Disclosure
After Covid, CCPs face calls for revamped disclosures
Banks and buy-side firms working with clearers to provide more granular info on margin shortfalls
Ethical funds balk at Europe’s new disclosure regime
Proposals for 32 reporting criteria are “unmanageable”, complain asset managers
FX traders sound alarm on tagging ‘abuse’
Front running and tag refreshing concerns abound on semi-anonymous trading platforms
FCA consults on new climate risk disclosures
Push would stop short of compulsory reporting
Top 10 op risks 2020: data compromise
Hackers, thieves and wobbly in-house data management keep this category near the top of the list
Worth the cost? EU rethinks Mifid disclosure rules
Banks would gladly be rid of cost disclosures, but some clients want them improved, not scrapped
Buy side still not adopting global forex code – Debelle
Forex committee wants asset managers to embrace standards; shifts focus to algo trading
Clearing house power-downs raise fears among members
Banks question CCP resilience to system outages, as debate swirls over non-default losses
Bad clocks block forex best-ex
To get a good deal in fast-moving forex markets, buy-side firms need to know the time. Some don’t
Opening the buy-side liquidity pool
Vikash Rughani, business manager at triReduce and triBalance, outlines a new approach enabling buy- and sell-side participants to optimise the transition of legacy Libor over-the-counter swaps contracts to alternative reference rates
Navigating the impact of climate risk on financial stability
As uncertainty abounds on the impact climate change may have on the industry, financial services firms must best equip themselves for potential regulatory and socioeconomic changes to ensure they maximise the opportunities of embracing new best practices…
Stress-testing to improve strategic decision‑making
Banking regulators remain focused on expanding and developing the range of stress-testing regimes across the globe to maintain stability, monitor emerging risks and avoid another financial crisis. Here, a forum of industry leaders discusses the evolution…
Companies delay climate policy action at their peril
Failure to take immediate action on the proposals set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change could cost approximately $1.2 trillion over the next 15 years in policy risk costs. Oliver Marchand, co-founder of Carbon Delta and executive director of…
Insight Investment wary of banks’ last-look claims
Buy side should “team up” in bid for more forex transparency, argues senior trader
Buy side seeks more clarity on FX trade rejects
Schroders and BoE criticise code mish-mash, as Investment Association presses for standardisation
Trading venues could help enforce the forex code
ECNs have the power to boost last look disclosures, but aren’t keen to be the code police
How the top 50 dealers tackle forex last look
Uneven disclosure practices are making life difficult for agency algos and ECN trading
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
Forex ‘last look’: how non-banks stack up
Research shows patchy disclosures, plus differences from banks on pre-hedging and rejected orders
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…
Risk and finance – Better together
Changing regulations and new accounting standards are creating enormous challenges for financial organisations. Thorsten Hein, principal product marketing manager, risk research and quantitative solutions at SAS, explores why, to successfully meet these…