Global Banking & Finance

OCTOBER 12, 2024

By Kris Kowal Origination, relationship management, underwriting, loan servicing, portfolio monitoring, risk management, compliance, innovation and product development: That’s commercial lending. The question isn’t if, but rather when, generative AI touches every step of the commercial lending value chain.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

. “In today’s complex and fast-paced investment landscape, real-time performance attribution can provide transparency and clarity regarding the drivers of financial returns, particularly in portfolio construction and active risk management,” said Lars Ole Hansen, global product manager at SimCorp.

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The TRADE

MAY 31, 2024

What are the key factors contributing to the rise of credit portfolio trading? Portfolio trading has seen a dramatic rise these past few years. It involves trading a basket of bonds of variable credit quality and risk as a single, all-or-none transaction, whereby the trade instruction specifies that the entire order must be filled.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JANUARY 15, 2025

Flexera, the leader in technology spend and risk management, enters into a definitive agreement to acquire the Spot by NetApp FinOps business from NetApp.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched the first actively managed corporate and municipal target maturity bond ETFs in the US market. The suite consists of 14 actively managed target maturity ETFs with various maturity years ranging from 2026 to 2034. The suite is made up of both corporate bond and municipal bond ETFs.

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Beyond M&A

MAY 14, 2023

Traditionally, due diligence focused on assessing the company’s proprietary technologies, its IP portfolio robustness, and its tech infrastructure’s scalability. Risk Management: As AI evolves, so do its associated risks. How does the company plan to create and capture value beyond the base AI model?

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The TRADE

JULY 10, 2024

With the amount of US Treasury clearing activity processed through FICC expected to rise by $4 trillion daily following the SEC’s expanded clearing mandate which will be implemented in 2025 and 2026, DTCC’s calculator will be a key tool for firms to determine VaR and potential margin obligations for any simulated portfolio.

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The TRADE

JULY 2, 2024

Read more – Artificial Intelligence in fixed income: A paradigm shift Chin has held a range of leadership roles in quantitative research, risk management and portfolio management at AB, both in New York and London, since joining the firm in 1997. As part of his new appointment, Chin will be based in New York.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 8, 2024

“Expanding our engagement with Bloomberg as our technology partner has enabled us to streamline our investment management and operations workflows,” said Alexander Mertz, chief executive of BayernInvest. “It

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Beyond M&A

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Why Prior Cyber Incidents Impact Tech Due Diligence Discovering a history of cyber incidents is akin to uncovering a serious compliance violation; it prompts deeper investigation into operational security, internal controls, and risk management practices.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

The platform has the ability to adapting the shifting market conditions to access opportunities and mitigate risk, offering a hedging solution to protect portfolios against adverse currency movements. Jonathan Webb, former head of FX strategy at Jefferies, manages the C8 Hedge platform.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Clearing will take place through Euronext Clearing, offering risk management and portfolio-wide margin efficiencies. Read more: Fireside Friday with… Euronext’s Anthony Attia Trading in the new options is powered by Euronext’s Optiq trading platform, which offers access to a large and diverse pool of liquidity.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

government bonds: In doing so, however, the bank and its “risk managers” made two key mistakes: Long-Term vs. Short-Term – Rather than putting these funds in shorter-term bonds that are less affected by interest rates , SVB invested mostly in longer-term, 10-year bonds whose prices drop significantly when interest rates rise.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

“The launch of Cboe S&P 500 Variance Futures comes at a crucial time when risk management is top of mind for many market participants, amid the backdrop of the upcoming US election, shifting monetary policy and ongoing geopolitical tensions,” said Rob Hocking, head of product innovation at Cboe.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Read more: Fireside Friday with… Morgan Stanley’s Maria Salamanca Mejia Previously in his career, McMahon worked as a centralised dealer at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, working on the multi-asset global trading desk.

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The TRADE

JUNE 14, 2024

When thinking about best execution in the derivative space it is critical to consider all the inputs that go into measuring the outcome for the portfolio. When dealing with clearing and margin this data can vary significantly from one portfolio to another which can also add an additional layer of complexity for block trades.

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The TRADE

MAY 20, 2024

Bloomberg’s enhancements to its Swap Connect solution include new features that support IRS contracts with International Monetary Market (IMM) dates and the ability to offset existing contracts in global investors’ portfolios.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2024

We look forward to working with BNY to deliver a seamless experience to AIA.”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This means that the margin requirement is quite material – it’s quite a significant amount.” Morgan further asserted: “Nobody wants to cut corners when it comes to risk management […] that means that clients want to future-proof their businesses.

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The TRADE

JUNE 21, 2023

“Certain technologies around margin transparency and particularly the advent of portfolio margining across the board, will be a very positive element and will enable people to be more resilient going forward,” said Chris Rhodes, president of ICE Futures Europe. Risk is back.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Value at Risk , commonly referred to as VaR, seeks to quantify the maximum potential loss an investment portfolio could face over a specified period for a given confidence interval. The choice depends on the nature of the portfolio and the objectives of the risk management exercise.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

Most recently, Tan held a global portfolio trading position, which included trading global equities with strategy implementation via algorithms, crossing networks and global portfolio trading desks. His expertise includes a proven track record of developing trading and risk management strategies.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

In his new role, Hoong will provide technical account management and support to clients in Hong Kong. This specifically relates to: trading, portfolio management, and risk management. Prior to that, she held positions at Trust Company of the West (TCW) and CBRE Investors.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 15, 2023

By implementing hedging techniques, professionals can minimize risk exposure and secure their portfolios. For example, an investor holding a portfolio of technology stocks may purchase put options to protect against potential downside risks in the market.

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Beyond M&A

MARCH 9, 2023

This includes assessing their approach to ethical risk management, evaluating their ethical metrics, and assessing the impact of their AI solutions on society. It’s essential to evaluate the company’s approach to intellectual property protection and management during AI due diligence.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 17, 2023

Consider you have ten potential investment opportunities, and you want to diversify your portfolio by selecting three. Using the combination formula , you can calculate the number of different possible portfolios as follows: 10! / (3!(10 10 - 3)!) = 120 different portfolios. Consider an investor with a portfolio of 15 stocks.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We will also benefit from LCH’s world class risk management solutions and the capital and margin efficiencies that it will enable across our rates and FX clearing activity.” The post UOB goes live as clearing member for LCH appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Clearing obligations will become stricter, with enhanced oversight of margin requirements and risk management processes. Despite these new potentially arduous compliance pressures, trading desks are also likely to benefit from reduced counterparty risk and improved market confidence thanks to the changes.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 26, 2024

Based in the Netherlands and with additional offices in Antwerp, Boston, Dusseldorf, and Stockholm, the firm maintains a diverse international portfolio of companies across the consumer products, consumer services, SaaS, information technology, healthcare, and ad tech sectors. The firm employs 93 professionals.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2023

“We look forward to partnering with Barclays to enable its clients to gain clearing efficiencies through netting and portfolio margining at the largest CDS CCP in Europe,” said Frank Soussan, global head of LCH CDSClear.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. But unlike incidents of the past, the market mayhem of 2023 has not been confined to one event.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Ryan O’Connor has left Goldman Sachs Asset Management and is set to join ETF provider Global X ETFs as chief executive on 8 April. He most recently served as global head of ETF product, having initially joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management back in 2017 to build out the US fund strategist model portfolio business.

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The TRADE

JUNE 7, 2023

Overall, the area where AI has been most deployed across the industry globally is in investment research at 32%, revealed the survey, closely followed by portfolio analytics and risk management at 30%. The survey also delved into another of the current hot topics – outsourcing.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

“The sweeps protocol continues to be an important tool for dealers for additional liquidity and risk management […] With our relaunch, we’ve delivered a highly intuitive and easy to use platform that incorporates direct user feedback,” said Borstelmann in a statement.

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The TRADE

JULY 8, 2024

Elsewhere during his tenure at AB, Chin served as head of quantitative research and chief data scientist, alongside serving as the firm’s chief risk officer for more than a decade. As part of his new appointment, Chin will be based in New York. Brokerage business MIT SIM appointed Neil Terence O’Connor as equity trader.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 15, 2023

It can help inform investment strategies, particularly in relation to market timing, risk management, and portfolio rebalancing. Risk Management and Portfolio Adjustment Investors can use the Fear and Greed Index as a risk management tool.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Eurex onboarded State Street in May of this year, becoming the first clearing house outside of the US to trade and centrally clear repo transactions with the move allowing State Street clients to benefit from multilateral netting providing risk management and collateral optimisation.

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