoney); managing editor, Engaged Investor and Pensions Insight (Newsquest Specialist Media); editor, World Mining Stocks (Aspermont UK); editor, Global Pensions and deputy editor, Professional Pensions (MSM International); online editor, Private Wealth Advisor and Offshore Red (Camden Publishing).
Luke was the 2023 Headline Money investment journalist of the year (B2B), and has been journalist of the year in four categories at the State Street Institutional Press Awards (regulation, 2023; investment, 2022; active investment, 2019; data & innovation, 2016). In 2022, Luke won Infopro Digital’s ‘feature/research article of the year’ award.
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Articles by Luke Clancy
BoE calls for changes to regulatory reporting
Current reporting methods are too costly and produce “crap data”, senior official says
Defiant ECB urges ‘further work’ on clearing relocation
Policy-makers moot changes to Emir to tackle systemic risks of third-country CCPs
Barclays looks to woo CCPs with CDM prototype
Plan to save billions in post-trade costs relies on the creation of central data utilities
Cyber optics: are banks downplaying SolarWinds hack?
In wake of watershed breach, banks eye supply chain risk while talking down hack’s impact
EC aims for near-real-time consolidated tape
Exchanges say the plan is too ambitious and would trigger a latency arms race
After Archegos, a bigger role for XVA desks?
Credit Suisse has stalled on call to expand XVA remit; others think it would have helped, but disagree on how
Bank-backed futures utility criticised as too ambitious
Osttra’s Joanna Davies urges industry to look for “quick wins”
Ion expands into OTC markets with Clarus deal
Tech titan adds real-time swaps margin analytics to its post-trade services for listed derivatives
EU ‘unlikely’ to force swaps relocation – ex-MEP Swinburne
Multinational corporates would resist clearing move if CCP equivalence is lost, says former lawmaker
UK tipped to take lead on consolidated tape provision
Fixed income focus could pip European Union in race to provide market data golden source
Deep XVAs and the promise of super-fast pricing
Intelligent robots can value complex derivatives in minutes rather than hours
EC drafting proposal for derivatives consolidated tape
Commission official says beta version ready for testing in 2023 will also include equities, bonds and ETFs
Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
Banks invest in futures utility to guard against tech snafus
FCMs, including Goldman and JP, stump up $44 million to fund FIA Tech push to standardise trade processing
Quantum computing experts voice explainability fears
Risk Live: big speed-ups for quantum-powered models could prompt bigger questions from regulators
Quantum kit offers HFTs ‘100-fold’ speed boost
After spotting FX arbitrage opportunities, new tech faces real-world test in Japanese stocks
BlackRock faces an early climate change test in China
The firm is the main Western investor in three of the worst emitters. It has yet to change their ways
The bond venue using blockchain technology to plug leaks
LedgerEdge trading system aims to stop prices moving against users requesting quotes in larger sizes
‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo says DLT could have aided in Archegos
Former CFTC chair says managing collateral by distributed ledger technology would enable better oversight of risks
Users clash with ASX over changes to its DLT settlement system
Industry groups and tech experts worry that proposed last-minute changes will introduce new risks
Refuge of ‘chancers’: Spacs draw criticism from big investors
Poor disclosure, sub-par returns and share dilution are highlighted as risks of so-called ‘blank-cheque’ companies
Ethical ratings stir debate over saints and sinners
Asset manager Aegon hits out at “flawed” ESG ratings methodologies
Cracks start to show in US reflation bets craze
Some hedge funds believe popular bets on rise in US inflation have run out of steam
Deutsche Börse eyes quantum computing
Pilot application to model enterprise risks cuts computation time from 10 years to 30 minutes