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Significant Risk Transfer Deals May Be Subsiding, but Supervisory Attention Is Not

6 days 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 week 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 weeks 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.
Trump’s Executive Orders: An Actuarial View of Risks, Opportunities, and the Role of Risk Professionals in Navigating Change

1 month ago | garp.org | Dominic Lee

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at reshaping U.S. policies on energy, international agreements, trade and public health. From energy independence and international environmental agreements to public health and trade policy, these actions began to disrupt industries, global markets and diplomatic relations. They also create a complex risk landscape that demands careful analysis and proactive management.
While Financial Market Infrastructures Are Positioning Themselves for Digital Assets, Chainlink Is Connecting the Connectors

1 month ago | garp.org | Michael Shashoua

The list of projects on a Chainlink blog page could have come off of an international banking and capital markets directory. There are names of infrastructure operators (Swift, Euroclear), banks (ANZ, Bancolombia, Emirates NBD) and asset managers (Fidelity International, Sygnum), as well as blockchain initiatives of Germany’s Börse Stuttgart (BX Digital and BX Swiss).
Volatility Control Indexes Prove Capable of Stabilizing Investment Performance

1 month ago | garp.org | Michael Shari

A category of investment indexes is enabling agile adjustments across a combination of assets – like cash or bonds on the low-risk side, and stocks on the high-risk side – in a single fund, typically an annuity. With these volatility control indexes, also known as risk control indexes, investors decide how much volatility they are comfortable with. Once the target is set, stocks are sold and bonds are bought when the equity market becomes too volatile for comfort.
Anti-Money Laundering Rules Go in ‘Risk-Based’ Direction

1 month ago | garp.org | Jim Romeo

For the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), criticism from financial institutions over anti-money laundering compliance burdens is a constant. But the agency is pushing ahead with proposals that speak the industry’s language.
The Place for Generative AI in Risk Management

2 months ago | garp.org | Tony Hughes

The use of generative AI in banking is now pretty well established. It’s currently used for a variety of tasks, and its strengths and weaknesses are becoming more obvious. If the technology was an employee, given its highly unusual set of skills, its probationary period would have ended and its future would be considered bright by most senior managers. Tony HughesBut the new employee has not yet shown that it is completely trustworthy.
Commercial Real Estate Gloom Is Dissipating - in Some Places

2 months ago | garp.org | John Hintze

Although U.S. commercial real estate is not out of the doldrums, the outlook has turned at least selectively positive. While some geographical areas remain cyclically challenged, and the office segment is facing a long period of readjustment, the data center and warehouse sectors are particularly strong, as are specialty properties such as medical offices, according to Cris deRitis, deputy chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
A Strong Security Technology Emerges Out of Crypto

2 months ago | garp.org | David Weldon

If there is one certainty about information security, it is that there are no silver bullets. Any set of solutions – from access controls to firewalls to data encryption – can be highly effective. Because there are no airtight guarantees, the defenses must be deployed in proportion to the perceived risks. Now gaining prominence as part of the cybersecurity arsenal is secure multiparty computation, MPC for short.