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Risk Weighted Column | GARP

1 week ago | garp.org | Tony Hughes

Current time: 1750421948218 | Jun 20, 2025 8:19:08 AM SCR®, RAI™, and FRM® Exam Updates Beginning May 1 Start date: 1744761600000 | Apr 15, 2025 8:00:00 PM End date: 1746748800000 | May 8, 2025 8:00:00 PM Featured ColumnBy: Tony HughesTopical perspectives on risk analytics, regulation, credit loss forecasting, traditional risk modeling and AI methodologies.
Agentic AI: On the Frontier of Autonomy

2 weeks ago | garp.org | David Weldon

Big questions continue to swirl around artificial intelligence: how the technology arms race will pan out; its effects on jobs and productivity; the tension between regulation and innovation; the returns on investment in business applications; the attainability of artificial general intelligence.
The U.S. and the Basel Endgame: Distancing or Decoupling?

3 weeks ago | garp.org | Jeffrey Kutler

The response to the 2008 financial crisis followed the post-World War II geoeconomic playbook of multilateral consensus and coordination. The Financial Stability Board, the G20’s 2009 reboot of the decade-old Financial Stability Forum, set in motion far-reaching regulatory reforms including a new bank capital regime, Basel III.
The Need for Responsible AI: A Q&A with Xiaochen Zhang

4 weeks ago | garp.org | Dean Essner

As more and more businesses reap the benefits of AI’s great power, not enough are heeding the great responsibility that comes with it. Xiaochen Zhang, Executive Director and Chief AI Officer, AI 2030In a 2024 PwC study on how today’s corporations are managing AI risk, only 11% of executives reported having fully implemented responsible AI capabilities.
The Stablecoin Breakout

4 weeks ago | garp.org | Jeffrey Kutler |Michael Shashoua

On February 25 at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., in a public conversation with club chairman David Rubenstein, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan delved briefly into the subject of stablecoins.
Liability Management Exercises Continue After Courts Have Had a Say

1 month ago | garp.org | John Hintze

The leveraged-loan restructurings known as liability management exercises (LMEs) climbed to record levels as troubled borrowers sought to avoid bankruptcy. But the contentious out-of-court transactions have been somewhat tempered by legal rulings as senior lenders continue to defend their interests. The restructurings, enabled by weak lender protections in loan documentation, generally seek to extend loan maturities, lower interest rates, or otherwise provide relief to debtors.
To Model or Not to Model?

1 month ago | garp.org | Tony Hughes

Whenever a bank considers the construction or purchase of a new model, the first decision they must take is always, “should we or shouldn’t we?” This decision, which is not well covered by existing model risk management practices, actually carries quite a bit of risk for a bank. Tony HughesTo illustrate, consider two hypothetical banks with the same target market, business model and broad attitude to risk.
Significant Risk Transfer Deals May Be Subsiding, but Supervisory Attention Is Not

1 month ago | garp.org | John Hintze

Following a meeting in March, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision cited its ongoing work in such areas as “lessons learned” from the 2023 banking turmoil, technology risk and resilience, and “banks’ interconnections with non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI).” As part of the latter assessment, the committee said it intended “to conduct over the coming year a deep-dive investigation on synthetic risk transfers (SRTs),” which banks use to transfer their credit risk while keeping loans...
As Artificial Intelligence Gains Steam, the Power Grid Heats Up

1 month ago | garp.org | David Weldon

The costs of artificial intelligence are rising. It’s not only the investments in business transformation and Big Tech companies’ capital spending, now climbing into trillions of dollars. AI is also power-hungry. For electricity, that is. Demand from all those hyperscale computing clusters and data centers is pushing the limits of power grids.
Is a Major Hedge Accounting Update on the Way?

2 months ago | garp.org | John Hintze

Market participants waiting for years for comprehensive hedge accounting guidance may soon get their wish. The Financial Accounting Standards Board included “Risk Management and Hedge Accounting” in its January Agenda Consultation document with an invitation to comment. Hedge accounting in financial statements describes the use of derivatives to hedge interest-rate and foreign-exchange risk.