
Deutsche’s Americas CRO on risk-taking in choppy markets
Risk Live Boston: Risk managers must stay alive to sudden market moves, but volatility can also bring opportunity, says Jonathan Hummel

Wild intraday swings in financial markets have become a common feature of the Trump 2.0 era, since the new US president embarked on his sabre-rattling policy of tariffs in a bid to reset global trade flows.
The surprise 90-day pause in tariffs for dozens of countries on April 9 – just a week after they were announced – is the latest example of the unpredictable political backdrop.
There may be more twist and turns in store for markets.
Speaking at the Risk Live Boston conference on the previous day
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