Risk appetite
For G-Sibs managing cyber outages, confidence makes the difference
IT disruption drops among top G-Sib concerns this year, as banks revamp models and retool risk indicators
Risk density edges higher at UBS’s legacy unit
New division established post Credit Suisse acquisition partly responsible for $785m quarterly loss
Party’s over as more banks drop internal models for market risk
At least three systemic banks in Europe intend to ditch IMA for capital requirements
On cyber risk, regionals have no appetite for disruption
Smaller lenders fear outages and other IT bungles, as do regulators. So, what are they doing about it?
ECB mulls intervention on uneven banking book reporting
Inconsistency among EU banks on whether deposits and loans are in scope for credit spread risk
Power play: how geopolitics is shaping op risk at G-Sibs
Geopolitics is a top five fear for G-Sibs, but most banks lack specialist risk staff and classical tools
Sizing cyber: banks split on who owns and measures hack threats
G-Sibs split on risk modelling and management for IT disruption and infosec
Op Risk Benchmarking: Inside the G-Sibs
New initiative scrutinises op risk measurement and management practices at the world’s largest banks
The regulator that troubleshoots first, asks questions later
Canada’s bank watchdog aims to intervene early to tackle burgeoning risks, even at the expense of “perfect” regulatory decisions
IRB risk-weights highest at smallest EU banks – ECB
Lenders with less than €30 billion in assets consistently report lower risk densities than bigger banks across all modelled portfolios
Shadow US banks cool on riskier leveraged loans
Lowest-quality syndicated loans held by non-banks fall, though they remain well above pre-pandemic levels
Client margin up 7% at Bank of America’s swaps unit
Aggregate required client margin across all FCMs at highest point since second quarter of 2020
FXPBs wary of Turkish lira risk, say hedge funds
Primes hesitant to take big positions on embattled currency
Barclays’ F&O clearing unit boosts client margin by $2.1bn
JP Morgan remains the FCM with the largest share of required segregated customer funds for futures and options trades
The hidden effects of stress on risk takers
Trader turned neuroscientist urges financial firms to monitor trader physiology, hire fewer physicists
Studies test investors’ risk aversion after crash
Researchers use March tumult to investigate psychology of risk-taking
Top 10 operational risks for 2020
The biggest op risks for 2020, as chosen by industry practitioners
ICAAP/ILAAP – Unlocking business value from capital and liquidity assessment
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital adequacy and assessment process (ICAAP) and internal liquidity adequacy assessment process (ILAAP) important tools in managing risk. The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) updated guidance – which came into effect…
A new leaf: why a hedge fund manager bought a bank
Andy Redleaf founded a $6 billion hedge fund. Now he runs a small community bank
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
Opening the buy-side liquidity pool
Vikash Rughani, business manager at triReduce and triBalance, outlines a new approach enabling buy- and sell-side participants to optimise the transition of legacy Libor over-the-counter swaps contracts to alternative reference rates