Risk management
NYCB’s borrowing boosted cash reserves by 66% in Q4
Embattled bank bolsters liquidity in anticipation of tighter supervision but sees funding costs climb
Better anti-procyclicality? From a critical assessment of anti-procyclicality tools to regulatory recommendations
The authors carry out quantitative and qualitative analysis of anti-procyclicality tools and suggest policy measures intended to make APC tools more effective.
Navigating technology integration in an altered buy-side risk landscape
Luke Armstrong discusses the expanding role of buy-side risk teams, the comprehensive integration of risk factors and how technology can help risk managers navigate a dynamically shifting risk landscape
In search of clean data: firms navigate data challenges as LLM adoption flourishes
This WatersTechnology rapid read report explores the transformative potential of LLMs in financial services, offering insights into the evolution, challenges and positive impacts on decision-making processes in capital markets
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
New challenges for fuel companies in a changing biofuels market
The market for biofuels is undergoing transformative change, driven by ambitious regulation and rising demand from corporates looking to decarbonise to hit net-zero pledges.
NSCC had top margin breach of $1.2bn in Q3
Margin shortfall is largest on record for the CCP and bucks wider trend across global clearing houses
Strategies for effective real-time data capture and robust risk management
Risk management systems, processes and real-time data aggregation techniques are rapidly evolving across financial institutions against a backdrop of high market volatility and rapid technological development
Interest rate and liquidity risk special report 2023
This special report explores the ongoing impact of higher interest rates on bank capital and liquidity, and the steps they are taking to shore up their liquidity risk management practices in the current environment.
Markets Technology Awards 2024 winners' review
Vendors spy opportunity in demystifying and democratising – opening up markets and methods to new users
How corporates are tooling up for FX risk
Unstable markets have forced corporate treasurers to adopt whizzier methods for managing currency exposures
Peak-to-valley drawdowns: insights into extreme path-dependent market risk
The authors investigate risk in relation to peak-to-valley market drawdowns and aim to gain insights into the drawdown behaviour of asset classes across time intervals.
Party’s over as more banks drop internal models for market risk
At least three systemic banks in Europe intend to ditch IMA for capital requirements
FRAML solutions 2023: market and vendor landscape
As concerns around financial crime escalate, financial institutions and regulators are placing greater emphasis on combined FRAML solutions. For financial institutions the benefits of an integrated FRAML platform include improved capabilities,…
AI in risk management: one giant leap forward or a risk too far?
As technology advances at lightning speed, AI brings its own, not inconsiderable, risks. How, then, are today’s risk managers using AI tools to their best advantage – and what threats do they face along the way? In a Risk.net webinar, sponsored by FIS,…
Exchange rate risk management for contractors within a hybrid payment scheme: a case study in Punta del Este, Uruguay
The author proposes methods for how contractors may attempt to mitigate exchange rate risks in hybrid payment systems and validates these with empirical data from a hypothetical project.
Managing credit risk in uncertain environments
Following three years of disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, senior risk managers, risk management consultants and CROs from the banking and insurance industries gathered in Singapore for Asia Risk’s CRO Club roundtable
Legal risk management in the Polish banking sector
We carry out a review of the management of legal risk in Polish banks and use empirical research to demonstrate how these risks are managed.
Revolutionising liquidity management: harnessing operational intelligence for real‑time insights and risk mitigation
Pierre Gaudin, head of business development at ActiveViam, explains the importance of fast, in-memory data analysis functions in allowing firms to consistently provide senior decision-makers with actionable insights
Up to their necks in it: banks wrestle with change management
Banks recognise risks in transformation, but struggle to measure them
New trends in interest rate and liquidity risk management
A recent series of Risk.net webinars explored the banking crisis, interest rate risk and revamping banking asset-liability management practices. In the series, panellists dissected what went wrong and identified early lessons. Fast forward to the close…
Empowering risk management with AI
This webinar explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can strip out the overheads and effort of rapidly modelling, monitoring and mitigating risk
The tech revolution: equipping institutions for risk and regulatory challenges
Unveiling the impact of cloud technology and data analytics, empowering institutions to enhance their calculations and cut operational costs. Redirecting focus to critical business decision-making and profitability follows suit
Core-Payments for business leaders: why real-time access to payment data is key to long‑term business success
Business leaders require easy access to timely, reliable and complete information across post-trade processes. Aside from the usual requirements of senior managers to optimise for risk, revenues and costs, they increasingly need to demonstrate to their…