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Are investors betting on Kamala or Donald? Neither
Hedge funds and others shun election-based trades and rely on existing hedges to guard against surprise market moves
Tackling local compliance in an increasingly globalised world
TMF Group’s Leon Mao, head of family business and wealth solutions in Hong Kong, explores the pressing challenges of addressing both local and global regulations to minimise regulatory and reputational risk in the Asia‑Pacific region
Asia Risk technology rankings 2017 – Vote now
Have your say in this year’s survey of technology vendors
Energy Risk Software Rankings 2016
OpenLink voted best overall ETRM platform
Falling budgets are top IT worry for energy firms
Tech spending by energy trading companies is set to plummet in 2016, survey finds
Few commodity traders saw improved liquidity in 2015 – poll
Three-quarters say OTC liquidity held steady or fell last year, while 25% saw gains
Financial trading worsened oil plunge – Risk.net poll
Most respondents say paper trading had some impact, but disagree on how much
FI trading revenues expected to slide further – Risk.net poll
Fixed-income trading revenues will continue to fall in 2014, believe respondents to a Risk.net poll
European clearing mandate likely to start in 2015 – Risk.net poll
Clients aren’t expected to be subject to a clearing mandate until 2015, according to a Risk.net poll
Leverage and CCP capital proposals will hurt clearing – Risk.net poll
Four fifths of respondents to a new Risk.net poll think proposed changes to the leverage ratio and CCP capital rules will make it uneconomical to become a clearing member
CFTC substituted compliance process not clear enough – Risk.net poll
The majority of respondents to a Risk.net poll say they do not understand how CFTC substituted compliance determinations will be made
CVA exemptions should be rolled out globally – Risk.net poll
Three quarters of survey respondents believe regulators should copy the European Union’s CVA exemptions for trades with corporates, pension funds and sovereigns
Risk.net poll: Simpler Basel framework is needed
A majority of Risk.net readers think regulators should reduce complexity in the Basel framework, after a recent report shows wide variations in RWAs
Risk.net poll: Regulators not giving enough information
The vast majority of respondents feel regulators have not provided them with sufficient information to implement new derivatives rules
Derivatives traders optimistic for 2013, according to Risk.net poll
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a Risk.net survey think they’ll make more money from derivatives trading in 2013
FVA should be included in derivatives pricing, say survey respondents
Nearly two thirds of survey respondents disagree with Hull and White’s argument that funding valuation adjustment should be ignored
Rule changes make it harder for small firms to use CCPs - Risk.net poll
Esma's decision to make indirect clearing an optional service could leave smaller firms without clearing access, according to a poll of Risk.net readers
End-users will stop using derivatives – Risk.net poll
Proposals to require derivatives users to post initial margin on uncleared trades will cause many end-users to stop using derivatives, say a majority of survey respondents
Risk.net poll: Basel Committee wrong to be sceptical of capital models
Readers of Risk.net vote two to one against the Basel Committee's new-found distrust of internal capital modelling
Risk.net poll: Industry divided over plan to scrap VAR
Poll on Basel Committee proposal to ditch VAR attracts close to 1,000 votes - with a narrow victory for critics of the metric
Corporate trades should not face CVA charge – Risk.net poll
Two-thirds of respondents think trades with corporates should be exempt from Basel III's CVA capital charge