Articles by Risk.net staff
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Risk Awards 2023: Traders prized the platform’s convenience and flexibility during last year’s market turbulence
Risk Awards 2023: The winners
BNP Paribas takes top derivatives prize, lifetime award for Stephen Kealhofer, Nomura wins rates
Quant of the year: Pierre Henry-Labordère
Risk Awards 2023: Two-time award-winner impresses for his whizzy alternative to local volatility model
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2023: A member default and a spike in UK rates were handled with aplomb, while cleared volumes rose
Structured products house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk Awards 2023: Tech investment propels fixed income expansion and back-to-back autocall hedges
Rising star in quantitative finance: Sigurd Emil Rømer
Risk Awards 2023: Doctoral dissertation outlines more efficient way to simulate rough volatility models
Credit derivatives house of the year: Barclays
Risk Awards 2023: Attention to detail set bank apart from competition during volatile year
Bank risk manager of the year: Natixis
Risk Awards 2023: Revised risk management framework and front-office collaboration help bank withstand 2022 volatility surge
Derivatives client clearer of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2023: When gas prices spiked, French bank provided much-needed credit to clients hit by jumbo margin calls
Equity derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2023: Bank’s novel approach to volatility proved a knockout with clients
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance
Risk Awards 2023: War bonds programme and debt payment freeze raise $11.6 billion to fund defence against Russia
Quant investment firm of the year: Aspect Capital
Risk Awards 2023: Asset manager’s bullishness about bear markets pays off
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Nomura
Risk Awards 2023: Contrarian stance on rates volatility helped Nomura hoover up euro swaptions business when inflation sentiment shifted
Hedge fund of the year: Citadel
Risk Awards 2023: “Intense” risk management produced returns that appear “almost impossible”
Prime broker of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2023: Prêt-à-porter approach to acquiring ready-made businesses helps fashion top PB shop
Inflation derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2023: Dynamic risk limits and long-dated bonds help Citi supersize client trades and boost inflation business
Law firm of the year: Allen & Overy
Risk Awards 2023: A&O helps guide CDS market through multi-billion-dollar Russia default
Currency derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2023: Paris-based bank profits from dollar/offshore renminbi volatility
Exchange of the year: CME Group
Risk Awards 2023: Group puts US Libor transition back on track with tens of millions in fee waivers
Flow market-maker of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk Awards 2023: German bank takes FX tech cross-asset as part of new flow-focused strategy
Top 10 operational risks for 2022
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Quant Finance Master’s Guide 2022
Risk.net’s guide to the world’s leading quant master’s programmes, with the top 25 schools ranked
Top 10 operational risks for 2021
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Quant of the year: Jean-Philippe Bouchaud
Risk Awards 2017: Physicist takes on classic models with data and empirical research