ALM & Risk Consulting

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 →

Zhao is a senior banking professional and analytics leader with nearly two decades of experience in the New Zealand financial services sector. Her expertise spans credit risk, model risk management, ... Read →

The authors analyze more than 5000 operational risk incidents from a major New Zealand bank to document risk patterns within a concentrated, dual-regulated ... 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 →

Bloomberg has reported significant volume growth on its dealer-to-client foreign exchange trading platform, FXGO, in 2025 despite the introduction of a controversial new brokerage fee scheme that ... Read →

Indonesia’s banking sector had a tough time in 2025 due to several challenges, mostly stemming from weaker domestic demand. A struggling middle-to-low-income class has put pressure on banks from the ... Read →

ICS Mortgages said it is raising fixed home loan rates by as much as 0.45 of a percentage point, stoking fears this could be the beginning of a fresh wave of hikes for Irish homeowners. Read →

Interbank interest rates remained largely unchanged in the Nigerian money market, supported by ample system liquidity and reduced funding pressures, according to separate reports from investment ... 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 →

The amount the MBSD would have been required to meet in a worst-case member default scenario reached $39.7 billion, up 57.8% on the previous quarter and the sixth-largest figure on record. Read →

Risk managers in financial services are unsure how far European Union regulators will be able to impose their will on foreign technology giants, following the release of the EU’s list of critical ... 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 →

Key strengths: retail/business banking growth, strong capital adequacy, balancesheet resilience, improving funding mix. Reuters-Refinitiv projects 9.6% YoY net profit growth in Q3 FY26. Loan momentum ... Read →

European banks still show a wide variety of approaches to measuring the risk of changes in credit spreads in their deposit-taking and loan books, according to the preliminary results of a survey ... Read →

Royal Bank of Canada took C$984 million ($711 million) in provisions for credit losses (PCLs) on impaired loans in its fiscal fourth quarter, as the risk of US tariffs continued to weigh. Read →

Von den Instituten wird erwartet, dass eine Einbindung des ICAAP in die Gesamtbanksteuerung konsistent über alle Risikoarten (inklusive Liquiditätsrisiken) und Perspektiven hinweg erfolgt. Darüber ... Read →

Quant Mutual Fund remains bullish on large caps, select private banks, and insurance. With strong liquidity, mid and smallcap exposure rising, supportive RBI policy, and a stable US dollar, the fund ... Read →

The Federal Reserve lent $74.6 billion to banks through its Standing Repo Facility during year-end 2025 funding adjustments. Read →

Depositors gaining access to their funds on Thursday marks a cautious return of liquidity after a prolonged period of financial distress. For months, customers had been unable to withdraw the amounts ... Read →