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Asia Risk Awards 2019
Esma probes blurry line between FX vendors and venues
Forex liquidity aggregators resemble trading platforms – but are not regulated as such, critics charge
Forex ‘last look’: how non-banks stack up
Research shows patchy disclosures, plus differences from banks on pre-hedging and rejected orders
Quant Lipton pans Facebook’s Libra
Former Bank of America exec sees more potential in rival projects, such as utility settlement coin
Debelle swings at ‘buyer beware’ disclosures in FX
“They don’t give you free licence to do whatever you want,” says new GFXC chair
Risk premia strategies – Lessons learned for the future
After a difficult 2018, investors are increasingly wary of risk premia, concerned that factors leading to underperformance might be a recurring problem. Imene Moussa, executive director at UBS, clarifies this issue
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…
Asset managers urged to sign global forex code
Firms risk hit to reputation by not committing to standards on market practice, investor says
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…
Converging on sound model risk management practices
Although most banks are progressing rapidly towards a certain standard in MRM practices, the rate of progress is uneven and so are the ambition levels. Management Solutions provides a summarised overview of the state of MRM evolution and how banks are…
Digital forex settlement volume tipped to rise tenfold
DLT platform aims to settle $100 billion of currency trades by year-end
Global bank equity dips $230 billion in Q2
UK banks post the largest dollar declines
EU derivatives market adds €55 trillion in 2017
Interest rate products account for 69% of gross notionals
IFRS 9 versus IAS 39: Opportunities in changes to hedge accounting
With financial reporting in a state of flux amid the introduction of several new accounting standards, many corporates may feel overburdened by the need to ensure accounting compliance to take full advantage of IFRS 9 from the point of adoption. Robert…