ALM & Risk Consulting

As rate-cut cycle ends, transmission of previous policy decisions are yet to materialise due to savers moving toward better-yielding instruments than bank deposits. With inflation risks and CD ratio ... Read →

Lebanon's central bank filed a criminal complaint against a former official, lawyer, and banker over alleged public funds embezzlement ... Read →

Money market indicators closed the session on a divergent note as liquidity within Nigeria’s financial system contracted sharply, declining by roughly 60 percent following significant settlement ... Read →

As banks and asset managers experiment with quantum computing to optimise operations, they should be proactive in adopting quantum-safe strategies ... Read →

Barclays consumed the most headroom to regulatory capital minimums in the Bank of England’s latest stress test, albeit by wider margins than in the previous exercise. Read →

Identifying the right solutions for buy-side firms’ business objectives, the benefits of improved workflow efficiency and tailoring solutions to business priorities and ambitions ... Read →

Demand for protection against a selloff in key Latin American (LatAm) currencies has been rising steadily since December, as investors look to protect their carry trades from geopolitical impacts and ... Read →

Netherlands-based start-up exchange One Trading is planning to launch the first 24/7 central limit order book (Clob) for equity perpetual futures before the end of the first quarter, after securing ... Read →

Croatia formally nominated Boris Vujcic for the role of vice president of the European Central Bank as the race for the No. 2 job at the institution heats up. Read →

The largest US banks leaned further into bilaterally settled over-the-counter derivatives at the end of 2024, as their aggregate clearing rate fell to a record low of 48.3%, diverging from the ... Read →

If you happen to mention the acronym CSRBB to Europe’s banking book risk managers, there might be an awkward pause in the conversation. There are some who believe a regulatory push to improve the ... Read →

Interbank interest rates remained stable as excess liquidity continued to circulate within Nigeria’s financial system, reflecting the absence of funding stress across money market activities. Strong ... Read →

The authors investigate current and proposed cyber risk reporting requirement and describe the data gaps that remain before discussing how a better and ... Read →

The unifying theme in Risk.net ’s annual survey of top investment risks is the funnelling of investors into a small number of seemingly binary exposures, about which they feel increasingly unsure. Read →

LME Clear again emerged as the most heavily impacted clearing house in the Bank of England’s latest stress test of central counterparties (CCPs), with more than half of its default fund resources ... Read →

Citadel Securities has hired Kenneth Pregnell, the former chief risk officer at multi-strategy hedge fund Eisler Capital, in a senior risk management role. Read →

Spain’s former central bank governor Pablo Hernández de Cos and his Dutch counterpart Klaas Knot are European economists’ preferred picks to become the next president of the European Central Bank, ... Read →

Dealers involved in the launch of a new credit trading platform are pinning a lot on its approaching debut. Rather than inviting dealers to quote prices, the new service will attempt to match sell- ... Read →

There are many different techniques of bank supervision. Historically, the North American approach emphasises on-site inspections, while Europeans make use of regular supervisory reports and ... Read →