Property
The unintended consequences of ring-fencing
Rules aimed at protecting UK depositors may be putting too much froth into the credit market
People news: Yarian leaves HSBC, Goldman’s Lemkau joins MSD Partners, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Eurozone real estate funds build equity holdings
Net purchases of equity hit €18.2 billion
Asia moves: Soc Gen replaces Asia chief, Deutsche Bank appoints wealth management head, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
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
FVA – Time to go asymmetric?
Despite being introduced over six years ago, there is still no market consensus on how to calculate funding valuation adjustments. One point of contention is whether to use the same funding curve for borrowing and lending (symmetric funding) or to use…
Europe eyes the pitfalls of Japanification
Does the cultural and demographic experience of Japan apply to a heterogeneous grouping of nations that have no common monetary policy or a unified social outlook?
Deploying agile analytics in the fight against fraud
Financial firms are under pressure to tackle the widespread problem of financial fraud. As the speed, scale and sophistication of fraudulent activity grows, a panel of financial crime experts reveal how firms can develop an agile analytics capability to…
Metro Bank loan blunder perplexes industry
Bankers surprised risk-weight errors went unnoticed, warn they could harm bank’s IRB aspirations