Articles by Risk.net staff
Lifetime achievement award: Ken Griffin
Risk Awards 2021: Citadel’s three-decade run reflects founder’s convictions about when to take risk – and how to manage it
Derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2021: Digital bets and customer-centric model paid off during pandemic
Investment house of the year: Amundi
Risk Awards 2021: When the pandemic hit, Amundi moved quickly to cut risk and raise liquidity
Structured products house of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2021: Private bank tie-up provided vital risk-sharing outlet for Covid volatility
Equity derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2021: US bank vaults into the top-tier, with some help from Garry Kasparov
Quant investment firm of the year: Nordea Asset Management
Risk Awards 2021: Focus on tail risk – and a little ice in the veins – helped Nordea stare down Covid
Research house of the year: Societe Generale
Risk Awards 2021: Quant group’s tail-risk hedging strategies ‘saved the books’ of some big clients
Hedge fund of the year: Saba Capital Management
Risk Awards 2021: Credit specialist proved its worth in the Covid crisis
Law firm of the year: Linklaters
Risk awards 2021: Lawyers raced against time to draft fallback protocol vital to Libor transition
Clearing house of the year: Eurex Clearing
Risk Awards 2021: Clearer’s Prisma margin model proves its mettle in year of market tumult
OTC trading platform of the year: Fenics GO
Risk Awards 2021: Hybrid protocol jumpstarts electronification of options block trading
Hedging adviser of the year: Rothschild
Risk Awards 2021: Restructuring effort helped Arqiva to slash its derivatives exposures by 40%
Derivatives client clearer of the year: JP Morgan
Risk Awards 2021: Bank avoided tech snags and margin call surprises that plagued peers during crisis
OTC infrastructure service of the year: Capitalab
Risk Awards 2021: Valiant effort to solve swaptions discounting problem wins praise from clients
Exchange of the year: CME Group
Risk Awards 2021: Changes to options strikes helped CME avoid major mishaps in volatile 2020
Foreign exchange prime broker of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2021: Diligent approach to risk management brings new clients to UK bank
Risk innovation of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2021: New analytics dash helped bank get ahead of op risk breaches during Covid crisis
Flow market-maker of the year: Citadel Securities
Risk Awards 2021: Palm Beach bubble allowed the firm to maintain crucial roles during March panic
Innovation in execution: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2021: Swiss bank’s AES platform excelled in US Treasury market during March turmoil
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2021: Pre-spring cleaning allowed Citi to meet client needs when Covid hit markets
Credit derivatives house of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2021: Hedging before the crisis allowed bank to offer ample liquidity when markets tanked
Inflation derivatives house of the year: NatWest Markets
Risk Awards 2021: Warehousing capabilities created competitive edge in illiquid CPI market
Risk solutions house of the year: Santander
Risk Awards 2021: Agile approach kept complex transactions on track during pandemic
Currency derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2021: Long dollar inventory and global forwards e-book helped clients navigate March crisis