Governance
Impact investing: trends and best practices
A panel of investment specialists discusses the rapidly expanding world of environment, social and governance (ESG) investing, with a particular focus on climate. They discuss best practice for achieving impact investing, their expectations on climate…
CFTC backs banks in tussle over clearing house governance
CME and Ice will need to pay more attention to clearing members on risk committees
Japan’s GPIF divests $1.5bn in Russia-linked assets
Pension fund cut exposure to country by 95% in the 12 months to March
People moves: JPM’s quant shuffle, NatWest hires Solanki, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
LME tear-up may have averted ‘multiple defaults’ – CEO
Decision to cancel nickel trades on March 8 forestalled ‘unprecedented’ margin call, argues exchange chief
Only regulators can clear up Credit Suisse’s Archegos mess
Shareholders were right to keep officers and directors on the hook until all the facts are known
Archegos revisited: the gaps in Credit Suisse’s story
Ahead of shareholder vote, former execs point to gaps in key report – raising new questions about accountability
In roiling markets, fraud rises. Banks want to understand why
Disruption from Ukraine and Covid puts managers on alert for misconduct, as risk controls are stretched to the max
Strengthening risk frameworks
Interest rates might be a challenge, but they are also an opportunity for insurers, Gus Ortega, head of operational risk management at Voya Financial, tells Risk.net
Shaping the future of risk and finance with analytics and integrated technology
This webinar explores how to enhance business planning activities, while accelerating regulatory demands with limited resources amid a need to derive greater value from the analytic lifecycle
Emerging trends in op risk
Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…
Digital transformation and the future of GRC
This Risk.net survey report explores the impact of digitalisation on financial firms, and the changing strategies, resources and technology deployed by the governance, risk and compliance function
Experts urge OCC to include climate risk in bank exams
Regulator’s proposed principles are step in the right direction, but still behind Europe
Data to anchor a new age of risk management
The growth of artificial intelligence and real-time compliance drives new requirements in data and analytics
ESG strategies: special report 2021
This Risk.net special report comprises a series of articles that reflect on the latest initiatives for consistent standardised global frameworks for measuring ESG, consider the methodologies investors are using to make measurable progress for people and…
ESG strategy, investment and risk
Sponsored Q&A
Hints on quantification approaches
Tiziano Bellini, head of risk integration competence line, international markets at Prometeia, examines the key components of successful model risk management, focusing on the importance of integration, processes, governance and IT solutions to…
Managing physical and financial risk in today’s volatile commodities markets
This webinar examines what firms are doing to modernise their IT systems to get better control on their risk measures and key performance indicators across their physical and financial businesses.
The wild world of credit models
The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a kind of schizophrenia in loan-loss models. When the pandemic hit, banks overprovisioned for credit losses on the assumption that the economy would head south. But when government stimulus packages put wads of cash in…
Moving from risk to resilience: making your organisation anti-fragile
Moving from basic risk management to real resilience is a critical capability organisations must strive to attain. Teams are seeking to quickly mature resilience as businesses, countries and economies reopen (and, in some cases, close again) in the wake…
Data and AI: addressing increasing regulation for smarter compliance
This webinar features leading compliance and risk management professionals and focuses on how firms can handle regulatory change management, fraud prevention, AML and other compliance needs through the use of an optimal data and AI foundation built for…
China’s first global multi-asset index embedding ESG criteria
China Minsheng Bank explores its joint initiative alongside Societe Generale – the Minsheng multi-asset ESG global allocation index – and its objective to provide investors across several regions with balanced returns from assets with ESG criteria…
Ethical derivatives strive to win over sceptics
New Isda standards are latest move to overcome client “hesitancy” to use contracts linked to ESG targets
Societe Generale links FX algo fees to ESG targets
Clients face penalties if they fail to meet sustainability criteria during algo rental period