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Jumbo Goldman 1MDB fine upends 2020 trend to lower losses
Financial fraud and fat fingers loom large, but annual top 10 op risk losses still show fewer fails. Data by ORX News
Japan weighs benchmark options as sun sets on Libor
Dominance of risk-free rates in local swaps markets post-Libor is no foregone conclusion, dealers say
Asia moves: JP Morgan names Asia ECM head, Deutsche adds to ESG team, and more
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To offset US sanctions risk, banks bake in China loan clauses
Global lenders seek to hedge against the threat of US sanctions on China – which seems unlikely to ease under Biden
Asia’s private wealth giants shift gears to market-neutral
With interest rates low, structured product investors bypass capital-protected products for market-neutral strategies
Achieving a holistic view of risk in times of crisis
What happens when risks become too global in scope and increasingly uncertain for a business to manage? Jeroen van Doorsselaere, senior director – finance, risk and regulatory reporting value propositions at Wolters Kluwer, explores the key steps to…
SFC’s Alder looks to shake up liquidity rules post-Covid
Asia Risk 25: HK regulatory head says central banks must “never have to step in again” to bail out investors
New HKEX warrant buyers surf vol in unfamiliar waters
While stock volatility is boosting inline warrant turnover, it’s driving bets more suited to wholesale products
Asia moves: Asifma appoints new board chair, HSBC names new head of wealth, and more
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Hong Kong plots Honia-linked floater debut
Central bank hopes floating rate note sale will kick-start new debt market linked to risk-free rate
Custodian of the year: BNP Paribas
Asia Risk Awards 2020
ETF provider of the year: Yuanta SITC
Asia Risk Awards 2020
Derivatives house of the year, Asia ex-Japan: UBS
Asia Risk Awards 2020
How financial Institutions can manage risk for business recovery
Hosted by Asia Risk, this webinar – ahead of this October's Risk Hong Kong conference – addresses the latest market trends and challenges faced by Hong Kong’s risk management practitioners
Asia risks falling behind on Libor transition, sources say
Regulators urged to take a more active role in steering buy-side firms to new benchmarks
Revised FRTB deadline poses further challenges for Asia‑Pacific banks
Essan Soobratty, product manager for regulatory data, New York; Eugene Stern, global head of product, market risk, New York; and Vicky Cheng, head of government and regulatory affairs, Asia‑Pacific, Hong Kong, at Bloomberg explore the additional…
Lessons from the past – Overcoming historical tick-data challenges with the cloud (Part II)
The panel at a recent Risk.net webinar in association with Refinitiv outlined some of these challenges, including the expense of data cleaning, maintenance and storage; access to relevant data; and dataset integration. They agreed that cloud-based…
Quant finance courses tested by Covid’s echoing classrooms
Universities fret over drop in international students and demands of online learning
Why investors are stuck with flawed VAR models
Buy-side risk survey: VAR wasn’t much use in March, but it is ingrained in the industry
Asia debt market suffers SOFR inertia
Issuers of floating rate notes stick with Libor in absence of term version of risk-free rate
Structured products gain favour among Chinese enterprises
The Chinese government’s flagship national strategy for the advancement of regional connectivity – the Belt and Road Initiative – continues to encourage the outward expansion of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Here, Guotai Junan International…
Oil funds want to reduce risk. Will investors let them?
Despite posting big losses, funds that track front-month contracts remain popular with investors
Asia moves: Ex-Vanguard Asia chief joins CLSA, Man Group names equities head, and more
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LCH, HKEX to clear swaps linked to Asia overnight rates
Clearing houses ready launch of SORA and Honia swaps, but timing is uncertain