Geopolitical risk
Supervisors should be mindful of geopolitical risks, says IMF
Shock events cause sizeable swings in asset pricing, institution’s latest report highlights
BoE warns over risk of system-wide cyber attack
Senior policy official Carolyn Wilkins also expresses concern over global fragmentation of bank regulation
Lots to fear, including fear itself
Binary scenarios for key investment risks in this year’s Top 10 are worrying buy-siders
Strategies for navigating market volatility in the post-US election landscape
Market volatility following the US election, including inflation risks, commodities, geopolitical uncertainty, ESG considerations and the role of advanced analytics in investment strategies
Risk.net’s top 10 investment risks for 2025
Fresh concerns this year include a trade war, a stock market crash and growing social discord
Could Trump presidency herald $27bn margin call on World Bank?
Think-tank’s policy plan to pull US out of multilateral threatens AAA rating, ending collateral exemption
On geopolitical risk, G-Sibs choose their battles
Conflicts – both existing and threatened – raise concern among banks, but many are still grappling to weave the risk into their frameworks
Op Risk Benchmarking 2024: the G-Sibs
Eleven large banks feature in round II, with new data points on first-line risk teams, taxonomies and AI adoption
Trends, challenges and opportunities in fixed income trading
Is 2024 the year of the bond?
US election a ‘classic inflection point’ – Rory Stewart
Risk Live: Podcaster and former politician talks geopolitical risk and UK politics in keynote speech
Op risk hits all-time highs at three Nordic banks
Regular updates drive record rises at Handelsbanken, Nordea and SEB
Beware war exclusions in cyber insurance, risk managers told
Risk Live: Experts say policy wording is tightening up following rise in ransomware attacks
Top 10 operational risks for 2024
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Top 10 op risks: AI fears drive cyber risk to record high
External fraud re-enters top 10; change management now a top five concern
RBI’s op risk charges climb 22% on input-series update
Recalibration reverses savings from discontinuation of AMA a year earlier
Geopolitics is harsh terrain for FMIs
Idiosyncratic nature of disputes and flare-ups leaves exchange and infrastructure operators blending metrics with guesswork
The top 10 investment risks for 2024
New fears include mounting government debt, the rise of AI, a credit crunch and regulatory overkill
Op Risk Benchmarking, round III: the FMIs
Decade of change has seen exchanges and CCPs grow in size and importance, dragging their management of op risk into the regulatory spotlight
Mission-critical risk frameworks vital for navigating volatility
Financial markets in 2023 have been marked by heightened volatility, and driven by economic uncertainty, geopolitical tension and technological disruption against a backdrop of digitisation. As the repercussions of bank failures and rising defaults…
Power play: how geopolitics is shaping op risk at G-Sibs
Geopolitics is a top five fear for G-Sibs, but most banks lack specialist risk staff and classical tools
No tick-the-box approach to compliance risks
G-Sibs share fear of regulatory run-ins, but lack common stance on modelling, KRIs and more