Financial derivatives have greatly enhanced the range of tools available for managing financial risks. Currently, derivatives are widely used to mitigate and reallocate the financial risk related to ...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalised two enforcements against brokers in relation to the cum-ex trading scandal; both for failing to mitigate the risk of facilitating financial crime ...

In a world where market turmoil and systemic risks are pervasive, effective counterparty credit risk management (CCR) becomes increasingly vital. Recent events, such as the collapse of Archegos ...

The EBA/2021/02 guidelines on customer due diligence have changed. With this in mind, what are the factors credit and financial institutions should consider when assessing the money laundering and ...

A research group has proposed to hedge default risk in the utility-scale PV business by adopting credit default swaps. The new methodology was tested through a series of Montecarlo simulations and ...

While CDX offers protection against credit risk, it does not hedge against rising interest rates, posing a risk during periods of increasing rates. I rate CDX a buy for its potential to make ...

With 2023 in the books, fixed income investors may be looking at corporate bonds for added yield. They will also need to balance the need for yield with mitigating credit risk given the market ...

Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Pasadena, Calif., selected a new asset allocation that increased its risk reduction and mitigation asset class by 5 percentage points to 24% and ...