Compliance
Swaps counterparties spooked by Emir position pairing
Stumble on voluntary position reporting could undermine push to reform ETD regime
Asia-Pacific banks revise conduct scorecards
DBS, Maybank and others tweak performance metrics to reward good behaviour over hard sales
A helping hand – Addressing industry concerns
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s final revisions to the FRTB guidelines aim to address industry concerns around complexity and capital implications. A forum of industry leaders discusses whether the changes have been effective and how banks…
Final rules on securitisation due by year-end, EBA says
European issuers forced to work with incomplete legislation for another six months at least
Check mates – AI and the future of KYC
Financial crime prevention is an increasingly complex task for financial services firms. Criminal activities such as money laundering and fraud have rocketed, and the perpetrators are getting smarter. Amid tightening regulation and the threat of…
New applications in Asia’s financial crime analytics
Financial crime is a fast-growing problem for Asia‑Pacific financial services firms. Working with outmoded systems and patched-up processes to detect, monitor and eliminate potential threats, banks are spending millions on sophisticated new solutions to…
Apac banks call for regulatory push on AML tech
“Regulators have got to stop being okay with how things currently are,” says financial crime head
Royal Commission refunds weigh on Aussie banks
A$1.7 billion of remediation costs taken by Big Four in H1
All along the watchtower – Surveillance tools against market abuse
Surveillance tools against market abuse are enjoying a technological revolution in analytics, while anxious supervisors are also closing in on market practices. Risk.net hosted a webinar in association with NICE Actimize to analyse the threats and…
The evolution of GRC – New tools for the first line of defence
IBM explores how, in the rapidly changing global financial markets, next-generation governance, risk and compliance solutions are empowering growing numbers of organisations and business users to make risk-aware decisions and increase process efficiency…
Into the void: Europe’s new but hazy securitisation market
Regulatory vagueness reaches new heights as incomplete rules take effect
The future of operational risk management
As the efficiency of operational risk management remains a top priority and pressure to maximise value increases, emerging technology could prove crucial. Nitish Idnani, leader of oprisk management services at Deloitte, explores how the oprisk management…
European lawmakers water down proposed no-action powers
ESAs to advise rather than postponing rules themselves; experts warn tool may be too slow to use
Portfolio traders turn to tech – A new generation of strategies
Chris Bruner, head of US credit product at Tradeweb, explores the products that can help managers express portfolio views and how they can maximise the benefits they can reap by evaluating and understanding the price, risk and relative value of each…