Opinion
Europe's new supervisory toolkit
Data and transparency remain challenges for EBA
Comparing alternative mixing models for external operational risk data
Mixing, not scaling, best approach for using external losses
7 days in 60 seconds – Emir, spoofing and central clearing
The week on www.risk.net, November 20–26, 2015
Indos: hedge funds switch from depositories affiliated to administrators
Conflict of interest poses operational risk if one part of group oversees affiliate
US spoofing crackdown is a case of misplaced priorities
There are worse HFT practices than spoofing, yet only spoofers go to jail
ISSA standards seek to stamp out cross-border custody crime
Principles also target misdeeds in settlement and distribution of securities
Time to get back to the real business of stress testing?
Bank supervisors should focus on improving internal stress-testing all year round
Regulators should beware structured product bubbles
Closer scrutiny as they emerge could help avoid nasty surprises
In manipulation cases, "everybody's doing it" is no excuse
From natural gas scandal of 2000s to Libor-rigging, troubling patterns persist
Cutting edge introduction: Jumpy wrong-way risk
Quants propose easy approximations for modelling wrong-way risk in CVA frameworks
To breach or not to breach: Mifid II and the reporting wrangle
Rules double down on existing clash with national privacy laws
And so, farewell: David Rowe's final risk analysis column
After 16 years as our risk analysis columnist, David Rowe looks back at a recurring challenge
Obsession with competition isn't healthy for exchanges
Market operators should focus on customer needs
Why multi-asset investing calls for 3G factor models
Factor models can be helpful in identifying unseen risks in investor portfolios
Note to Brussels: energy firms are not banks
Extending capital requirements to commodities firms is a mistake
'Have your cake and eat it': efficient op risk reporting
Cakes and candles can help risk managers get flavour right, argues Ariane Chapelle
Potential for catastrophe lurks in complex systems
Human failings can subvert well-intentioned efforts to avoid disaster
Reining in capital models is bad for risk management
AMA's likely demise is latest sign of worrying trend in bank capital rules
Data quality: improving to survive
Wipro's Sukant Paikray offers advice on how firms can better address the increasing demand for higher data quality
Quant ideas: Strategic versus tactical risk management
The susceptibility of enterprise risk tools to poor quality data is a major issue
In-depth introduction: US extraterritoriality
Confusion over Commodity Futures Trading Commission approach to cross-border supervision
Specialist subject: Asia Risk refocuses editorial offering
News and analysis from Asia Risk team brought into line with Risk.net desk model
HFT's Treasury market penetration a clear concern
Dominance of opaque shops poses concentration risks
End-user hedging: FMC’s natural gas hedges show benefits of OTC trading
Exchange-traded futures are costlier and less effective, professors argue