Infrastructure
Derivatives house of the year, Asia: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2018: BNP Paribas continues to boost its presence in Asian commodities with a focus on bespoke solutions
Commodity finance house of the year: Societe Generale
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2018: standout financing deals reflect growing appetite for renewables and new approach to risk
Cloud adoption special report 2018
If banks had been hesitant to move their data and processes to the cloud, recent regulatory requirements have certainly provided a final nudge in that direction. Cloud computing has been around for many years as a potential means of expanding the…
Python – Is the buzz justified?
Python is rapidly becoming the world’s most popular programming language and its versatility and ease of use has enabled it to achieve widespread adoption in finance, becoming the multipurpose tool of choice for quantitative analysts and other financial…
Keeping up with cloud adoption
Risk.net convened a webinar in collaboration with Murex to explore how, as more financial institutions move to the cloud, they can get the most out of their technology investments
The traditional buy versus build trade‑off
Firms undecided between buying from a vendor or building bespoke software can look to Beacon, whose ‘buy-and-build on-top-of’ offering combines the best of both options, writes Alex Sayle, global head of platform engineering at Beacon Platform
Compliance preparations amid uncertain rules
A forum of industry leaders discusses how banks will define individual trading desks under FRTB, whether BCBS 239 compliance projects can help banks meet FRTB risk data challenges, which model validation obstacles banks still face and other key topics
Is Libor going away?
Amid widespread expectation that Libor will soon be discontinued, questions are being asked around whether the transitioning towards risk-free rates will prove too onerous to achieve. Christopher Dias, principal, advisory, at KPMG, explores whether the…
Ibor transition valuation and risk management considerations
The impending move from interbank offered rates to alternate reference rates will require important changes to many valuation and risk management processes and infrastructure. EY Financial Services’ Shankar Mukherjee, Michael Sheptin and John Boyle…
Brexit uncertainty for UK and Irish power markets
Traders remain in the dark about the future of the UK’s participation in the Internal Energy Market
Disruptive change in US power markets: Identifying risks and embracing opportunities in the new world of digital
Power markets worldwide are experiencing disruptive changes on a bigger scale and with greater speed than many had anticipated. Now, more than ever, it is essential to understand opportunities and risks associated with these changes
EU insurers embrace infrastructure bonds
Solvency II-compliant infrastructure investments concentrated in handful of firms
Banks struggle with BCBS 239 implementation
Only three G-Sibs fully compliant with all risk data and reporting principles at end-2017
EU insurers shun ABS, real estate
Securitisations make up just 0.5% of portfolios; property 2.7%
Planned sale prompts hard look at post-trade firms
Plans to sell MarkitServ fuel warnings about middleware vendors’ future
Trade data initiatives aim to unify regulatory reporting
Standardised data would improve systemic risk monitoring and save firms billions, say data engineers
Safeguarding liquidity in a changing environment
Nick Gant, head of fixed income prime brokerage for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific at Societe Generale Prime Services, discusses banks’ evolving responsibilities for providing liquidity in a post-financial crisis environment in which…