Data aggregation
Banks must break data silos to improve pricing decisions
Data consistency is increasingly key to judging risk and reacting quickly in a crisis, writes former XVA practitioner
Europeans face longer wait for consolidated tape for ETFs
Issuers say lack of trading volumes is holding back a European ETF market that lags behind the US
This is going to hurt: EU-prescribed OTC tape is no cure-all
Market participants sharply divided on utility of a consolidated tape to record OTC derivatives trades
Private companies ‘lack data transparency’
Investors held back over issues around data quality and availability
Banks warn it’s too early for an OTC swaps consolidated tape
Market participants say Isin difficulties need to be resolved in order to create a usable tape
UK aims to beat EU in Mifid swaps reporting stakes
UK follows up proposed EU solution to confusion over post-trade transparency with its own fix
Archegos shows up US swaps reporting shambles
Problems with existing data mean SEC’s pending TRS reporting rules won’t bring the issue to order
Buy side confronts dealers over unreliable bond prices
Investors are quantifying the quality of indicative prices and banding together to tackle the issue
‘Improving’ Mifid post-trade transparency splits markets
Mooted changes to Europe’s transparency regime are dividing markets – largely along functional lines
Banks stride towards BCBS 239 implementation
No G-Sib was non-compliant with any key data management principles
Top 10 op risks 2020: data compromise
Hackers, thieves and wobbly in-house data management keep this category near the top of the list
Frustrated authorities resort to BCBS 239 ‘fire drills’
ECB and Finma lob impromptu data requests at banks, as BCBS 239 quietly permeates everyday supervision
Mifid’s free data mirage vexes markets
Users struggle to access post-trade data despite European regulator’s push for transparency
Why Europe’s markets might need Mifid III
Lawmakers leaning towards small-scale review, others call for fuller rewrite
Lifetime achievement: Benoît Coeuré
Risk Awards 2020: The departing ECB executive has helped transform eurozone financial markets
Banks feel chill of exposure from Fed’s SCCL
US rules on counterparty credit limit pose challenges for risk and regulatory teams despite proposed delay, says expert
Banks queasy over idea of building cyber trust
They agree that sharing intel on cyber threats is a good thing. But that doesn’t mean they want to
A tech-driven transformation
A panel of experts explores how greater collaboration between risk and finance teams can garner significant benefits and add value, how technological innovation is making the regulatory landscape more complicated to navigate and produce transformative…
Ice creates daily credit risk monitoring tool
Company muscles into Bloomberg’s fixed income data territory with bond analytics service
Dealers suffer in euro rates desert
Analysis shows collapse in swap and bond bid/offer spreads, as traders say business is “unsustainable”
Blazing new analytical paths: Tackling data aggregation for new risk insights
As the risk function’s influence continues to grow within financial services firms, demand for quality integrated risk data to support a wider range of business-critical decisions is stretching the capabilities of existing technology to breaking point. A…