Credit risk
Economic woes and regulation add to VA hedging challenge
Jumping the hedge
Lois: credit and liquidity
Lois: credit and liquidity
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
Balancing act
Easy money: Mittelstand lending glut sparks credit risk fears
Picky in the Mittel
OpRisk North America: Regulator warns industry to get implementation of Dodd-Frank right
Implementation of Dodd-Frank Act raises op risk concerns, conference hears
OpRisk North America: Financial crisis has elevated status of op risk managers
Post-crisis, the value of op risk managers is clear, conference hears
Family offices find an appetite for credit risk
Family wealth funds are dumping hedge fund positions and taking control of their own investment decisions. But as some move into direct lending – to replace retreating banks – they face new risk management challenges. Peter Madigan reports
Central clearing: what obstacles remain for Asia?
Despite the deadline for introducing central clearing already passing, a number of questions are unanswered. Leading figures from around the region voice their concerns
Majority of firms expect to up IT spend in 2013
Nearly 60% of financial institutions say they will increase spending on technology next year – and new regulatory requirements are a big driver
Threat of downgrade hangs over North American power firms
Low natural gas prices, weak power demand and rising costs put pressure on credit ratings
Scotiabank: Enabling real-time credit analysis
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Sentiment could enhance risk models, says Algo’s Macdonald
Market sentiment could eventually be used as an input for risk and trading models, helping to predict future events, says John Macdonald of IBM Algorithmics
Credit risk management: Collateral, covenants and risk review
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Growth in wealth products leaves China non-state banks exposed to liquidity risk
Smaller banks’ use of wealth management products to drive deposit bases poses liquidity and credit risk to broader sector
A model future (part II)
A model future (part II)
Fixed income is the asset class of choice in Singapore, but issuer-risk concerns remain
Global uncertainty is driving investors in Asia into fixed-income assets and structured and credit-linked notes with exposure to credit, though they remain wary of issuer risk
Wholesale banking: Challenges in automating commercial credit risk management
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OpRisk Europe: Capitalise on op risk interest, conference told
A current focus on operational risk by senior management should be grasped by op risk teams to make key improvements
Exchange-traded sliced and diced
ETNs and ETFs: going head to head
Product performance
Product performance
Beware of data leverage
Beware of data leverage