Covid
Op risk data: Tech glitch gives customers unlimited funds
Also: Payback for slow Paycheck Protection payouts; SEC hits out at AI washing. Data by ORX News
European regulators turn up the heat on IFRS 9 model overlays
After warnings from EBA and BoE, risk managers urge ‘soul-searching’ on post-model adjustments
Tall order: why a unified op risk taxonomy is still elusive
Banks vary in how they classify operational risk losses – and regulators are in no rush to change the status quo
Soured CRE loans pile up at BofA, Wells Fargo and PNC
Proportion of non-performing loans surges past the pandemic’s worst stretches
Bloating CCP default funds. New margin models. Are the two linked?
Dealers grumble that greater guaranty fund payments could undermine the ‘defaulter pays’ principle of clearing
Op risk data: US piqued by Pictet tax breach
Also: US Bank’s Covid failings; South Korea’s short-selling clampdown. Data by ORX News
Can CRE credit risk models cope with hybrid working?
As US office use changes, modellers deploy judgement overlays and alternative data to keep up
EBA seeks to tighten up uneven prudent value adjustments
Regulator to consult ‘soon’ on changes to improve consistency of capital deductions
CME’s Span 2 margin model generates systems headaches
Market participants welcome smarter margin requirements, but not the computational workload
As banks limit FRTB model use, outputs get more volatile
Risk managers say selection of stress window becomes more sensitive if fewer desks are on IMA
China equity for global investors: reopen, recover, re-enter
At a panel session convened at Risk.net’s ETF & Indexing Forum in Hong Kong, experts from FTSE Russell, Citi, BlackRock and CSOP Asset Management discussed the latest investment trends and challenges, and the opportunities afforded by China A-shares…
Dynamic connectedness between energy markets and cryptocurrencies: evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the authors use the time-varying parameter vector autoregression approach to to explore the connectedness between cryptocurrencies and international energy markets from 2018 to 2021.
Bankers call for overhaul of EBA stress tests
Support for multiple scenarios, but only if fixed assumptions and variables are scaled back
Chinese banks expected to launch TLAC market onshore
Estimated issuance needs of $510 billion are heavy, but thought to be manageable
Eurex wargames pricing derivatives during disruption events
Ukraine war and tech glitches prompt German exchange to set out methods for handling market closures
Run risk on funds not a systemic issue, say market participants
FSB and Iosco are consulting on drive to make open-ended funds adopt anti-dilution tools
The battle to stop energy markets boiling over
European CCPs and supervisors join call for changes to mitigate any repeat of last year’s crisis
The chatbot and the quant: GPT shakes finance education
With smarter large language models, quant grads risk turning into AI-assisted slackers, writes Gordon Lee
Op risk data: Credit Suisse hit for $900m in offshore trust bust
Also: Goldman boys’ club gets the boot; HSBC double whammy; Havilland’s economic sabotage plan. Data by ORX News
Compliance can help fintechs grow from adolescence to adulthood
It may slow US banking down, but customer safety is the difference between success and failure
Target-date funds: lessons learned?
The authors return to the topic of their 2011 paper and investigate the maturation of target-date funds and their performance during the Covid-19 pandemic, finding that the funds have largely achieved their designation.
In a downturn, mitigation beats litigation every time
Economic shocks increase op risks for banks, but institutions can take steps to limit the danger
Op risk data: Stanford fraud haunts banks for billions
Also: Helaba’s crank capital relief; TSE stock price sanction; 1MDB mauls Mudabala. Data by ORX News
Top 10 operational risks for 2023
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners