Large US banks’ contributions to the default funds of central counterparties (CCPs) ballooned over the 18 months to March 31, ending the first quarter at a record $90.4 billion.

Buyout pricing used to be largely based on an insurer’s ability to invest the assets it receives from pension funds into higher-yielding corporate bonds to meet the fund’s long-term liabilities.

Tariffs have complicated the picture for monetary policy-makers as they balance potential inflationary pressure with risks to ...

Banks have long bemoaned the opaque nature of clearing house margin methodologies. Those complaints intensify whenever stress ...

Credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk-weighted assets (RWAs) jumped 73% across 18 European banks analysed by Risk Quantum in the first quarter, following the implementation on January 1 of the ...

Recent revelations about Jane Street’s trading activities in India have raised concerns about possible manipulation of options markets and prompted calls for further investigations.

Standard Chartered has launched a spot crypto trading business, making it the first bank to go live with a spot crypto market ...

The rules require firms to prepare for the possibility of much higher volumes being cleared at EU central counterparties (CCPs) in future, but regulators haven’t yet specified exactly how this ...

Three US global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) projected materially stronger Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital resilience than the Federal Reserve in the latest round of Dodd-Frank Act stress ...

The implementation of Basel III reforms for credit risk in the first quarter of 2025 prompted a major recalibration in how European Union banks calculate risk-weighted assets (RWAs). Across 16 ...

At the same time, supply chain risk is increasing due to geopolitical tensions, sanctions and trade tariffs, leading many firms to consider supply chain risk as a major concern, and some even viewing ...

The volume, speed and regulatory pressure associated with financial transactions have intensified significantly in recent years. The rise of instant payments, a constantly shifting sanctions landscape ...