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GARP 2025 Climate and Nature Risk Symposium

June 3, 2025

As we approach the halfway point of this decisive decade, GARP’s 2025 Climate & Nature Risk Symposium will provide an important stock take of ...

Transition Risk | Physical Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management
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GARP 2025 Financial Risk Symposium

March 6, 2025

With today’s ongoing geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic uncertainty, and rapid advancements in technology, it’s clear the role of the risk ...

Regulation & Compliance | Financial Markets | Risks & Risk Factors | Innovation | Model Risk | Geopolitical
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GenAI Model Development & Validation Workshop

March 5, 2025

Join us for a hands-on workshop in New York City on March 5 that will take you through the complete lifecycle of GenAI models – from development to ...

Risks & Risk Factors | Data & AI Model Governance | Tools & Techniques
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Chapter Meeting

ESG Risk Assessment and the Importance of Data Quality

February 13, 2025

Join us for an informative discussion, led by academic and industry experts, about ESG risk assessment, the importance of data quality, and the key ...

Metrics | Climate Risk Management
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The Status of Artificial Intelligence in Investment and Risk Management

January 22, 2025

To kick off 2025, the GARP New York Chapter will host an exciting event on artificial intelligence . Join us for an insightful discussion on the role ...

Risks & Risk Factors | Financial Markets | Tools & Techniques
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The FRM Can Be Your Bridge

January 15, 2025

The ability to analyze and manage risk is important and more valuable than ever. Learn how the FRM gives you the knowledge and skills demanded by ...

Career Development | Financial Markets | Investment Management | Model Risk | Geopolitical | Career Trends
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Article

5 Risk Predictions for 2025

January 10, 2025

Rising threats in cybersecurity, regulation, insurance and climate, global debt, and the supply chain are among the risk challenges that could be ...

Financial Markets
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The Six-Letter Word That Unites AI Factions

January 10, 2025

As debates rage over whether artificial intelligence is benign or evil and how it should be regulated, there is unity around the objective of ...

Innovation | Responsible & Ethical
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Article

Sovereign Exposures: Zero Reason for Zero Risk Weight

January 10, 2025

Despite rising geopolitical threats and evidence that sovereign debt in Europe is now volatile, banks are still allowed by regulators to treat ...

Default
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Article

Five Pillars of Generative AI Governance in Financial Services

January 3, 2025

GenAI-specific risks must be effectively addressed to ensure that the technology is fairly, responsibly and transparently implemented.

Enterprise
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Article

Privacy Can Be the Compass for Banks’ AI Governance Efforts

December 20, 2024

Prior experience offers guideposts for navigating uncharted regulatory waters.

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

Elevating Risk Management: The Imperative of Continuous Monitoring

December 20, 2024

Non-financial risks, like operational, cybersecurity and reputational threats, are exceedingly difficult to quantify. Instead of relying on ...

Enterprise
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Article

Corporate Digital Identity: The Key to Outpacing the Competition in the Evolving KYC Landscape

December 20, 2024

Manual customer profiling and due diligence is increasingly untenable. With “perpetual KYC,” client information is continuously monitored and updated ...

Data
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Podcast

Modelling Economic Complexity: Insights for Risk Professionals

December 19, 2024

Hear from Prof. J. Doyne Farmer, Professor of Complex Systems Science at the University of Oxford, as we explore new modelling approaches designed to ...

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Modernizing Risk Management in Today’s Competitive Landscape

December 18, 2024

Join Martim Rocha, Global Head of Risk Banking Solutions at SAS, and Luis Jesus, Senior Manager at SAS, as they discuss how financial institutions ...

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Podcast

Operational Resilience: Current Challenges and the Road Ahead

December 13, 2024

Hear from Pedro Morales, the Director and Global Head of AML/Sanctions Compliance at Google, about AI, cyber threats, fraud, third-party risk, ...

Resilience
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TD Bank’s $3 Billion Hit: Have We Reached Peak AML?

December 13, 2024

Does the Canadian-owned bank’s severe punishment signify that anti-money laundering enforcement is working well and fit for purpose? Or is the system ...

Regulation & Compliance | AML & Fraud
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Article

How AI Could Transform Asset Management and Financial Risk

December 13, 2024

AI in finance remains prone to occasional errors, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in communication between different systems. But ...

Risks & Risk Factors
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Article

Tale of Two COPs: A Summary of COP16 and COP29 for Risk Professionals

December 11, 2024

Two major global conferences quietly came and went, largely overshadowed by coverage of international conflicts and major elections. What were these ...

Transition Risk
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Article

Revisiting 60-40 Portfolio Allocations in the Wake of Volatility

December 6, 2024

Institutional investors winding down balanced stock-and-bond portfolios must manage the illiquidity of private equity, private debt and real estate ...

Investment Management
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Article

Rising Waters: Navigating the Future of Flood Risk and Insurance

December 6, 2024

Floods in the U.S. have increased in severity, frequency and volatility. How is this impacting homeowners, insurers, lenders and asset managers with ...

Modeling
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Article

Leadership Insights: Understanding and Acting in the Climate Crisis

December 5, 2024

From risk management to real leadership, what does it take to deal with the consequences of the climate crisis? This article shares insights from ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Podcast

Predicting Our Climate Future: What We Do, Don’t and Can’t Know

November 28, 2024

Hear from Prof. David Stainforth of LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, as we explore the limitations of climate modelling and the implications for ...

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Podcast

2025 Trends in Banking: The AI Maturity Pivot

November 27, 2024

Join industry experts Theodora Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures and co-author of The Metaverse Economy and Beyond Good, and Julie Muckleroy, ...

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Article

States of Confusion: Despite Much Discussion – and Hundreds of Legislative Proposals – AI Policy Lacks Clarity

November 27, 2024

Regulatory risk and uncertainty complicate the planning and implementation of high-priority technology initiatives.

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

Statistical Hypothesis Skepticism: Implications for Credit Risk

November 27, 2024

Despite recent criticism of null hypothesis testing in the scientific community, credit risk modelers continue to use statistical measurement tools, ...

Modeling
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Article

Mossad-Hezbollah Aftermath: A New Perspective on Third-Party Risks

November 22, 2024

Although the war in the Middle East seems distant, recent attacks involving electronic devices have reminded us about the need for effective ...

Third Party Risk
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Article

Spot Bitcoin ETPs Dominate Even as Ether Offers Alternatives

November 22, 2024

Institutional interest is affected by staking methods and due-diligence requirements.

Investment Management
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Article

The Fallout from Political Elections for Central Banks

November 22, 2024

The global map of political leaders has been completely reshaped over the past year. Could this overhaul threaten the independence of central banks?

Regulation & Compliance
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White Paper

Nature Risk Management: Looking to the Future

November 18, 2024

While still in its infancy, nature-related financial risk management is likely to become increasingly important, with financial firms expected to ...

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Article

Are Digital Assets Up to Speed for Institutional Trading?

November 15, 2024

Blockchain technology is being primed for tokenization of assets. In terms of trade execution, an ECN venue is under 10 microseconds.

Digital Assets
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Article

Debt Restructurings Ramp Up in Out-of-Court ‘LMEs’

November 15, 2024

Aggressive liability management exercises create conflict and can threaten lender priority.

Default
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Article

Lost in Space: Risk at the Next Frontier

November 15, 2024

The case of the “stranded” astronauts, and other takeaways.

Enterprise
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Article

How Contracts Can Protect Businesses From Climate Risks

November 13, 2024

Contracts are an often overlooked — but powerful tool — to both mitigate climate risks and reduce carbon emissions. And help is at hand for companies ...

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Article

How to Identify and Mitigate Hidden Risk Concentrations

November 8, 2024

Risk concentrations are unavoidable, but the ones that are concealed are the most dangerous. Which strategies can financial institutions employ to ...

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Article

Charting the Future of Consumer Credit Risk

November 8, 2024

Credit risk managers who want to get ahead of the curve must understand the areas of consumer credit that are of the greatest concern in 2025. What ...

Modeling
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Article

Conquering Cross-Border Complexity with Effective Risk Management

November 8, 2024

In a fragmented global economy, compliance with local rules and regulations is key to managing risk when expanding across borders.

Regulation & Compliance
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Podcast

How to Fix Climate Change & Biodiversity Loss at the Same Time

November 7, 2024

Hear from Prof. Pete Smith of the University of Aberdeen, as we explore the overlap in the challenges from, and solutions to, climate change and ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk | Geopolitical
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Webcast

Managing the Risks of GenAI Models

November 6, 2024

Join us for an insightful discussion with Agus Sudjianto and Arpit Narain on the effective and safe application of Generative AI Models (GenAI). This ...

Tools & Techniques | Risks & Risk Factors | Responsible & Ethical | Data & AI Model Governance
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White Paper

Risk Career Trends and Future Insights

November 5, 2024

What skills are hiring managers looking for? Which departments have been adding staff? What competencies are most important for progression? In ...

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Article

Keeping It Simple: A Quick Guide to Effective Risk Identification

November 1, 2024

Comprehensive, successful risk management requires proactive identification, assessment and mitigation of threats. What steps can financial ...

Enterprise
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Article

After Three Decades, Target Date Funds Are Still Working on Their Track Records

November 1, 2024

Derivatives, a relatively new wrinkle, introduce risks of their own, which one firm counters with put options on equities. Underperformance has been ...

Investment Management
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Article

Root Cause Analysis in Internal Investigations: Getting to the Heart of the Problem

November 1, 2024

The process can be difficult, and prescriptive guidance is lacking, but the right analytical and remediation approaches can influence “tone from the ...

Conduct & Ethics
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Webcast

Climate & Nature Risk: An Interactive Scenario Game

October 25, 2024

For 90-minutes act on the board of a global food manufacturing company and time travel through to 2030 as you make real-time strategic decisions for ...

Physical Risk | Nature Risk Management
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Article

Does the Blockchain Race Go Only to the Swiftest?

October 25, 2024

Admittedly “a little late,” Citi has racked up some firsts and is building on the foundation of its integrated digital-assets platform.

Digital Assets
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Article

Reflections on the Past 25 Years: What Risk Managers Have Learned from the Technology Revolution

October 25, 2024

Engineering geniuses have greatly altered the way risk practitioners perceive the financial services industry and evaluate future scenarios.

Data | Innovation
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Article

Is Market Data Reform a Race to the Bottom?

October 25, 2024

Consolidated tape regulations in Europe and the U.S. are on parallel tracks with similar objectives, but there is no clear path to consistency and ...

Financial Markets
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Article

Scenario Games: Can you Navigate the Climate Crisis?

October 23, 2024

GARP’s Climate Scenario Games pack provides you with all the necessary materials to hostan engaging and thought-provoking event about climate risks ...

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Article

Digital-Asset Risk Management: VaR Meets Cryptocurrencies

October 18, 2024

As institutional interest grows, a traditional risk methodology is being tested against crypto-market volatility and uncertainty.

Digital Assets
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Article

A Swing Pricing Rule Was Highly Anticipated, but the SEC Left It Hanging

October 18, 2024

The regulator did not tip its hand on the controversial mutual fund requirement, but a re-proposal is possible next year.

Regulation & Compliance
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Podcast

Carbon Pricing: Harnessing the Power of Markets to Drive Climate Action

October 17, 2024

Hear from Gordon Bennett, Managing Director at ICE, as we dive into theory and practice of carbon pricing and its important role in driving the ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Generative AI: Trends, Benefits and Risks

October 17, 2024

Hear from Bo Xu, a Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and a member of GARP’s Risk and AI Advisory Committee, about GenAI use cases and ...

Tools & Techniques
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Article

The ECB’s Fresh Approach for Improving Culture and Risk Governance at European Banks

October 11, 2024

Traditionally, when providing guidance on risks related to culture and governance, regulators have emphasized positive attributes that banks should ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

The Art of Buying and Selling Risk Analytics

October 11, 2024

How can consultants or third-party vendors of analytics and models separate themselves fromthe pack? And what are banks looking from these external ...

Model Risk
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Article

A Closer Look at CrowdStrike and the Enterprise Security Wake-Up Call

October 11, 2024

The global tech breakdown underscores the importance not only of incident-response planning, third-party risk management and due diligence, but also ...

Resilience
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Article

Mitigating Risks to the Supply Chain: A Risk Manager's Guide

October 4, 2024

Volatility in the global supply chain has been ramped up by geopolitical threats, laborstrikes, trade tensions between countries, natural disasters, ...

Third Party Risk | Resilience
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Article

The Cash Management Impact of the Fed’s Rate Cut: How to Minimize Risk and Maximize Return

October 4, 2024

Changing yield curve dynamics are going to have a significant effect on risk-returntradeoffs in cash management. In response to reduced interest ...

Financial Markets | Investment Management
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Article

Supply-Chain Risk Is Global. A Risk Management Strategy Should Be, Too.

October 4, 2024

Understanding not only the nature and causes of disruptions, but also the complexities of third-party interrelationships, in the interest of ...

Resilience
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Article

Directors Beware: Director Duties and Nature Risks

October 2, 2024

Directors should consider their company’s nature-related risks, or they will be exposed to legal consequences, according to a recent legal opinion ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Article

Generative AI Has Made Banking Cheaper - But Has It Made It Better?

September 27, 2024

Large language models, like ChatGPT, have ushered in a new wave of AI that should savebanks time and money, and perhaps mitigate some risk. But there ...

Innovation | Data & AI Model Governance
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Article

What Political Forecasts Can Teach Risk Managers About Risk Filtering

September 27, 2024

How can risk managers better account for momentum bias and the other systematic errors ofpredictions? They can learn a lot from studying the flaws in ...

Metrics
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Article

From Latency to AI- and Algo-Driven Capital Markets

September 27, 2024

Technology advances promise better resource allocation, fairer access and faster insights.

Financial Markets
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Podcast

Rethinking Natural Catastrophe Modeling: New Approaches for a Changing Climate

September 26, 2024

Hear from three leading experts in natural catastrophe modeling, as we explore how climate change is causing the insurance industry to rethink their ...

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Article

How to Manage Uninsured Deposit Liquidity Risk

September 20, 2024

Recent bank failures have confirmed that managing liquidity risk remains a complex and daunting task. This is particularly true for firms with large ...

Financial Markets
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Article

Syndicated Loan Trading: An Automation Laggard No More

September 20, 2024

Big-bank-backed Octaura and Versana are delivering on their promises for data and operational modernization.

Innovation
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Article

DORA’s Next Round: What Financial Institutions Need to Know

September 20, 2024

A new set of guidelines fills some gaps as the January deadline for EU operational-resilience compliance approaches. Data transparency and ...

Resilience
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Article

A New Dawn for Strategic Planning in the Boardroom

September 18, 2024

Technological advancements as well as changes in reporting requirements and legal expectations are pushing companies to incorporate more long-term ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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Article

There Is More to Cyber Incident Reporting Than SEC Disclosure Requirements

September 13, 2024

Filing “similar but distinct” reports to multiple agencies diverts resources from dealing with attacks and their aftermath, critics say.

Cybersecurity
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Article

The ECB’s Paper on Novel Risks and IFRS 9 Overlays: A Missed Opportunity

September 13, 2024

Forecasting loan loss provisions for emerging risks under the IFRS 9 accounting standard is an important and extremely challenging task. The European ...

Default | Modeling
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Article

Comparing Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

September 11, 2024

How do the ISSB Standards build on TCFD?

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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Webcast

Revolutionizing Risk Decisioning with AI and Gen AI

September 9, 2024

Sponsored by SAS The transformation of Risk Decisioning is driven by the evolution across People, Process, and Technology, impacting Operational ...

Financial Markets | Career Development | Resilience
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Article

Building Resilience and Bridges to Weather Risks

September 6, 2024

Interpersonal connections are core to organizational alignment and a resilient culture. Risk managers are “uniquely empowered” to streamline ...

Resilience
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Article

Ignore, Acknowledge or Advocate: How Risk Managers Should Handle Political Risk

September 6, 2024

Politics impact every financial institution’s bottom line and risk profile. How important is it for firms to adapt to this constantly evolving ...

Metrics
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Article

For This Data Scientist and Risk Manager, AI Is a Compelling Next Step

September 6, 2024

“The evolution of my career path” through data, risk and quantitative research brings AllianceBernstein’s Andrew Chin to chief artificial ...

Data & AI Model Governance
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Podcast

Uninsurable: The Future of Insurance in a Changing Climate

September 5, 2024

Hear from two leading experts, as we explore how insurance is adapting to climate change and the role of the industry beyond underwriting. Insurance ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Podcast

Real-time Customer Decisions in the Age of AI

August 30, 2024

Hear from Terisa Roberts, Global Head of Risk Modeling and Decisioning at SAS and Sarah Murphy, Principal Director of Accenture Data and AI, as we ...

Tools & Techniques
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Article

The Risk and Return Profile of Index-Linked Annuities: How to Build the Optimal Portfolio

August 30, 2024

Complex financial products like registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) feature an array of risks and benefits. Evaluating all possible outcomes is ...

Financial Markets | Investment Management
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Article

Whistleblowing, and How It Pays

August 30, 2024

Regulators increase rewards for enforcement assistance; SEC reports “unprecedented” public participation.

Conduct & Ethics
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Article

Risk Management’s Role in the Climate Transition

August 29, 2024

Simple climate targets are driving paper decarbonization, which has serious unintended consequences. Risk managers must keep this in mind and choose ...

Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Webcast

Tackling Nature Risk: Insights from Financial Supervisors and Practitioners

August 28, 2024

In this webcast, co-hosted by the European Banking Institute, hear from leading experts at the intersection of nature and finance, as we dive into ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management
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Article

Preparing for Disruptions: Lessons Learned from the CrowdStrike Outage

August 23, 2024

An IT failure of global proportions exposed shortcomings in resilience planning. More extensive, automation-aided scenario simulations will be needed ...

Resilience
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Article

What Recent Turmoil Tells Us About Technology Risk Management Principles

August 23, 2024

The trading market suffered an ETFs-driven shock in early August. For technology risk managers, that event should serve as a reminder of the power of ...

Cybersecurity | Innovation
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Article

Treasury Clearing’s Operational and Cost Implications Come Into Focus

August 23, 2024

Amid a transition said to be bigger than T+1, new providers prepare to move in, and interrelationships begin to take shape.

Treasury
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Article

Balancing the Climate Transition with Economic Growth: A Tug of War or a Surge in the Same Direction?

August 22, 2024

To enable simultaneous growth and decarbonization, emerging markets must embrace innovative financial products which circumvent barriers to net-zero.

Transition Risk
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Article

Chief, Czar, or Committee: Who Rules Over AI?

August 16, 2024

For a technology affecting business activities across the board and facing its own set of legal, risk and operational challenges, a chief artificial ...

Data & AI Model Governance
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Article

How Would You Like Your Model-Based Financial Disclosures?

August 16, 2024

Disclosures from credit-loss models can divulge vital data about the key risks facing a financial institution. Today’s scenarios-heavy IFRS 9 and ...

Modeling
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Podcast

Stress Testing: Past, Present and Future

August 15, 2024

Hear from Cristian deRitis, deputy chief economist at Moody’s analytics, about the evolution of stress testing, current trends, and the biggest ...

Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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Article

Emissions by Sector: Strategies for Achieving Net Zero

August 15, 2024

Understanding the sources of global greenhouse gas emissions is essential for effective climate action. This article breaks down emissions by ...

Transition Risk
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Article

How to Better Manage Operational Risk in Uncertain, Volatile Times

August 9, 2024

Banks must now contend with complex cyber hazards, growing AI and a variety of other threats, but there are specific steps they can take to improve ...

Resilience
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Article

Peer-to-Peer Fraud: Scammers Adapt as Payments Go Digital

August 9, 2024

Lawmakers cite existing regulations – and propose a newly tailored rule – in pressuring Zelle and its owner-banks to strengthen consumer protections.

AML & Fraud
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Article

Don’t Be Deceived About ESG Sentiment. Companies Must Up Their Compliance Game.

August 9, 2024

Laws have differences and nuances, but all require a rethinking of risk management and compliance strategies.

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

Greenhouse Gas Accounting: 5 Tips for Getting Started

August 8, 2024

Greenhouse gas accounting can be a challenge, even if you understand the key principles. This article contains practical advice for getting started ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Article

Financial Market Infrastructures Press Their Case for Blockchain

August 2, 2024

DTCC, Clearstream and Euroclear place risk mitigation and control mechanisms within a digital-asset standardization and interoperability framework.

Digital Assets
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Article

Credit Modeling: How to Improve Discriminatory Power

August 2, 2024

Predicting defaults is a difficult challenge for risk managers, partly because credit risk models often lack adequate discriminatory power. Some ...

Modeling
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Article

A New Generation of Fake Documents Is Outrunning Conventional Anti-Fraud Capabilities

August 2, 2024

Look to artificial intelligence to detect and manage risks emerging from the technology’s dark side.

AML & Fraud
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Article

Climate-Related Infrastructure Failure Has Complex and Far-Reaching Economic Impacts

August 1, 2024

Damage to infrastructure has a broad range of impacts, which often aren’t considered by lenders. In this article, we look at how these impacts arise ...

Physical Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Article

Is the ‘Too Big to Fail’ Designation Too Constricting?

July 26, 2024

Business and technology interdependencies – like those exposed in the CrowdStrike-Microsoft breakdown – have financial regulators considering a more ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

What Risk Managers Can Learn from the Roots of Modern Technology

July 26, 2024

Technology is ubiquitous in risk management today, and its uses and potential dangers are too numerous to list. Risk practitioners must comprehend ...

Data | Innovation
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Podcast

AI on the Buy Side: Risks, Challenges and Opportunities

July 25, 2024

Nirav Shah, a founding partner at Versor Investments, speaks with GARP editorial director Robert Sales about the pros and cons of artificial ...

Risks & Risk Factors
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Podcast

Urban Resilience: How Our Cities Must Adapt to Climate Change

July 25, 2024

Hear from Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair of the London Climate Resilience Review, as we dive into the challenges of climate adaptation and what it means ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Article

The Stress Testing Road Ahead: How to Prevent Future Bank Failures

July 19, 2024

Today’s stress tests rely on antiquated approaches that do not consider the full spectrum of banks’ specific exposures to different macroeconomic ...

Default
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Article

Avoiding the Risk Management Growth Trap

July 19, 2024

Banks that grow too fast are prone to failure, especially when they lack proper governance and risk management frameworks. But there are steps they ...

Enterprise
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Article

The Art of Distinguishing Real Risks from Pretenders

July 19, 2024

Risk managers today seem to allocate a lot of time to extreme “what if” tail-risk scenarios. Geopolitical risk is now the conjectural topic du jour, ...

Enterprise | Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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Podcast

Climate Risk Certificate: Register Now

July 16, 2024

In this special episode, hear from Tony Rooke, Executive Director at Howden Group Holdings and Beth Gould Creller, GARP’s Sustainability & ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Article

Crypto-Connected Silvergate Bank, Overshadowed in the 2023 Crisis, Pays Regulatory Penalties

July 12, 2024

Three agencies assess the defunct California institution $63 million. Former CEO settles SEC charges for $1 million, CRO for $250,000.

Conduct & Ethics
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Article

Short-Selling and Securities-Lending Rules Meet Legal Resistance

July 12, 2024

The SEC says it is fulfilling Dodd-Frank transparency mandates. Alternative fund groups allege that they are flawed and arbitrary.

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

AI Regulation by Geography: How Jurisdictional Differences Have Emerged

July 12, 2024

Whether the varied approaches and emphases are seen as confusing or as healthy experimentation, financial firms must take their compliance ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Webcast

An Introduction to Managing the Financial Risks from Nature Loss

July 9, 2024

Risk managers should understand how nature loss impacts their business. In this webcast, we outline why nature is a critical new risk area, and how ...

Physical Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Podcast

Why NDCs Aren’t Working and How to Fix Them

July 4, 2024

Hear from Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, as we explore the shortcomings of nationally determined contributions and ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Article

The Fed’s 2024 Stress Test: Key Takeaways

July 3, 2024

The good news is that the commercial real estate market is not projected to crater and that that large U.S. banks have enough capital to survive ...

Counterparty | Default
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Article

A Big Tech Arms Race Is Fueling the AI Boom. Are Productivity Gains or Business Efficiencies in Sight?

July 3, 2024

Some of the billions of investment dollars make their way into risk and other enterprise-level solutions, but the big payoffs will take time to ...

Risks & Risk Factors
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Article

Evolving AI: Threats and Opportunities

June 28, 2024

Financial institutions are clearly benefitting from machine learning and generative AI, but a recent academic research paper shed some light on a new ...

Tools & Techniques | Risks & Risk Factors | Responsible & Ethical
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Article

Market-Structure Changes Are Coming for U.S. Treasury Securities, and Competition Is Brewing

June 28, 2024

Clearinghouse operators look to challenge the current DTCC-owned utility provider; ICE enters the fray.

Market
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Article

Nature Risk Measurement Is Evolving

June 27, 2024

As more leading firms identify nature-related risks in their portfolios, we examine how they’re doing it and how they’ve progressed so far.

Nature Risk Management
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Article

Risk-Management Considerations Amid Continuing Supply-Chain Pressures

June 21, 2024

The causes and effects – and ultimate business impacts – are macroeconomic and geopolitical.

Resilience
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Article

Are Board Risk Committees Up to the Task of Overseeing Large, Complex Banks?

June 21, 2024

Big banks today boast board risk committees, but the members of those committees often lack the risk expertise needed to ask tough questions on ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Article

An International Push for Anti-Money Laundering Reform

June 21, 2024

Authorities’ call for “urgent action” follows European Union legislation that could reshape the fight against financial crime.

AML & Fraud
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Article

How Do We Measure Global Warming?

June 20, 2024

There are a variety of ways to calculate global warming, but which one is best suited for policy?

Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Article

New Reporting Rule Brings Repo Transactions Out of the Shadows

June 14, 2024

Regulators will see transaction-level data on “non-centrally cleared bilateral” – the last and biggest repurchase-agreement segment where ...

Financial Markets
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Article

Commercial Real Estate and Bank Systemic Risk

June 14, 2024

Shining the light of available data on real estate loan quality, concentration risk and “market-value insolvency.”

Financial Markets
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Article

The Limitations of Models and the Need for Simpler Scenarios

June 14, 2024

Risk models today are asked to perform statistical miracles, covering a multitude of far-flung scenarios that cannot be validated. This approach ...

Model Risk
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Podcast

Why Nature Belongs in Corporate Thinking

June 13, 2024

Hear from Robin Millington, CEO of Planet Tracker, as we discuss how and why businesses should be thinking about their dependencies and impacts on ...

Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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How to Mitigate Risk and Improve Decision-Making via Probabilistic Thinking and Rare Events Modeling

June 7, 2024

Risk managers must acknowledge the role that chance plays – particularly in extremely unlikely events – to reduce risks and to make better, more ...

Enterprise | Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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The Evolving Role of G-SIBs: Is Big Beautiful Again?

June 7, 2024

There is a growing appreciation for global systemically important banks. But G-SIBs still face tough risk management standards and high capital ...

Counterparty
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After a Cyberattack, Assigning Blame Can Get Personal

June 7, 2024

The prosecution of a chief information security officer leaves other CISOs and their IT, compliance and risk management peers to wonder who might be ...

Cybersecurity
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How Banks Can Better Manage Climate-Related Financial Risks

June 6, 2024

Actions can help a bank, its borrowers, or both. But which ones are most effective for managing the financial risks from physical climate events?

Physical Risk | Climate Risk Management
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A Persistent and Systemic Threat Is Also a Common Thread

May 31, 2024

Cybersecurity continues to be a mainstay in assessments of risks to financial stability. Recent analyses look more closely at cyber’s ...

Cybersecurity
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Reflections on the Value of Models

May 31, 2024

Right or wrong, models “are essential to making sense of the world.” It’s a problem “when people become servants to their particular models.”

Model Risk
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The Potential Impact of Generative AI on Risk Careers: A Q&A with Michelle Liposky

May 31, 2024

The latest innovation in AI continues to transform the day-to-day jobs of risk managers. In which risk areas has generative AI gained traction, and ...

Tools & Techniques | Career Development
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Understanding How the Financial System Impacts Climate Change

May 30, 2024

How does the financial system affect climate change? For example, are voluntary net-zero targets actually effective at driving the transition to net ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Harness the Power of AI With GARP’s New Risk and AI (RAI™) Certificate

May 28, 2024

As organizations integrate AI into their operations and business strategies, it’s critical for business leaders, risk managers, and young ...

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Preventing the Next Bank Failure: Lessons Learned from the Fall of Republic First

May 24, 2024

Coinciding with the post-COVID struggles of the commercial real estate (CRE) sector in the U.S., more regional bank failures could be on the horizon. ...

Financial Markets
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Is the Three Lines of Defense Paradigm Dead?

May 24, 2024

A three-pronged approach to risk management has been widely employed by the financial services industry for the past 10 years. This model, however, ...

Conduct & Ethics | Regulation & Compliance
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Five Ways to Strengthen Third-Party Cyber Risk Management – and Get Past Common Misperceptions

May 24, 2024

Contractual agreements and other protective measures may not stand up to all threats and crises. Business-continuity and incident-response plans, for ...

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Accelerating the Transition: Reflections of a Shareholder Activist

May 23, 2024

Hear from Catherine Howarth OBE, CEO of ShareAction, as we dive into the world of shareholder activism and how it can be used to guide institutional ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Navigating the New Regulatory Landscape: How European Banks and Risk Managers Must Adapt

May 17, 2024

Credit risk managers are going to have to adjust to new standards that are on the horizon for models and for artificial intelligence. What specific ...

Counterparty
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The Rise of Conjectural Risk Management

May 17, 2024

Today, stress testing forecasts and ECL calculations are heavily reliant on guesswork scenarios that largely forego empirical data. How has scenario ...

Default | Modeling
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How Extreme – and How Manageable – Are the Risks of AI?

May 17, 2024

Concerns are voiced about excessive energy consumption, biases, privacy invasions, and even the fate of humankind. “Responsible AI” alone won’t ...

Risks & Risk Factors
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Exploring the Connections Between Climate Change and Global Financial Stability

May 16, 2024

One of the many reasons for caring about climate change is its potential to lead to financial instability. But how might this happen and how likely ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Synthetic Risk Transfers Draw Interest from U.S. Banks

May 10, 2024

More common in Europe until now, SRT deals can effectively off-load credit risks and help improve capital efficiency. But the pricing has to be right.

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Rethinking Technology Risk: Moving Beyond Guns, Gates and Guards

May 10, 2024

Risk management for a long time suffered from a narrow, protective approach focused on dangers, rather than risks and opportunities. As technologies ...

Cybersecurity | Data
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Data Privacy as a Driver of Governance, Risk and Compliance

May 10, 2024

With the coming AI boom and accompanying regulation, privacy assurance will pay off for organizations that respond effectively to public concerns and ...

Data
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It’s Time for Climate Scenario Analysis to Evolve

May 9, 2024

The speed, scale and style of the low-carbon transition to a net-zero economy poses complex challenges. Here’s how the Bank of England is extending ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Strengthening Asset-Liability Management: Lessons from Bank Failures

May 7, 2024

Sponsored by SAS The importance of effective Asset Liability Management (ALM) was highlighted in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse. ...

Financial Markets | Market
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AI Rears Its Head as a Cyber Threat

May 3, 2024

Accompanying the widespread deployment of powerful new business applications is a growing realization that the technology also gives fraudsters and ...

Cybersecurity
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Managing Inflation Risks: A Practical Guide

May 3, 2024

Price hikes and price uncertainty can have a huge impact on spending, investment, loan origination and, ultimately, default risk. But what tools can ...

Metrics
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A New Look at the Supplementary Leverage Ratio

May 3, 2024

Should a pandemic-era policy response to Treasury market turmoil be reinstated permanently?

Treasury
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AI, ESG and 1.5 Degrees: UNEP FI Reports at the Frontier of Climate Risk

May 2, 2024

Hear from David Carlin, Head of Risk at the UNEP Finance Initiative, as we dive into their latest reports covering the climate risk tool landscape, ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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A Tool for Systemic-Risk Analysis Is Making Some Long-Awaited Headway

April 26, 2024

The ACTUS data standard is seen as helping regulators to identify brewing crises early enough to take mitigating actions.

Data
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A Modest Suggestion to Improve Stress Testing

April 26, 2024

The current process for ensuring that banks have enough capital to cover their potential losses is too reliant on conditional scenario analysis. ...

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Navigating the Unknown: Manage Geopolitical Risk Proactively

April 26, 2024

Acknowledge complexity and uncertainty and prepare for various disruptive scenarios, a leading risk analysis and intelligence executive advises.

Enterprise
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Corporate Treasury Power Play: Strategic Moves to Maximize M&A Success

April 19, 2024

When preparing for a merger or acquisition, the treasury team can actively shape its success, assuming a pivotal role in the due diligence, ...

Enterprise
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The Budget Brain-Teaser: How to Optimize Capital

April 19, 2024

Markets can evolve rapidly, sometimes driven by unprecedented events, and financial institutions therefore cannot over-rely on historical data for ...

Modeling
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Global Survey of Nature Risk Management at Financial Firms

April 16, 2024

2024: A Discipline in Its Infancy

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Results of GARP’s 2024 Global Survey of Nature Risk Management at Financial Firm

April 15, 2024

Explore the results of our inaugural Global Survey of Nature Risk Management at Financial Firms. Nature loss has a profound impact on the economy and ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Transition Risk
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Geopolitical Risk: Trends, Challenges and Prognostications

April 14, 2024

Hear from Daniel Wagner, CEO of Country Risk Solutions, about the complexities of the global geopolitical risk landscape. In these volatile and ...

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Dividend-Paying Stocks: Where Mitigating One Risk Begets Another

April 12, 2024

Amid sky-high stock prices and interest rates, investors reaching for income must sift carefully through dividend-paying stocks to avoid value traps.

Investment Management
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Reflections on Daniel Kahneman’s Contributions to Risk Management: The Power of Human Frailties

April 12, 2024

All major risk management failures of the past 50 years have been driven at least partly by human biases and tendencies. Now is a good time to ...

Conduct & Ethics
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Anti-Fraud Strategies Take Center Stage Amid Consumers’ Shifting Expectations

April 12, 2024

Financial firms can strengthen relationships and loyalty by protecting consumers from, and educating them about, the threats.

AML & Fraud
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The Psychology of Climate Change: How to Build Consensus through Communication

April 11, 2024

Hear from George Marshall, Author of “Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change,” as we dive into the psychology ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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The Intersection of Compliance and Resilience

April 9, 2024

Sponsored by Fusion Risk Management Operational resilience is top of mind at both global regulators and financial services firms. Whether you are a ...

Investment Management | Third Party Risk | Regulation & Compliance | Innovation
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When Insurance Becomes a Risk Factor

April 5, 2024

Insurance products can help mitigate and properly distribute risks, but also often come with perverse incentives that can work against risk managers. ...

Modeling
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T+1 Settlement: A Hard Deadline Approaches, with Some Gaps in Preparedness

April 5, 2024

Firms globally must be ready for North America's shorter securities processing cycles by May 28. Similar mandates for EU and U.K. markets are ...

Financial Markets
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How to Grow Your Risk Hiring Potential: A Q&A with Robert Iommazzo

April 5, 2024

The outlook for career growth in risk management remains robust, despite high interest rates and restructuring at many financial institutions. But ...

Career Development
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3 Key Areas for Understanding Nature-Related Risks

April 4, 2024

Nature-related risks remain both less understood and less widely discussed than climate risks. As nature and biodiversity continue to decrease ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Nature Risk Management
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Nature Risk: The Velociraptor Next Door

March 28, 2024

What’s the difference between the risks nature imposes on humans and the risks humans impose on nature? What are some examples, and what steps can ...

Data
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Post-Libor Transition, There Remain Refinements to Be Made and Risks to Be Aware of

March 28, 2024

Market participants are told to stay vigilant “to preserve the robust system of reference rates achieved through the decade-long transition effort”.

Financial Markets
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The Data Conundrum for Risk Modelers

March 28, 2024

Understanding the Difference: Forecasts, scenario projections, and model outputs aren't raw data; they carry inherent errors and biases. Risk ...

Modeling
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COVID-19: A Catalyst for Evolving MRM

March 28, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the landscape of the financial services industry, prompting a reevaluation of traditional model risk management ...

Resilience
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Physical and Transition Risk Interactions: A Case Study in Mining

March 26, 2024

More frequent extreme weather events could make it harder to produce the minerals needed for the transition to a low-carbon economy. We explore how ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Private Credit Moves In on Traditional Loan Channels, and Regulators Are Watching

March 22, 2024

The segment remains small relative to total debt and the economy, but the risks of contagion and banking instability cannot be ruled out.

Counterparty
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The CRR3 Output Floor: A Strange Backstop for Credit Risk Measurement

March 22, 2024

Basel 3.1 has a so-called output floor that places strict limits on the amount of benefits a bank can gain from using internal models to meet ...

Modeling
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How Blockchain Technology Can Streamline an Investment Value Chain

March 22, 2024

Eliminating intermediary steps and inefficiencies isn’t merely theoretical. A property lending firm’s CTO explains.

Innovation
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Five Times Faster: Ways to Accelerate the Transition to Net-Zero

March 21, 2024

Hear from Simon Sharpe, Director of Economics at the UNFCCC Climate Champions, as we explore three key problems that are impeding the transition to ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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The Run on SVB: How Much Did Technology Have to Do with It?

March 15, 2024

In a world of “faster, always on, real-time money flows,” customer withdrawals en masse exacerbated the California-based bank’s catastrophic ...

Market
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Balancing the Business Model and Concentration Risk

March 15, 2024

It is extremely difficult to identify, measure and manage adverse concentrations. Why is it important to understand the effects of concentration risk ...

Metrics
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Risk Management and Generative AI: A Matter of Urgency

March 15, 2024

Identifying safeguards as risks come into view.

Risks & Risk Factors
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Sustainability's Impact on Risk Management Through Climate Stress Testing and Net-Zero Portfolio Simulations

March 14, 2024

As the urgency of tackling climate change becomes more real, risk management in financial firms is changing.

Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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In the SEC's Cyber Disclosure Rules, Timing Is a Sticking Point

March 8, 2024

Risk and operational concerns center on a four-day reporting deadline, while other principles and objectives are less contested.

Regulation & Compliance
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Cyber Risks Spark Optimism in Cat Bond Market

March 8, 2024

Expectations are high even as the growth factor of inflation recedes.

Financial Markets
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The Bottom Line on Trust: Institutions Can't Count on It

March 8, 2024

The public has soured on government and politics, media and the corporate world. For banks, it will take “all hands on deck,” from “resiliency teams ...

Enterprise
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Introducing GARP's Climate Risk Monthly Newsletter

March 7, 2024

GARP's LinkedIn-based newsletter brings you our latest climate risk and sustainability content and highlighting noteworthy stories from around the ...

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Stress Testing in 2024: Analyzing the Fed’s Newly Released Scenarios

March 1, 2024

The Federal Reserve this year requires banks to consider exploratory scenarios that factor in deposit runs and funding liquidity problems, among ...

Modeling
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How to Take the Stress Out of Stress Testing

March 1, 2024

All banks that are subject to this years’ annual stress test from the Federal Reserve are expected to have sufficient capital to pass, despite the ...

Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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Pros and Cons of Generative AI: A Quantitative Analysis

March 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence is changing the risk modeling landscape. Financial institutions are evaluating whether they can gain an edge through the ...

Tools & Techniques
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The Inevitable Policy Response Forecast: Optimistic or Realistic?

February 29, 2024

Hear from Dr. Jakob Thomae, Project Director for the Inevitable Policy Response, as we discuss their latest forecast and what it means for the ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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Navigating Nature: Understanding the TNFD’s Recommendations

February 26, 2024

In this webcast, hear directly from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ Technical Director as we take a closer look at their ...

Climate Risk Management
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Do Cryptocurrencies Pose a Macro Threat to the Global Financial System?

February 23, 2024

Digital currencies like bitcoin have made significant inroads among investors and in several countries – but are their risks greater than their ...

Digital Assets
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Did CECL and IFRS 9 Fix the Procyclicality Problem?

February 23, 2024

Modern reporting standards for expected credit losses are, as anticipated, more volatile than the previous incurred-loss approach. But the key ...

Default
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California Law, Following Europe, Introduces a New Privacy Rights Wrinkle

February 23, 2024

Tips to avoid the emerging risks of “dark patterns” and preserve informed consent through customer interfaces.

Regulation & Compliance
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Risk Resilience: 2024 Trends and Perspectives

February 16, 2024

In this podcast, Julie Muckleroy, Global Banking Strategist from SAS, and Abraham Izquierdo, Managing Director of Trading and Treasury Risks at Grupo ...

Resilience
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The Corporate Transparency Act Puts Spotlight on Beneficial Ownership Information

February 16, 2024

New AML-related compliance burdens fall on business entities and banks; “disclosing of essential information for the greater good” of corporate and ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Coming Up Short: Risk Management Deficiencies of the UN's Interim Report on AI Governance

February 16, 2024

The United Nations' proposed governance of artificial intelligence is welcome, but it lacks risk management necessities, and a more structured and ...

Enterprise
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Bank of America Quantitative Strategies Leader Is Named Financial Engineer of the Year

February 16, 2024

International Association for Quantitative Finance honors Leif Andersen, also affiliated with NYU and Carnegie Mellon, as "both an academic and a ...

Innovation
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Carbon Leakage: What Is It and How Is It Shaping Climate Policy?

February 15, 2024

Carbon leakage poses a significant challenge to global climate change mitigation efforts. Here’s what risk professionals should know about it, as ...

Transition Risk
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Geopolitical Risk is Spreading Across the Risk Spectrum. Are You Prepared?

February 9, 2024

Whether we’re talking about, say, the Israel-Hamas armed conflict, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, or attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the ...

Financial Markets
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Life Settlements Are Settling In as an Alternative Asset Class

February 9, 2024

As insurance-policy death benefits attract yield-hungry investors, portfolio management requires attention to policyholder longevity, insurer ...

Investment Management
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EU Banks Enjoy Success, But Must Stay Vigilant About Emerging Risks

February 9, 2024

European banks have done a fine job of building capital while keeping their risk exposure in check in volatile times. How have they achieved this, ...

Default
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EU Deforestation Directive: Overcoming Challenges in Supply Chain Transparency

February 8, 2024

Hear from Thomas Vaassen, Co-Founder and CEO of Meridia, to learn how the EU Deforestation Directive is changing the nature of data required across ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Forecasting 2024: Risk Trends and Predictions

February 5, 2024

Hear from Moody’s Analytics’ Cris deRitis about geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, political unease, supply-chain threats, and other key issues that ...

Enterprise
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Is Institutional-Grade Blockchain Ready for Its Great Leap Forward?

February 2, 2024

Perceiving an inflection point for digital assets, DTCC joins with international peers in a call for order, collaboration and standardization.

Innovation
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Continuity and Resilience: Lessons from 2023 into 2024

February 2, 2024

Geopolitical and other uncertainties are escalating third-party risks for all sectors. More robust and integrated stress and scenario testing become ...

Resilience
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How to Measure and Model the Multi-Layered Threat of Cyber Risk

February 2, 2024

Risk managers working in the cybersecurity arena face the daunting task of identifying, analyzing and evaluating a variety of idiosyncratic risks. To ...

Data
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Climate Risk Stress Testing: Agenda 2024

February 1, 2024

Banks, especially in Europe, have key climate-related stress test deliverables to complete in 2024. We highlight some key challenges that will need ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Solving the Climate Data Problem: An Intro to the Net-Zero Data Public Utility

January 26, 2024

In this webcast, we take a deep-dive into the Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) - the first global, centralized, open repository for private ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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Have Spot Bitcoin ETFs Changed the Digital-Asset Game?

January 26, 2024

The products approved by the SEC are “step one” in a revolution, says the CEO of BlackRock, an early leader in fund inflows. But many crypto-related ...

Investment Management
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Will ChatGPT Break Financial Markets?

January 26, 2024

Generative AI models have the potential to alter the trading landscape significantly. Risk managers have learned lessons from the dramatic impact of ...

Risks & Risk Factors
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Risk Management Forecast for 2024: Defining Trends and Ways to Prepare

January 26, 2024

Amid continuing economic and market uncertainties, conduct regular risk assessments, understand models and their limitations, and be ready to respond ...

Enterprise
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Navigating New Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management

January 25, 2024

U.S. banking regulators have issued a new framework for climate-related risk. What are the core principles, and how should financial institutions ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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The State of Financial Risk Management in China: 5 Insights

January 25, 2024

What major trends are shaping China’s risk jobs market? A new study provides valuable insights about salaries, promotions, career development, and ...

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The Costs of Credit Scores and Data Privacy

January 19, 2024

EU courts have recently granted even more protection to consumers’ data, raising doubts about the future of credit scoring in Europe. While greater ...

Counterparty
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Artificial Intelligence Poses Difficult Questions for Corporate Boards. It Can Also Improve How They Work.

January 19, 2024

As with any technological breakthrough, AI carries risks along with payoffs. Both sides of that ledger can benefit from AI-driven governance, ...

Enterprise
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Siri, What’s My Stress Scenario?

January 19, 2024

Risk managers are in line to face a myriad of difficult challenges in 2024, ranging from geopolitical tensions to cyber threats to the growing impact ...

Metrics
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What We Learned About Climate Risk in 2023

January 18, 2024

Hear from Jo Paisley and Maxine Nelson of the GARP Risk Institute as they look back on key learnings from the latest season of the Climate Risk ...

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New Year's Resolutions for Risk Managers in 2024

January 12, 2024

Finding balance in managing risk and return is extremely challenging, especially during periods of uncertainty fueled by geopolitical tensions, cyber ...

Metrics
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Basis Trades: Treasury Market Lubricant or Systemic Risk?

January 12, 2024

A winning strategy for hedge funds has regulators worried about leverage and financial stability; a “vulnerability worth monitoring,” according to ...

Financial Markets
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The Risk-Reward of Buy Now, Pay Later

January 12, 2024

BNPL platforms have grown exponentially over the past five years, and may seem like a savior for cash-strapped consumers. However, proper financial ...

Counterparty
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Production vs. Consumption: Assessing a Country's Contribution to Climate Change

January 11, 2024

Reaching net-zero emissions has emerged as a primary objective for nations around the world. But how should we measure their contribution to climate ...

Transition Risk
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5 Risk Predictions for 2024

January 5, 2024

Inflation, commercial real estate volatility, cyberattacks, geopolitical threats, social unrest, and extreme weather events are among the risks that ...

Metrics
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Government-Owned, Consumer-Centered Banks Gain Limited Traction, but the Idea Is Alive

January 5, 2024

Although only one U.S. state has opened a public bank, advocates believe the model can benefit localities financially while reaching customers not ...

Conduct & Ethics
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How Harnessing the Power of AI Can Revolutionize Alternative Lending

January 5, 2024

New and enhanced analytics, personalization and decision support are well suited to the needs of the SME market.

Data
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Structural Changes Loom in Securities Finance

December 22, 2023

Changing market dynamics accompany questions about future governance of the EquiLend platform, following a settlement of antitrust charges

Financial Markets
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AI Risk: The Inefficiencies of Existing Oversight, and What FRMs Can Learn From Science Fiction

December 22, 2023

Regulations and government guidelines for AI are flawed and do not address the key risks presented by this complex, fast-evolving technology. ...

Risks & Risk Factors
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The FHFA's New Vision: A Wonderful Life for the Federal Home Loan Banks?

December 15, 2023

FHLBanks have moved away from their intended mission as community-oriented mortgage lenders and are therefore in need of a revamp. The Federal ...

Counterparty
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Financial Firms Pay Steep Price for WhatsApp and Other 'Off-Channel' Messaging

December 15, 2023

Will upwards of $2 billion in regulatory penalties deter further violations of communication-retention rules? Solutions may require attention to ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Unveiling the Hidden Threat of Payment Fraud

December 15, 2023

Operational challenges and reputational damage can compound the financial costs.

Counterparty
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The Power and Pitfalls of Models in Climate Risk Management

December 14, 2023

Hear from Dr. Erica Thompson, as we examine the modelling ecosystem and when we need to escape it to make real-world decisions. Climate science – ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Make Your Move with the FRM

December 12, 2023

The ability to make timely, informed, risk-based decisions is fundamental to the success of companies in every industry. Are you curious about how ...

Career Trends | Financial Markets | Model Risk
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See the Forest and the Trees with the SCR

December 12, 2023

Companies across every industry sector are seeking professionals with sustainability and climate risk knowledge and skills to join their team. Are ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Nature Risk Management
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How Generative AI Can Solve a Traditional Risk Modeling Problem

December 8, 2023

Financial risk modelers are now using generative AI to work more efficiently. Though the technology is still not yet fully developed, modelers can ...

Tools & Techniques
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Will Increased Complexity Save Scenario Analysis?

December 8, 2023

Banks are now under pressure to deploy more explanatory scenarios that expand the range of tail risks they consider. The hope is that this approach ...

Modeling
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Asset Exchange Connects a Network of Lenders to Customized Advice and Analytics

December 8, 2023

PNC Capital Markets seeks to stand out from the loan-platform crowd.

Counterparty
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Unlocking SME Lending in Banking’s Digital Age

December 7, 2023

Sponsored by SAS Are you curious about the evolving landscape of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending? SME lending has historically ...

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The Business Impact of Supply Chain Sustainability

December 7, 2023

Can reining in third-party emissions help strengthen the bottom lines of today’s top businesses?

Transition Risk
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Navigating and Managing Geopolitical Risks

December 1, 2023

Fueled by the ongoing Israel/Hamas and Russia/Ukraine conflicts, headline-grabbing geopolitical threats are a source of significant concern for ...

Metrics
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Updated U.S. Cyber Guidelines Place Emphasis on Risk Governance

December 1, 2023

The 10-year-old NIST framework gets a makeover that draws from and expands applicability of proven practices in financial services and other critical ...

Cybersecurity
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Corporates Awake to Bank-Counterparty Risk

December 1, 2023

Treasurers reacted to this year’s banking turmoil with more – and more sophisticated – metrics to keep watch on their banking relationships.

Counterparty
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Bridging the Gap between Climate Science and Risk Management

November 30, 2023

Hear from David Schimel and Pooja Khosla of Entelligent, as we explore the intersection of climate science and risk management. For over 30 years, ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Climate Transition Planning: A Guide for Risk Professionals

November 23, 2023

As the world moves toward net zero, companies need to plan their transition to a lower carbon future.

Transition Risk
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Redefining Financial Stability: Pros and Cons of New Regulatory Proposals

November 22, 2023

The Basel III Endgame and the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book are among the upcoming regulations that have unique limitations and advantages.

Regulation & Compliance
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Combating Cybercrime in the Age of Remote Work

November 22, 2023

Despite familiarity with bigger attack surfaces and less-secure perimeters, threat awareness and deterrence require continuing and constant vigilance.

Cybersecurity
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Artificial Intelligence and the Revolution in Financial Crimes Compliance

November 22, 2023

Federated machine learning can enable companies to detect financial crime at a lower cost without sharing their data. Gary M. Shiffman, Shelly ...

Tools & Techniques
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Real Estate Risk in Volatile Times

November 21, 2023

Hear veteran risk manager, advisor and professor Clifford Rossi’s viewpoints on trends, threats and opportunities in the commercial and residential ...

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Operational Risk Capital Proposal: Time to Hit the Pause Button

November 17, 2023

The so-called Basel III Endgame could lead to significant amendments in operational loss estimation at big banks.

Resilience
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The 2023 Banking Turmoil: A Middle-of-the-Road Crisis

November 17, 2023

This year’s regional banking fiascoes in the U.S. offered valuable lessons for risk managers, but do they measure up with the 2008 global financial ...

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5 Ways to Improve Model Risk Management

November 17, 2023

How risk assessment, data management, governance and AI can contribute to continuous improvement.

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Jargon Buster Update – Greenhouse Gas Accounting

November 16, 2023

Visit our updated Sustainability and Climate Risk Glossary.

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Real Estate Risks Are Global, but Impacts and Perceptions Vary

November 10, 2023

China’s residential and commercial markets are top concerns in a GARP Benchmarking Initiative survey. In the U.S., multifamily and some office types ...

Counterparty
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Can Banks Reliably Estimate Credit Losses?

November 10, 2023

Financial institutions have improved their ability to forecast losses thanks to better models, impactful regulations and voluminous, higher-quality ...

Modeling
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To Combat Money Laundering, AI Tools Come Off the Shelf and In the Cloud

November 10, 2023

Weapons for fighting financial crime and fraud are increasingly powerful and accessible, but they must be well orchestrated to be effective.

Tools & Techniques
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TNFD and Beyond: An Introduction to Nature in Finance

November 9, 2023

Hear from Simon Zadek, Executive Director at NatureFinance and Senior Advisor to the TNFD, as we explore the growing intersection of nature and ...

Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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The Constantly Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape: Current Lessons for CISOs

November 3, 2023

Because the risks are growing more in volume than in complexity, existing defenses can usually suffice. Here is a look at some of the more novel ...

Cybersecurity
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Has ESG Gone Off the Rails?

November 3, 2023

“When regulation starts to become coercive, then there is a problem,” an investment manager writes.

Investment Management
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The Impact of Generative AI on Risk Careers

November 3, 2023

The latest innovation in AI has already made inroads in risk monitoring, measurement and analysis. How will GenAI change the risk landscape, and will ...

Career Trends
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Reducing Emissions: The Devil in the Details

November 2, 2023

Getting to net-zero by 2050 is essential – but how it’s done matters too.

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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AI, ML, Blockchain, Crypto and CBDCs: Risks and Opportunities of Disruptive Tech

October 30, 2023

Hear from Wall Street veteran and author Aaron Brown about the impact of fast-evolving technology on risk management. Financial institutions are now ...

Tools & Techniques
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Responses Are Mixed to the SEC’s Treasury Central Clearing Proposal

October 27, 2023

Cost-benefit questions persist despite potential for significant risk reduction

Counterparty
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The Road to Better Model Risk Management

October 27, 2023

Firms new to the discipline have their work cut out as regulators bring attention and clarity to model risk. The experience of forward-thinking early ...

Model Risk
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Harm Reduction: A Strategy to Mitigate the Risks of AI

October 27, 2023

AI advancements have brought a lot of potential benefits to the financial system, but also come with risks. To minimize the impact of negative ...

Responsible & Ethical
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Back to Basics: An Introduction to Climate Risk Management

October 26, 2023

In this special webcast, the GARP Risk Institute returns to the foundational knowledge areas of climate risk, offering a comprehensive introduction ...

Transition Risk
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Climate Trends, Narratives, Shocks and Credit Risk Stress Scenarios

October 26, 2023

Credit risk measurement still doesn’t adequately capture the effects of climate change. Why is that, and what can be done to improve the modelling?

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Investment Managers Keep Faith in Emerging Markets

October 20, 2023

“Many EMs are well positioned to have economic growth acceleration in 2024 and beyond,” says one portfolio manager. “We invest in companies, not ...

Investment Management
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Could Speedier High-Frequency Trading Prompt the Next Market Meltdown?

October 20, 2023

Traders and market makers are pushing hard for faster HFT, claiming it will result in more liquid and more efficient markets. But a proposed speed ...

Innovation
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After Temporary Dislocations, Insurance-Linked Securities Are Breaking Records

October 20, 2023

Anticipated cyber catastrophe bonds and innovative deal structures are expected to fuel further growth

Investment Management
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The COP28 Survival Guide: How it Works and What to Expect

October 19, 2023

Hear from Nigel Topping, Former UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP26, as we set the scene for COP28 in Dubai. The COP, or Conference of ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Risk Snapshot: Emerging Risks in Global Real Estate

October 13, 2023

Recent market sentiment, risk indicators, and macroeconomic factors suggest there may be growing risk in global real estate assets. In our latest ...

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How to Reduce Bank Failures: A Novel Approach

October 13, 2023

Poor risk governance, culture and infrastructure have been responsible for many financial meltdowns, including this year’s SVB and Signature Bank ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Generative AI: The Next Wave in Credit Assessment?

October 13, 2023

Banks must now consider how the latest advancement in AI can help risk analysts measure consumer and corporate credit.

Tools & Techniques
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Addressing Data Management Challenges with Emerging Technologies and Industry Collaboration

October 13, 2023

Along with AI, cloud and other advances, it will take a cultural shift to overcome the obstacles of overlapping standards, legacy-system complexities ...

Data
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Transforming Risk Management with Generative AI

October 6, 2023

The next generation of AI is not flawless, but could very well be used to identify and rank threats, democratize data and analytics, and improve ...

Tools & Techniques
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How Regulatory Backstop Measures Can Lead to Worse Risk Management

October 6, 2023

Whenever supervisors do not feel sure about risk measurement, they add conservatism. But the probability of default backstop the ECB has added to ECL ...

Default
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Unmasking Gray Actors: How to Spot and Stop a Costly Wave of Fraudulent Behavior

October 6, 2023

Subtle deceptions hook unsuspecting victims; risk mitigation measures can be mobilized.

Cybersecurity
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Amid Controversy over Capital Requirements, Top-Rated Structured Bonds Offer Respite

September 29, 2023

The biggest U.S. banks are wary of proposed Basel III impacts, but securitization risk weights could drop

Default
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Balanced Risk Modeling: How to Better Prepare for Shocks

September 29, 2023

Risk managers need to worry about both idiosyncratic outcomes and systemic risks. An integrated, comprehensive modeling approach is the only way to ...

Metrics
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Global Investment Performance Standards: After 25 Years, Room to Grow, and Gaps to Close

September 29, 2023

More smaller and alternative funds are in the fold as consultants and outsourcers offer to support compliance

Investment Management
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Dealing with Uncertainty in Scenario Analysis: Stochastic vs. Deterministic Appr

September 28, 2023

Hear from Ron Dembo, Founder and CEO of riskthinking.ai, as we apply stochastic thinking to the challenge of climate scenario analysis. One of the ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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The Reawakening of Blockchain – and Its Impact on Risk Management

September 22, 2023

A series of large blockchain initiatives from the like of JPMorgan Chase and the LSE have recently grabbed headlines, once again placing the ...

Digital Assets
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Should Internal Bank Models Be Used for Capital?

September 22, 2023

Large U.S. banks may be forced to employ standardized, regulator-driven models to calculate capital in the future. But, for a variety of reasons, ...

Modeling
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Behavioral Biometrics: A Safe Middle Ground for the Fight Against Financial Fraud?

September 22, 2023

An advanced identity verification tool is reinforcing but not replacing legacy methods

Cybersecurity
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Inside The Complex Landscape of Carbon Prices

September 21, 2023

There are at least five different kinds of carbon prices. How could they impact your portfolio?

Transition Risk
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In the Wake of Libor, New AFX Leadership Turns Attention to Growth

September 15, 2023

Regulatory concerns have surfaced, but supporters maintain that credit-sensitive rates including Ameribor have withstood market stresses and proved ...

Market
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NBFIs: Risks and Opportunities From Nonbanks in the Financial System

September 15, 2023

Conventional banks face major risks from the explosive growth of so-called shadow banks, but these institutions also offer hope to up-and-coming risk ...

Financial Markets
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Management Liability: Four Ways to Reduce the Risk

September 15, 2023

The right preparatory steps can effectively insure against losses and benefit risk management overall

Resilience
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India: A Case Study in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

September 14, 2023

This article explores the difficult trade-offs that need to be made between the competing claims of climate mitigation, adaptation, and economic ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Quantum Computing: Breakthrough Performance Comes with High-Stakes Perils

September 8, 2023

Although the fully realized technology is years away, it is advancing incrementally, and risks are coming into focus

Innovation
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SVB and Signature Bank Fallout: Why We Need a Different Approach to Regional Bank Regulation and Risk Management

September 8, 2023

Regulators seem to once again be focused on increasing capital and liquidity requirements for banks of a certain size in response to recent fiascoes ...

Regulation & Compliance
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An Overlooked Element of Executive Safety: Data Privacy

September 8, 2023

Proliferation of personal data puts company leaders at risk. Security technologies can protect them.

Cybersecurity
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License to Drill: What New Oil & Gas Extraction Means for the Energy Transition

September 7, 2023

Hear from Jane Stevensen of JS Global Advisory, as we examine the overall progress of the global energy transition. We always knew that the ...

Transition Risk
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Risk-Based Decisioning in an Age of Uncertainty Part 2

September 6, 2023

In this podcast Zeynep Salman, Senior Business Solutions Manager at SAS, will explore the top trends and market practices for financial institutions ...

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Navigating Collections Optimization in the Digital Age

September 6, 2023

Sponsored by SAS Can organizations monitor the credit profiles of their borrowers dynamically while acting in an automated yet personalized way? Many ...

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The Impact of Evolving Central Bank Digital Currencies on Banks and Risk Management

September 1, 2023

Digital currencies developed by central banks may be the wave of the future, but still face significant barriers to entry. Are CBDCs a threat to ...

Data | Digital Assets
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How Generative AI Will Disrupt Credit Risk Modeling

September 1, 2023

Improved coding of PD, LGD and EAD models is one of the potential benefits of this innovative technology. How does this work, and what else can ...

Modeling
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Systemic Vulnerabilities Underscore the Need for a Data Standard

September 1, 2023

Legal Entity Identifiers, although still a work in progress, point the way toward real-time risk analysis and contagion alerts

Data
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The Global Water Crisis: A Guide for Risk Professionals

August 25, 2023

We are in the midst of a global water crisis. Half the world’s population could be living in areas facing water scarcity by 2025, and experts predict ...

Transition Risk | Nature Risk Management
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Reassessing the Current State of Bank Safety

August 25, 2023

What level of danger are banks now facing? In the wake of a series of extreme events, do they need to adopt complex, nonlinear models for tail risk ...

Financial Markets
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Exhaustive Scenario Analysis: What Banks Can Learn From the Airline Industry’s Flight Simulations

August 25, 2023

Flying is hundreds of times safer than driving, thanks at least partly to comprehensive simulations performed by airline pilots. Banks that want to ...

Modeling
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Large Language Models, Security and Privacy

August 25, 2023

Effective corporate culture and governance practices are paramount, a top information security executive writes.

Responsible & Ethical
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Risk-Based Decisioning in an Age of Uncertainty Part 1

August 23, 2023

Is it possible for financial institutions to offer on-demand, superior customer experiences while making risk decisions in near real-time in an ...

Resilience
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Insurance Regulation Could Stymie Financing for Risky Companies

August 18, 2023

Opponents say a higher capital charge will affect availability and returns on collateralized loan obligations

Regulation & Compliance
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Is Honesty Really the Best Policy in Risk Management?

August 18, 2023

The truth, contrary to the Bible, does not always set you free – particularly if you are a risk manager who does not want to block innovation. What ...

Conduct & Ethics
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Building a Healthy Risk Culture: A Q&A With Clifford Rossi

August 18, 2023

Banks with effective risk cultures are less prone to errors and more equipped to handle shocks. But what specific steps do they need to take to ...

Enterprise
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Building a Healthy Risk Culture: A Q&A With Clifford Rossi

August 18, 2023

Banks with effective risk cultures are less prone to errors and more equipped to handle shocks. But what specific steps do they need to take to ...

Career Development
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A CRO on a Mission to Help Build a Resilient Culture

August 11, 2023

For BNY Mellon’s Senthil Kumar, “intelligent risk-taking” is at the heart of holistic risk management

Enterprise
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Coping with Inflation and Liquidity Risk – and Their Knock-on Effects

August 11, 2023

Consistent risk modeling and holistic analysis of inflation’s impacts are keys to insurers’ approach

Market
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Banks Have a Better Grip on Online Fraud, but the Threats Persist

August 11, 2023

Digitization brings both opportunity and vulnerability. Beware social engineering and email compromise.

Cybersecurity
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Hiding in Plain Sight: How Fundamental Risks Caused a Banking Crisis

August 9, 2023

What were the driving forces behind the recent U.S. bank failures? SSGA’s Daniela Litvin, Bruce Casper, David Tavares, Suzanne Smore, Ben Des Clayes, ...

Market
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Risk Snapshot: The Growing Risks of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries

August 7, 2023

The IMF’s 2023 Global Financial Stability Report noted that the nonbank financial intermediary (NBFI) sector has climbed to nearly 50 percent of ...

Transition Risk
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Four Hurdles of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act

August 4, 2023

Stringent requirements for technological reliability, cybersecurity, business continuity and vendor risk management take effect in January 2025. ...

Cybersecurity
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Traditional vs. Fixed Analysis: Weighing the Pros and Cons of An Alternative Approach to Scenario Design

August 4, 2023

For decades, to better manage uncertainty and make more accurate forecasts of losses, financial institutions have relied on a multi-scenario strategy ...

Modeling
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How Risk Managers Should Define a Crisis, and Why It Matters: A Q&A With Dr. René Stulz

August 4, 2023

The global financial services landscape has been significantly altered by unpredictable – and sometimes unprecedented – events over the past 15 ...

Enterprise
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New Climate Regulations: What to Know and What They Are Trying to Achieve

August 3, 2023

A plethora of climate-related, real economy regulation has been released in the last few years. What are the main themes, and what are these policies ...

Transition Risk
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A Guide to PRA’s Model Risk Management Principles

August 1, 2023

UK-incorporated banks, building societies and investment firms that use internal models for capital calculations now face pressure to adhere to model ...

Model Risk
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Remembering Harry Markowitz: A Risk Management Pioneer and Beloved Mentor

July 31, 2023

The risk community looks back on the finance legend and Nobel Prize winner, whose creation of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) transformed wealth ...

Career Development
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Does Visualization Improve the Explainability of ML Models?

July 28, 2023

Machine-learning models are being used by more and more financial institutions to improve the accuracy of credit risk forecasts. Sophisticated ...

Tools & Techniques
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Risk Management and the Tangled Web of Financial Control, Accounting and Technology

July 28, 2023

Aided by blockchain, financial control professionals are making impressive advancements in risk management. What are the differences between ...

Data
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What to Know About U.S. Regulators’ Third-Party Risk Management Guidance

July 28, 2023

Defining expectations for risk-based approaches and governance, the agencies are “more prescriptive and clarifying” than in their 2021 proposal

Third Party Risk
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Climate Risk Taxonomies 101: A User Guide

July 27, 2023

Hear from Bob Buhr of the Imperial College Business School, as we explore ways of organizing the risks from climate change. A risk taxonomy is a key ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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CECL and IFRS 9: Superior Risk Management or Psychological Ploy?

July 21, 2023

Projecting expected credit losses is tricky, partly because scenario analysis is imprecise and partly because recessions do not necessarily yield ...

Default
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Moving Up on the Compliance Agenda: The EU’s EMIR Refit

July 21, 2023

Market infrastructure rules affect derivatives counterparties and trade repositories, stress data quality and standardization

Data
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Collateral Management Technology Is Boosting Efficiency and Adding Strategic Value

July 21, 2023

Systems are rising to the post-Dodd-Frank challenges of operational and transactional complexity

Counterparty
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Oil and Gas Business Models – Resilient or Risky?

July 20, 2023

Despite a continued commitment to fossil fuel production, oil and gas companies contend that their business models are Paris-aligned. How is this ...

Transition Risk
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Extensive Cybersecurity Rules Are Pending at the SEC

July 14, 2023

Critics complain about new layers of complexity and the unintended consequence of information leakage

Cybersecurity
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The Commercial Real Estate Dilemma and Its Impact on Bank Risk Management

July 14, 2023

Banks that are heavily invested in the troubled CRE market now face a variety of complex risks, from the remote work trend to rising inflation to the ...

Counterparty
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Integrated Third-Party Risk Management: Collaborative, Coordinated and Continuous

July 14, 2023

Recent disruptive events underscore the importance of holistic, proactive approaches; vendor assessments and due diligence; and “every employee’s ...

Third Party Risk
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Why Climate Risks Present Unique Challenges for FMIs

July 13, 2023

Due to the role financial market infrastructures (FMIs) play in the global markets, their exposure to climate-related risks is unlike other market ...

Climate Risk Management
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The Suitability of Models in Today's Environment of Emerging Risks

July 13, 2023

Model failures in recent times have called into question the effectiveness of the methodologies currently used by many banks, particularly for credit ...

Model Risk
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A Midyear (Global) Report Card: Economic Trends, and Ongoing and Emerging Risks

July 7, 2023

Economies across the world have bucked predictions and avoided recessions this year, but significant risks remain. How do U.S. economic developments ...

Metrics
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Held-to-Maturity Accounting Revisited

July 7, 2023

A fair value approach may have sounded earlier alarms of Silicon Valley Bank’s decline, but a change in the reporting standard isn’t imminent

Market
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How to Better Manage Fraud in a Post-Pandemic World

July 7, 2023

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, internal fraud is on the rise at banks – but there are strategies they can employ to minimize this risk.

AML & Fraud
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Why Extreme Climate Physical Risks Are Closer Than You Might Think

July 6, 2023

Hear from Rohan Hamden, Co-Founder and CEO of XDI, as we examine how climate-related impacts are exceeding our models and why the need for adaptation ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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How to Improve Risk Oversight at Banks: A Three-Step Checklist

June 30, 2023

Boards of directors at failed banks knew little about their firms’ risk exposures. What steps can bank risk committees now take, and what information ...

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An Appeals Court Decision Could Alter the Fundamentals of Syndicated Leveraged Loans

June 30, 2023

Lenders’ advocates warn of market chaos if the loans have to be treated as securities

Financial Markets
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In a Highly Connected World, Disease Is Not Isolated from Other Risks

June 30, 2023

Filling the gaps in hygiene research is critical to risk management and business resilience

Enterprise
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Article

ESG Explained: What It Is and Why It Matters

June 30, 2023

ESG is an increasingly hot topic, but why and how has it become so important? This article offers an up-to-date look at these issues, highlighting ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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Risk Management and Radical Uncertainty

June 23, 2023

Extremely rare tail-risk events simply cannot be modeled. But that doesn’t mean traditional models that rely on historical data do not have worth.

Financial Markets
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A Brave (and Risky) New World: The Gig Economy Comes for Hedge Funds

June 23, 2023

The most rapidly growing segment of the hedge fund industry is a gig business model that offers more freedom to managers and investors – and could ...

Innovation
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AI Regulation Is On the Way – But Not So Fast

June 23, 2023

The financial industry faces as much uncertainty and need to prepare as any other. Its regulatory experience may prove to be an asset.

Responsible & Ethical
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After the Reports and Recriminations, What Is Left to Learn About the 2023 Bank Failures?

June 16, 2023

Lawmakers, academics and others have unanswered questions. A Federal Reserve governor, for one, calls for further inquiries.

Regulation & Compliance
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Foundation IRB: An Inferior Option for Credit Risk Modeling?

June 16, 2023

For certain asset classes, Basel III prohibits the use of the advanced IRB approach for credit risk measurement, favoring instead a foundation ...

Modeling
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Facing the Reality of Real-Time Payments: Are Anti-Fraud Protections Up to Speed?

June 16, 2023

FedNow, a milestone for the U.S., launches in July. Artificial intelligence will be on guard.

Innovation
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The Future of the Carbon Markets Explained for Risk Professionals

June 15, 2023

Hear from Mike Azlen, Founder and CEO of Carbon Cap Management, as we explore the ever-changing carbon markets and the future of emissions trading. ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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The Fed’s Report on Silicon Valley Bank: Key Risk Takeaways

June 9, 2023

There was plenty of blame to go around for the demise of SVB, but regulatory findings show that banks require more proactive boards and need to ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Managing the Risk of Large Language Models Like ChatGPT

June 9, 2023

The fast-moving new technology requires risk assessments and policies that impose necessary control without stifling innovation

Risks & Risk Factors
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Risk Management Specialist vs. Generalist: Which Is Right for You?

June 9, 2023

Aspiring FRMs and junior-level risk managers must choose between two career paths. There is no right answer, but there are pros and cons a young risk ...

Career Development
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Understanding How Biodiversity and Climate Change Are Interconnected

June 6, 2023

Biodiversity loss and climate change are often considered as separate challenges. However, they are actually highly interconnected and should be ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management
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Risk is Everybody’s Business: Moving Toward Integrated Risk Management

June 2, 2023

Risk modelers, accountants and economists must collaborate closely to collect more timely and accurate data, to improve decision making and to enable ...

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The Three Rs of Regulatory Response to Recent Bank Failures

June 2, 2023

Assumptions about financial stability and customer behavior must be reassessed, and technology infrastructure modernized

Regulation & Compliance
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Securities Lending and Repo Get the Blockchain Treatment

June 2, 2023

Deutsche Börse affiliates are leading adopters, but volumes have yet to take off

Financial Markets
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A Lesson From SVB: Don't Forget Risk Management Fundamentals

June 1, 2023

Recent bank collapses have increased the demand for competent risk management. What have we learned about the value of risk awareness, and what ...

Career Development
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Risk Modeling: What Can We Learn from the Rigor of Academics?

May 26, 2023

Financial risk models have repeatedly been found wanting over the past few years, partly because model developers are limited by regulations. But ...

Modeling
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Risk Management and Public Key Cryptography

May 26, 2023

Risk managers must consider all risks and make decisions based on complex, voluminous, fast-changing data, all while worrying about timeliness and ...

Cybersecurity
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How Unrealized Losses Weigh on Bank Balance Sheets

May 26, 2023

Mortgage-backed securities plus other credit exposure approach total bank equity capital, according to one estimate

Default
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From Startup to Sustainability: Innovating For The Climate Emergency

May 25, 2023

Hear from Nicky Dee, Co-Founder of Carbon13, as we take a closer look at the climate startup ecosystem and how it’s changing the way we decarbonize. ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Carbon Pricing: Has It Worked and What Comes Next?

May 22, 2023

Carbon pricing has long been recognized as a textbook economic policy response to address the externality of pollution. There are now carbon pricing ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Measuring Corporate Culture: It’s Complicated

May 19, 2023

From surveys and questionnaires – the “workhorses of culture research” – to “the explosion of digital trace data” and faster and cheaper ...

Conduct & Ethics
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Agile Approaches for Credit Risk Modeling: Curse or Blessing?

May 19, 2023

Today, agile model development methodologies are becoming increasingly popular. What are the advantages and pitfalls of these approaches when ...

Modeling
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The Parlous State of ESG

May 19, 2023

Navigating a minefield of ratings, regulations and politicization

Investment Management
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4 Key Areas to Know About Climate Change

May 18, 2023

A brief introduction to climate change and four of its key facets: weather, climate, the greenhouse effect, and global warming.

Physical Risk
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Crisis Risk and Risk Management

May 17, 2023

Firms that use data to account for interactions between risks can more accurately forecast crises – but some types remain unpredictable. René M. ...

Resilience
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Risk Management’s Latest Trial by Crisis

May 12, 2023

Hear veteran risk manager, advisor and professor Clifford Rossi’s perspective on recent turmoil in the banking system, on where risk management fell ...

Resilience
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AI’s Inroads in Investment Management

May 12, 2023

Signals are cutting through the noise, but there are limitations still to be overcome

Tools & Techniques
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Banks Short – or Long – on Deposits Can Go to the Markets

May 12, 2023

Innovative private-sector platforms can help navigate rough patches, but they’re not designed to rescue banks on the brink

Financial Markets
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Is There a Need for a Chief Liquidity Officer?

May 12, 2023

The benefits of a new “C” function could outweigh the cost and effort of creating it

Investment Management
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Nature: A New Horizon for Risk Professionals?

May 11, 2023

With a growing focus on nature-related risks, where should financial institutions start? In many firms, there is already existing expertise and ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Nature Risk Management
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The Future of DeFi: What It Means for Risk Managers

May 5, 2023

Junior risk practitioners and aspiring FRMs who are interested in building a career in decentralized finance need a blend of intellectual curiosity ...

Career Development
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Ted Lasso’s Guide to Risk Management: Finding Purpose and Meaning

May 5, 2023

How can CROs tap into the full potential of their risk teams, while simultaneously building comprehensive cultures of risk awareness that help ...

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Powerful Risk Management: Insurance Foundations for High-Integrity Carbon Market

May 4, 2023

Hear from Natalia Dorfman, CEO & Co-Founder of Kita, as we explore the potential role of insurance in boosting the integrity of the voluntary ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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First Republic Fallout: A Call for More Effective Bank Board Risk Committees

May 2, 2023

The collapse and eventual sale of First Republic was a stark reminder that greater scrutiny of interest rate, liquidity and credit risks is needed to ...

Enterprise
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What Bank Board Risk Committees Should Be Asking Management Teams

May 2, 2023

Greater scrutiny of interest rate, liquidity and credit risks is needed to stem the tide of bank failures. Cliff Rossi explains why risk committees ...

Conduct & Ethics
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Different, but the Same: What Bank Failures Can Teach

April 28, 2023

Although every crisis is different, financial firms can spot the warning signs – and even predict various risks – if they learn from the past

Enterprise
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Stress Testing and Scenario Analysis: The Customization Challenge

April 28, 2023

Recent bank defaults have proved that “one size fits all” regulatory stress tests do not work. Are there practical ways of individualizing prescribed ...

Modeling
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Alternative Data and Credit: The Business Dimension

April 28, 2023

Consumer credit scoring innovations cross over to small-business and startup loans

Data
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Climate Risk Leadership: Lessons From 4 Annual Surveys

April 27, 2023

While climate risk management at all financial institutions has significantly progressed in recent years, differences remain between leading firms ...

Climate Risk Management
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Net-Zero Transition Plans: A Guide for Risk Professionals

April 26, 2023

Hear from Tony Rooke, Executive Director at the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero, as we delve into the importance of net-zero transition plans ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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Lying with Statistics: How Risk Model Selection Contributed to SVB’s Downfall

April 21, 2023

Just how easy is it to manipulate data in a model to suit the preferences of an individual or of bank management? Flaws in the current model ...

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Bank Failures and the Need for Better Risk Leadership

April 21, 2023

To prevent future fiascoes, financial institutions must improve their culture and their risk training. It all starts at the top, where the CRO must ...

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Financial Crime and Compliance: Responsibility Is Not Just on Banks

April 21, 2023

Lawyers, accountants and other “gatekeepers” must also be accountable

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Behind the Balance Sheet Part 2: Integrated Balance Sheet Management in the Curr

April 20, 2023

Welcome back for the conclusion of this special two-part podcast series featuring Dr. Donald van Deventer, Managing Director--Risk Research and ...

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Behind the Balance Sheet Part 1: Integrated Balance Sheet Management in the Curr

April 20, 2023

Hear from Dr. Donald van Deventer, Managing Director--Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions at SAS, and Professor Robert Jarrow of Cornell ...

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How Extreme Weather Caused by Global Warming Is Driving New Investment Risks

April 19, 2023

Due to improvements in the ability to trace losses from extreme weather events back to emissions, climate-related litigation risks are increasing at ...

Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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SVB and Signature Bank: The Roles of Risk Modeling, Culture and Stress Testing

April 14, 2023

Hear from risk modeling expert Tony Hughes about the parts various risk management techniques played in recent bank failures, as well as the current ...

Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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Silicon Valley Bank: The Postmortems Came Fast and Furious

April 14, 2023

Managerial failings were in plain sight. As with past crises, remedial playbooks and regulatory actions to rein in risks and avert contagion will be ...

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Credit Risk Measurement: Basel III’s External Ratings Dilemma

April 14, 2023

The rollout of Basel III in both Europe and the U.S. is on the horizon, but flaws remain in its requirements for calculating risk-weighted assets. ...

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Getting Beyond RCSA: Why Operational Risk Needs a New, Improved Process

April 14, 2023

Risk Control Self-Assessments are, by definition, limited. Dynamic data-driven assessments are a better way.

Data
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Soil: An Invisible Crisis and Massive Climate Opportunity

April 13, 2023

Hear from Professor Jo Handelsman on the threats and opportunities that arise from soil – a vitally important resource that many of us take for ...

Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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SVB and Signature Bank: Risk Management Revelations

April 6, 2023

Recent bank collapses can be traced to their narrow-minded approach to stress testing and scenario analysis. What exactly went wrong at these ...

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Will the SEC Help Reinvigorate Public Stock Issuance?

April 6, 2023

Countering the rampant growth in private markets, near-term steps may have to be “incremental”

Financial Markets
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Reimagining the Federal Home Loan Bank System

April 6, 2023

How can we reduce systemic risk and create more competition in the U.S. mortgage secondary market? A pair of GSEs currently dominate this space, but ...

Enterprise
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Two Types of Biodiversity Measures to Be Aware of

April 5, 2023

To move beyond identifying the risks associated with biodiversity loss and begin quantifying them, it is essential to understand the different types ...

Physical Risk | Nature Risk Management
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Getting Finance to Net-Zero: Guidance by Practitioners, for Practitioners

March 31, 2023

Hear from members of the CFRF’s Transition to Net-Zero (TNZ) and Disclosure, Data and Metrics (DDM) Working Groups, as we review useful tools and ...

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AI ‘Digital Workers’ Take on AML, Risk and Compliance Tasks

March 31, 2023

Even as the technology brings relief to overstressed departments, human “boots on the ground” remain indispensable

Data & AI Model Governance
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Stress-Testing the Supply Chain for Risk Resiliency

March 31, 2023

An investment-like portfolio management approach, enhanced by real-time ecosystem data sharing

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A Lesson From SVB: Don’t Forget Risk Management Fundamentals

March 31, 2023

Recent bank collapses have increased the demand for competent risk management. What have we learned about the value of risk awareness, and what ...

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How D&I Can Drive ROI: A Q&A With Amundi's Allen Xiao

March 31, 2023

Why is it important to have an ethnically and culturally diverse risk management team? A deputy CRO shares his viewpoints on the cultural, risk and ...

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Embedding Climate Within Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide

March 28, 2023

Hear from Chris Howland and Lars Popken of Deutsche Bank, as we delve into the complexities of incorporating climate risk within financial ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Would DFAST Have Saved SVB?

March 24, 2023

There is a school of thought in the banking industry that Silicon Valley Bank would not have failed had it been subject to comprehensive stress ...

Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank: A Systemic Risk View

March 24, 2023

Before it was shuttered, how much of a threat did SVB pose to the financial system? Comparing the bank’s systemic risk profile with banks of similar ...

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Could SOFR, Under Stress, Hurt Bank Balance Sheets and Lending Capacity?

March 24, 2023

A New York Fed study fleshes out “Main Street” lenders’ critique of the Libor replacement rate

Financial Markets
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What Is Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Why Is it So Important?

March 23, 2023

Global regulatory and market trends are pressuring firms to disclose their impacts on climate change through a process known as greenhouse gas ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Reimagining the Federal Home Loan Bank System

March 22, 2023

How can we reduce systemic risk and create more competition in the U.S. mortgage secondary market? Clifford Rossi explains how these objectives can ...

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The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank: A Systemic Risk View

March 20, 2023

How much of a systemic threat did SVB pose to the financial system before it was shuttered? GBI’s Chris Donohue, Bryan Feierstein and Eli Crane ...

Financial Markets
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How AI/ML is Changing Financial Risk Management

March 17, 2023

Recent news stories about platforms like ChatGPT and Bard have raised public awareness of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). ...

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Due Diligence Is Under Review

March 17, 2023

Litigation and reputational risks arise in the wake of breakdowns in screening processes. Are improved, perhaps more technology-assisted practices on ...

Enterprise
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Risk Management Lessons Learned From SVB

March 17, 2023

Now is the time for risk managers to address the critical questions that matter for the banking industry: Was the failure of SVB preventable, what ...

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Celebrating Three Years of the Climate Risk Podcast: What Have We Learnt So Far?

March 17, 2023

Today marks the third anniversary of the GARP Climate Risk Podcast. We have learnt a huge amount from talking to a wide range of guests. This article ...

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Silicon Valley Bank: A Failure in Risk Management

March 14, 2023

What drove the collapse of SVB? Insufficient board oversight, incomplete modeling and poor liquidity risk management practices were among the key ...

Financial Markets
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$2 Billion and Counting: The Rise of E-Communications Fines – and How They Can Be Avoided

March 10, 2023

For banks slow to react to the risks, surveillance and control solutions are in reach

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When to Change IFRS 9 Scenario Weights for ECL: A Simple Rule

March 10, 2023

Financial institutions in Europe now employ a range of scenario-weighting approaches to estimate IFRS 9-compliant expected credit losses, with little ...

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It’s in the Details: Are Spreadsheets Putting Firms at Risk?

March 10, 2023

Mitigating the risks in end-user applications through intelligent automation and digital transformation

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Measuring and Modeling Residential Real Estate Risk in Unprecedented Times

March 3, 2023

Risk modelers in the mortgage industry now face significant obstacles, thanks in part to rising interest rates, high inflation, stagnant growth and a ...

Modeling
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Regulators Draw a Line on an Attempted Use of Term SOFR

March 3, 2023

The auto-loan-backed securities market awaits clarification as the mid-year Libor transition deadline approaches

Financial Markets
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Managing Compliance and Complexity: A GRC Call to Action

March 3, 2023

Seven tips to improve business value along with risk, ESG, business and technology strategy

Enterprise
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Balancing Mitigation and Adaptation: Insights for the Financial Sector

March 2, 2023

Hear from Dr. Nicola Ranger, Director of Climate and Environmental Analytics at the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI), as we ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Biodiversity Loss: An Introduction for Risk Professionals

March 2, 2023

In recent years, biodiversity loss has gained increasing focus as an urgent and systemic environmental risk for its impact on global food security, ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Nature Risk Management
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Managing Liquidity Risk and Funding Costs During a Crisis

February 24, 2023

Liquidity risk can spin out of control amid an extreme event. But financial institutions can take a three-pronged, multi-scenario approach to assess ...

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A Defense of Empirical Risk Management

February 24, 2023

Traditional credit risk models have recently come under heavy fire. But there is still value in learning from history, even while modifications are ...

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Continuing Complications in Supply-Chain and Third-Party Risks

February 24, 2023

Rapid responses and resilience are essential amid economic and geopolitical disruptions and regulatory challenges

Third Party Risk
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Scenario Analysis: Guidance for Risk Professionals

February 23, 2023

Hear from members of the UK’s Climate Financial Risk Forum Scenario Analysis Working Group, as we review useful tools and resources that risk ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Forecasting 2023: Predictions for Financial and Non-Financial Risks

February 17, 2023

Hear risk management prognostications from Cris deRitis, the deputy chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. Risk managers have been severely tested ...

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Helyette Geman, of Johns Hopkins and Birkbeck, Is Financial Engineer of the Year

February 17, 2023

“Research across disparate topics” and “extensive career of important contributions” earn IAQF/Northfield honor

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The Risk Appetite Dilemma: How to Overcome Obstacles and Enhance Risk-Adjusted Return

February 17, 2023

Risk appetite statements can yield many benefits, but only when they adhere to established risk-tolerance levels and make use of proper metrics that ...

Enterprise
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How to Develop Effective Risk Documentation

February 17, 2023

Financial institutions need to account for risks properly as part of enterprise risk management, but what steps can they take to manage documentation?

Enterprise
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Balance Sheet Risk Management Amid Volatile Market Conditions- Expert Roundtable

February 16, 2023

The SVB failure has reinforced the importance of establishing sound risk management processes across an organization. This webcast will feature an ...

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Treasury Trading Reforms Move Forward and Get Some Pushback

February 10, 2023

As the SEC seeks to bolster resilience, market participants advise caution on specifics

Financial Markets
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What Do CROs Look for in a Risk Manager?

February 10, 2023

Technical skills are always in demand for job candidates and for risk professionals seeking to climb the corporate ladder, but problem-solving, ...

Career Trends
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When Due Diligence Fails: Cautionary Current Events

February 10, 2023

Hard-won lessons from costly missteps

Enterprise
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How Film and Television Are Adapting to Climate Change

February 9, 2023

Hear from Carys Taylor, Director of BAFTA’s albert programme, as we explore the issues of climate change and sustainability through the lens of film ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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2023 Market Trends: How Will They Impact ALM Efforts?

February 9, 2023

Hear from Dr. Donald van Deventer, Managing Director--Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions @ SAS, as we discuss the impact of current market ...

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Risk Management: DeFi Lending and Borrowing

February 9, 2023

Decentralized finance promises a new and efficient way of enabling access to financial services, but it does not come without sizeable risks. Kashish ...

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Follow the Sun to Manage Investment Risk

February 3, 2023

“Light exchange” Blue Ocean brings 24/7 equities trading closer to reality

Financial Markets
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Climate Risk Stress Testing and the Role of Central Banks

February 3, 2023

Proponents and detractors have already weighed in on the Federal Reserve’s news climate scenario analysis exercise, which is designed to help banks ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Bypassing Legal Reviews and Procedures: An Overlooked Source of Risk?

February 3, 2023

Like risk managers, legal professionals say they can positively impact business results

Enterprise
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Under the Hood: Evaluating the Basel Committee’s Self-Analysis of Basel III

January 27, 2023

A new BCBS report states that Basel III reforms have yielded stronger, more resilient banks without any negative side effects. But the analysis ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Open Banking Is on the Way in the U.S., Accompanied by Risk Concerns

January 27, 2023

While regulations are still pending, data management, privacy and third-party compliance issues are likely to arise

Data
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How to Model Forward-Looking Credit Risk

January 27, 2023

During uncertain times, the traditional approach for estimating expected credit losses simply doesn’t work. However, while forecasting ECL is a ...

Modeling
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AI in Banking: Past, Present and Future

January 20, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence in the financial services industry has been somewhat kept in check by regulators, but risk managers still make ...

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Model Risk Management Challenges and Opportunities in a Volatile World: A Q&A with Evan Sekeris

January 20, 2023

In uncertain times marked by rare and extreme events, the obstacles facing risk modelers are steep. But aspiring and early-career FRMs with an ...

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Corporate Treasury’s Seat at the Enterprise Risk Management Table

January 20, 2023

Looking past silos to contribute to a holistic view of risk

Enterprise
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What We Learned About Climate Risk in 2022

January 19, 2023

Hear from Jo Paisley and Maxine Nelson of the GARP Risk Institute as they look back on key learnings from the latest season of the Climate Risk ...

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The Evolution of Risk Management: 25 Years of the FRM Program

January 17, 2023

How does a recovering lawyer with a background in Wall Street derivatives find himself at the center of a global embrace of risk management? As we ...

Career Development
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Does Fed Policy on Reserve Balances Raise Risk of Market Disruption?

January 13, 2023

Research shows a link between intraday reserve shortfalls and interest rate spikes

Financial Markets
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Reducing Operational Risk with Systems Engineering

January 13, 2023

What are the underlying problems behind the operational failures that have plagued large banks? Should they consider a systems engineering approach ...

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How the Cyber Risk Landscape Changed in 2022 – and What’s in Store for 2023

January 13, 2023

Companies recognizing bottom-line impact will spend more on cybersecurity

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5 Risk Predictions for 2023

January 6, 2023

In the coming year, we can expect a slowdown in worldwide economies, an increased emphasis on operational resilience, a shift toward simpler and more ...

Metrics
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Growth in Private Markets Attracts Trading Platforms to Serve Them

January 6, 2023

Systems can facilitate price discovery and liquidity, but could too many of them spread the business too thin?

Financial Markets
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The ‘Quantum Cat’ After the Digital Asset Crash

January 6, 2023

Crypto may be paradoxically alive and dead, with unresolved questions and unfulfilled promise

Digital Assets
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Cryptos at the Banking Gate: Too Close for Comfort?

December 16, 2022

FTX’s implosion and related fallout have ratcheted up concerns about systemic risk and contagion

Regulation & Compliance
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Trust Is Being Tested in Uncertain Times

December 16, 2022

The business world needs to better understand and manage it, build reputational resilience “from the inside out”

Enterprise
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FTX Fiasco: Risk Management Lessons Learned

December 16, 2022

The failure of the crypto giant has shined a spotlight on the crucial role of CEOs, who must lead the development of comprehensive, engaging risk ...

Conduct & Ethics
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Climate Scenario Analysis in Financial Firms

December 12, 2022

Read GARP’s scenario analysis deep dive, published as part of the Climate Financial Risk Forum’s (CFRF) 2022 outputs.

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Digital Transformation: 5 Things CROs Need to Know

December 9, 2022

To lead their firms’ into the digital era, chief risk officers should place a premium on people, avoid excessive reliance on technology, build ...

Digital Assets
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Pension-Fund Risk: How to Improve Liquidity Management

December 9, 2022

Recent nonfinancial incidents, including geopolitical conflicts, the pandemic and a supply-chain crisis, have destabilized markets and sent risk ...

Investment Management
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CFRF Underwriting Guides: Litigation and Physical Risk

December 8, 2022

Hear from members of the UK’s Climate Financial Risk Forum, as we dive into their brand-new publications on climate litigation and physical risk. ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Future-Proofing Liquidity Risk: The Stagflation Dilemma

December 7, 2022

Hear from Alla Gil, the co-founder and CEO of Straterix, as we examine the liquidity risk challenges and trends that have been fueled by extremely ...

Market
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Regulators and Innovation: A Reconsideration

December 2, 2022

Financial regulation at its best adapts dynamically to changing market conditions and emerging issues. Technology is posing a crucial test.

Regulation & Compliance
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Catastrophe Risk Protection: Hurricane Ian Dislocates an Already Challenged Market

December 2, 2022

A cyber cat bond is expected soon, but capital constraints may hinder market growth

Default
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Christmas Climate Book Club Special

December 1, 2022

What climate books do you want for Christmas? Listen in to find out where to start on picking out those stocking fillers. In this special episode, Jo ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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To Maximize Artificial Intelligence’s Value, We Have to Let It Do Its Thing. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

November 23, 2022

Technology subject to real-world laws, contracts and company policies needs elements of human judgment, subject-matter expertise and legal counsel

Responsible & Ethical
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The Stagnation of Stress Testing: Causes … and Potential Solutions

November 18, 2022

An overreliance on scenarios can limit the effectiveness of stress tests. Why is excessive dependence on scenarios problematic, and, with a recession ...

Resilience
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Distributed Ledgers and Digital ID: A Logical Match for KYC?

November 18, 2022

Identity verification and authentication are key to electronic commerce and the further digitalization of financial services and other businesses, ...

Innovation
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Operational Resilience Through Supply Chain and Business Process Mapping

November 11, 2022

A discipline for navigating the complexities of concurrent and cascading crises

Resilience
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Transitioning Veterans: Could a Military Background Jumpstart a Career in Risk Management?

November 11, 2022

When a military member approaches the transition to civilian life, he or she isn't your average career-changer. Whether it's a resume full of job ...

Career Development
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The “Net” of “Net-Zero”: Making Voluntary Carbon Markets Work

November 10, 2022

Hear from William McDonnell, COO of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, as we discuss the role of carbon credits in the transition ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Risk and Compliance Disruptors: Innovative Startups Specialize in Automation and Acceleration

November 4, 2022

Entrepreneur-led Themis reinvents workflows; Debbie helps with debt management; Cable combats financial crime

Regulation & Compliance
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Tail Risk: How to Incorporate Extreme Events into Financial Risk Modeling

October 28, 2022

Hear from Prof. Clifford Rossi as we examine some of today’s biggest financial risk modeling challenges. Risk modelers have recently been befuddled ...

Modeling
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Economic Misery and Bank Financial Performance

October 28, 2022

Current risk models don’t have sufficient data to account for today’s volatile markets. What’s the true impact of factors like unemployment and ...

Default
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Coinbase’s Institutional Flip Side

October 28, 2022

Hurt by exposure to retail crypto trading, the exchange has a growing prime brokerage and alliances with BlackRock’s Aladdin and other platforms

Digital Assets
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Inflation, Dollar, Other Pressures Add Up to Debt Distress

October 21, 2022

Sovereign debt restructurings are urgently needed, the IMF says; a UN agency sees many developing countries edging toward default

Market
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Stress Testing Integration: How to Combine Capital and Liquidity

October 21, 2022

Though the importance of integration is now widely understood by financial institutions, stress testing of capital and liquidity is still typically ...

Metrics
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The Expected Credit Losses Dilemma: Weighting IFRS 9’s “SICR”

October 21, 2022

Under IFRS 9, European banks today face a steep increase in their loan-loss provisions if it is determined at the time of financial reporting that ...

Default
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Investing in the Era of Climate Change

October 20, 2022

Hear from Bruce Usher, Professor of Practice at Columbia Business School, as we examine the investment opportunities and strategies that have emerged ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Buy-Now-Pay-Later and Alternative Data Bring Disruption to Retail Credit

October 14, 2022

Fast-growing fintechs contend with a credit cycle as CFPB eyes a rulemaking on consumer data rights

Counterparty
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Risk Careers: Trends and Key Skills in Demand in a Topsy-Turvy World

October 14, 2022

In a sea of volatility and unpredictability, what does the current job market look like for aspiring FRMs and early-career risk practitioners?

Career Trends
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Asset Managers Who Prepare for Increased Transparency on DEI May See Big Returns

October 14, 2022

Getting out ahead of mandatory standards can bring organizational improvements and boost assets under management

Regulation & Compliance
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As Crypto Winter Lingers, Digital Custodians Fill Senior Posts

October 7, 2022

Strategic moves by trust companies, Nasdaq and others prioritize safety of assets and institutional participation

Digital Assets
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The Risk Matrix Approach: Strengths and Limitations

October 7, 2022

The RMA is an effective and intuitive technique used by risk managers to prioritize threats to their organization in a graphic manner – but it’s not ...

Data
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Beyond Deepfakes: Synthetic Fraud’s Next Alarming Evolution

September 30, 2022

Artificial intelligence powers potentially more pervasive shallowfakes – and holds a key to solutions

Cybersecurity
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Data, AI, and Innovation: Insights from the Frontiers of Climate Science

September 29, 2022

Hear from Prof. Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of Cambridge Zero, as we explore the potential for machine learning to help us navigate an ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Are CECL and IFRS 9 Reasonable and Supportable?

September 23, 2022

Recent events, including the pandemic, have raised questions about whether the forward-looking accounting standards that are now in place for credit ...

Default
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The Ethereum Merge: A Smoother On-Ramp for Institutional Finance?

September 23, 2022

Energy-efficient blockchain may be more hospitable to ESG-minded investors; crypto market risks still loom large

Innovation
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Glossary and Jargon Buster: Sustainability & Climate Risk

September 19, 2022

Simple definitions for the most frequently referenced terms, phrases, and acronyms.

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A Call to Arms: Incorporating Extreme Events into Financial Risk Models

September 16, 2022

Recent nonfinancial incidents, including geopolitical conflicts, the pandemic and a supply-chain crisis, have destabilized markets and sent risk ...

Metrics
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Uncleared Margin Rules Reach Final Phase, but the PRA Has Questions

September 16, 2022

U.K. regulator seeks assurances about the adequacy of initial margin calculations; ISDA defends its standard model

Financial Markets
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SEC Penalizes a Chief Compliance Officer, Putting Spotlight on Personal Liability

September 16, 2022

CCOs and other executives await regulatory clarity on potential financial exposure

Regulation & Compliance
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Fourth Annual Global Survey of Climate Risk Management at Financial Firms

September 13, 2022

Steady Progress Amid Increasing Regulatory Scrutiny, 2022

Climate Risk Management
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Model Validation: Dissecting the Boundaries of a Rules-Based World

September 9, 2022

The European Banking Authority is seeking feedback from regional supervisors and banks about a handbook it has created for validation of IRB models ...

Modeling
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Fintech Innovation: What Does It Mean for FRMs?

September 9, 2022

Regulatory efforts are being outpaced by the progress being made by financial technology companies. How will the growth of fintechs impact the ...

Innovation
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The 'Rebranded' Mission for Legal Entity Identifiers

September 9, 2022

LEI governing body sets digital-commerce goals beyond original focus on financial markets

Data
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How Politics Shapes Climate Policy: Insights for Risk Professionals

September 8, 2022

Hear from Prof. David Victor and Dr. Danny Cullenward, as we dive into the political forces that mould the climate policy landscape. Designing ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Risk Management and the Rise of the Green Taxonomy

September 8, 2022

Policy makers across multiple jurisdictions have been developing taxonomies, which aim to define what is “green”. But how do they fit in risk ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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The Rise of Low Code: A Productivity Breakthrough with Caution Flags

September 2, 2022

As major banks and others empower “citizen developers,” operational risks and “shadow IT” need vigilance

Innovation
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Decoding Country Perils: The Nature and Causes of the Risk of Nations

September 2, 2022

What are the best indicators of short- and long-term country risk, and what steps can firms take to identify, assess and manage this multi-layered ...

Metrics
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Adjusting Probability of Default for Carbon Pricing

August 19, 2022

Banks and other financial institutions are facing increasing pressure from regulators to manage financial risk related to climate change. The most ...

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Will the ‘Systemically Important’ Club Become Less Exclusive?

August 19, 2022

A proposal to bolster cybersecurity would extend the designation into critical-infrastructure sectors outside of financial services, but banking ...

Cybersecurity
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Financial Infrastructure at a Systemic Crossroads

August 19, 2022

Disruption is the enemy, business continuity is the mission, and operational resilience and uptime are strategic imperatives for risk professionals ...

Resilience
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Understanding the Risks of Multiple Credit Scores in Mortgage Lending

August 17, 2022

Competition among credit score providers is heating up, with increased focus by regulators on expanding equitable access to credit for consumers with ...

Counterparty
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Crashing with Crypto: Coinbase as Case Study

August 12, 2022

Risk and reputational flaws are cautionary lesson for fintechs and other innovators

Enterprise
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Economic Capital: The Power of Diversification

August 12, 2022

As we speed toward the January 2023 deadline for Basel III implementation, the calculation of economic capital has become more important than ever. ...

Modeling
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Machine Learning and Risk Management: A Q&A with Professor John Hull

August 5, 2022

Risks & Risk Factors
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Calculating the Regulatory Surcharge for US G-SIBs

August 4, 2022

To ensure that they are fully prepared for future crises, global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) must hold extra levels of regulatory capital. ...

Regulation & Compliance
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Scenario Analysis: Assessing the Quality of the Journey

July 29, 2022

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30,000 Years in 30 Minutes: Climate Risk from an Archaeologist’s Perspective

July 27, 2022

Hear from Prof. Brian Fagan, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, as we dig up lessons in climate risk ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Embedded Applications: New Revenue and New Risks for Banks

July 22, 2022

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U.S. Seeks Expert Insights on Artificial Intelligence

July 15, 2022

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Steering the Ship: Creating Board-Level Climate Dashboards for Banks

July 12, 2022

As climate change risks increase worldwide, company boards will be critical in ensuring their firms remain resilient and on a path to carbon ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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Model Risk Management Lessons Learned: Tracing Issues from the Pandemic to the Great Recession

July 8, 2022

Model Risk
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The Green Bond Market Explained (And Why Investors Do Need to Worry About Climat

July 6, 2022

Hear from Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, as we explore the many ways finance is going green, from the phenomenal growth of the ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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How to Use ERM, ML and Scenario Analysis to Advance Your Risk Career

July 1, 2022

Enterprise
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Getting Schooled on Risk: Graduate Programs Cultivate Talent for the Times

June 24, 2022

Enterprise
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Using Benchmarking to Assess the Plausibility of Climate Scenario Analysis

June 21, 2022

How can you judge the reasonableness of modelled scenario analysis outputs if the scenario is one that you’ve never experienced? This is a dilemma ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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SEC Rule Has Fund Firms Grappling with a VaR Mandate

June 17, 2022

Investment Management
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EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Too

June 15, 2022

Hear from Eila Kreivi, Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor at the European Investment Bank, as we take a closer look at the EU Taxonomy, including what ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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How to Improve Cyber Resilience: A Q&A with the OCC’s Patrick Kelly

June 10, 2022

Cybersecurity
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Consumer Outlook: Continued Growth, or Putting on the Brakes?

June 10, 2022

Financial Markets
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U.S. Law and Global Challenges Reshape AML Compliance

June 3, 2022

Regulation & Compliance
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FASB Update Facilitates Hedging of Fixed-Income Risk

May 27, 2022

New guidance is well timed for rising interest rates

Regulation & Compliance
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How to Manage Balance-Sheet Risk in Volatile Times

May 27, 2022

Given the looming prospect of a recession, it’s critical for financial institutions to strengthen their balance sheets. To meet this objective, firms ...

Metrics
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30 Years of Catastrophe Modelling: Lessons for Risk Professionals

May 26, 2022

Hear from Fathom’s Matthew Jones and Andrew Smith as we discuss the challenges and opportunities created by climate change for modellers of physical ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk
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CRO Takes a Plea in Archegos Case

May 20, 2022

AML & Fraud
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Stress Testing Uncertainty: What Does It Mean for FRMs?

May 20, 2022

Banks, of course, need to ensure that they have enough capital to cover their risks – but, thanks to the pandemic and the resultant ...

Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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Model Validation for Credit Risk: A Critical Deficiency in the Jeffreys Test

May 13, 2022

Modeling
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Anchorage Digital Bank Found Deficient in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

May 13, 2022

Regulation & Compliance
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The Pandemic Will Improve Risk Modeling – If We Let It

May 6, 2022

Modeling
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Engineering a Diverse Workplace: Edward Jones’ CRO Is Determined to ‘Be the Difference’

May 6, 2022

Enterprise
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The Oceans & Climate Explained (and Why it Matters to Finance)

May 5, 2022

Hear from Julie Pullen, a leading expert in ocean-atmosphere interactions, on how our oceans are being affected by climate change, what we stand to ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk
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Robust Estimation of Loss Models in the Insurance Industry

May 5, 2022

Comprehensive loss models are important for all financial services firms, but particularly for insurers. Chudamani Poudyal and Vytaras Brazauskas ...

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Understanding the Physical Risks Associated with Climate Change

April 27, 2022

Climate-related financial risks are the financial risks linked to climate change. These are typically split into two broad categories: physical and ...

Physical Risk | Climate Risk Management
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The Time Varying Bayesian Beta

April 21, 2022

Vasicek’s Bayesian approach for estimating security beta has been widely accepted in the financial services industry, but is it too static? Giuseppe ...

Metrics
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Supply Chains: Why Sustainability is the Best Form of Risk Management

April 14, 2022

Hear from Kevin Dooley, Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, as he talks to us about how managing the sustainability of your supply ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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The 4 Main Drivers of Transition Risk, and Why the Risks Are Increasing

April 12, 2022

Climate-related financial risks are the financial risks linked to climate change. These are typically split into two broad categories: physical and ...

Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Carbon Quotient: Managing the Financial Risks of Net Zero

April 5, 2022

The effects of climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy present emerging financial risks. These physical and transition risks ...

Transition Risk | Climate Risk Management
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Climate Financial Regulation: What is on the Horizon?

March 29, 2022

Supervisors in the EU, the UK and across the world have intensified their regulation of the financial risks resulting from climate change, forcing ...

Transition Risk
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Culture and Capability: An Asset Owner’s Guide to Net Zero

March 24, 2022

Hear from Alan Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner, about the culture and capabilities that asset owners look for in the companies they invest ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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5 Digital Risk Management Tools Every FRM Should Know About

March 24, 2022

Discover five of the most important risk management tools for financial risk managers to understand and utilize.

Career Development
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2022 Best Practices of Climate Risk Management Leaders

March 22, 2022

In this paper, GARP Risk Institute highlights the best practices implemented by climate risk management leaders and outlines the steps others can ...

Climate Risk Management
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Rethinking Business Models from the Perspective of ESG

March 17, 2022

Forward-looking financial institutions are adapting their methodologies to account for environmental, social and governance issues. Enrico Guarnerio ...

Model Risk
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Common Risk Management Interview Questions and Tips for Success

March 10, 2022

Anticipating risk management interview questions can help you land the job. Here are some common questions to consider.

Career Development
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The Art of Running Model Validation in a Bank

March 10, 2022

Financial institutions are under increasing regulatory pressure to implement robust model validation. Subrahmanyam Oruganti and Surabhi Kashyap ...

Model Risk
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Achieving Net-Zero: Reframing Climate Change as a Supply Side Issue

March 3, 2022

Hear from Mark Campanale, Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, as we dive into the strategies being used to align financial markets to a ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Bayesian Backtesting for Counterparty Risk Models

March 3, 2022

Financial institutions need a conceptually sound and easy-to-implement approach for analyzing model performance. Matthias Arnsdorf and Mante Zelvyte ...

Counterparty
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Explainable Machine Learning Models of Consumer Credit Risk

February 24, 2022

In the financial services community, ML models are currently being used for everything from credit underwriting to forecasting to fraud detection and ...

Tools & Techniques
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What Does a Risk Manager Do?

February 18, 2022

Risk manager's help prepare for uncertainties, minimize threats and mitigate losses. To find out what risk managers do in their day-to-day work read ...

Career Development
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Political Risk Management

February 17, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest have shined a corporate spotlight on political risk. Omari Scott Simmons explains how businesses can use ...

Geopolitical
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Sustainability and Space: Lessons from Low Earth Orbit

February 10, 2022

Hear from Chris Geiger, Internal Audit Director at Lockheed Martin, as we explore a new frontier in sustainability and engineering. Amidst growing ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Assessing ESG Risks for Businesses in the COVID-19 Era

February 3, 2022

Business operations, supply chains and economies around the globe have been disrupted by the pandemic. Paul Hirose and T. Markus Funk discuss the ...

Resilience
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Illiquidity Risks in Lending Protocols

January 27, 2022

Where do lending protocols fit in the decentralized finance landscape, and do they suffer from insufficient liquidity? Xiaotong Sun investigates the ...

Market
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What We Learned About Climate Risk in 2021

January 20, 2022

Hear from Jo Paisley and Maxine Nelson of GARP’s Risk Institute as they look back on learnings from the 2021 Climate Risk Podcast series. As we head ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Do Artificial Neural Networks Provide Improved Volatility Forecasts?

January 20, 2022

Stock market volatility forecasting is an important component of measuring and managing investment risks. Mehmet Sahiner, David G. McMillan and Dimos ...

Innovation
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IFRS 9 and Probability of Default

January 14, 2022

Loss allowances for expected credit losses differ significantly across European banks. The University of Innsbruck’s Matthias Bank and Bernhard Eder ...

Modeling
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The Next Frontier: Addressing Climate Risk’s Biggest Analytical Challenges With

December 13, 2021

In the financial services industry, risks related to climate change are now considered major, resulting in all firms assessing how to incorporate ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Adapting to Tail Risks: Surviving the Cascading Risks from Climate Change

December 9, 2021

Hear from Prof. Tim Benton, Research Director at Chatham House, as we explore growing concerns over tail risks from climate change. By their very ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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5 Trending Risk Management Jobs that Are Hiring Now

December 7, 2021

Which types of roles are hiring, and what does the current career landscape look like? Here are five trending jobs that are hiring now.

Career Trends
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Confessions of an Economist: How imperfect policymaking will shape transition ri

November 18, 2021

Hear from Prof. Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, as we dive into the economics of climate policymaking. ...

Transition Risk
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Addressing Bias and Fairness in AI Systems

November 1, 2021

In this episode, we will continue with part three of a four-part series looking at Responsible AI (Listen to part one: Alternative Data in Risk ...

Responsible & Ethical
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Making Sense of COP26: a Short Guide to Reaching Net Zero

November 1, 2021

As COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, reaching net zero is set to be top of the global agenda. Get acquainted with the why, when and how of reaching net ...

Transition Risk
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Climate Risk Regulatory Expectations and Stress Testing

November 1, 2021

Inspired by the survey results from GARP’s recent Climate Risk Symposium, we investigated regulatory expectations and approaches for stress testing ...

Climate Risk Management
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The Rising Tide of Climate Litigation

October 28, 2021

Hear from Nigel Brook, Partner at the law firm Clyde & Co, as we take a closer look at the rising tide of climate litigation. Against a backdrop ...

Transition Risk
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Climate Scenario Analysis Practices in Financial Firms

October 25, 2021

Read GARP’s scenario analysis deep dive, published as part of the Climate Financial Risk Forum’s (CFRF) 2021 outputs.

Climate Risk Management
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September 2021 Webcast Q&A: Climate Risk Modeling – Practical Insights and Guidance

October 21, 2021

Oliver Marchand, Global Head of ESG Research and Models at MSCI, answers your questions about the uses and limitations of climate risk modeling at ...

Climate Risk Management
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Credit Risks of Peer-to-Peer Lending: The Stock Market Effect

October 20, 2021

How does the performance of a stock exchange impact credit quality, loan defaults and delinquencies in the P2P space? Xin Liu, Xiaoran Ni, Zhigang ...

Counterparty
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Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Climate Reporting Standards

October 7, 2021

Hear from Mardi McBrien, Managing Director of CDSB, as we take a closer look at the complex environmental and sustainability reporting landscape. ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Explainable/Interpretable AI

October 4, 2021

In this episode, we will continue with part two of a four-part series looking at Responsible AI (Listen to part one: Alternative Data in Risk ...

Tools & Techniques
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B Corps: How to put sustainability at the heart of a business

September 16, 2021

Hear from Charmian Love, Co-Founder of B Lab UK, as we take a closer look at firms that are truly walking the talk when it comes to sustainability. ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Why Do Bank Boards Have Risk Committees?

September 16, 2021

Banks reap many benefits from well-functioning risk committees, but reduced risk is not necessarily one of them. René M. Stulz, James G. Tompkins, ...

Enterprise
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Third Annual Global Survey of Climate Risk Management at Financial Firms

September 15, 2021

GARP Risk Institute recently completed its third annual Global Survey of Climate Risk Management at Financial Firms. The results detailed in this ...

Climate Risk Management
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Pricing Extreme Mortality Risk in Volatile Times

September 9, 2021

COVID-19 has increased the challenge of properly pricing extreme mortality risk. Han Li, Haibo Liu, Qihe Tang, Zhongyi Yuan analyze the latest U.S. ...

Financial Markets
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Forecasting Tail Risk Measures for Financial Time Series

September 2, 2021

Can a financial institution improve its VaR and expected shortfall projections via a risk model that incorporates economic and financial covariates? ...

Metrics
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Alternative Data in Risk Modeling

August 30, 2021

In this episode, we begin a four part series looking at Responsible AI by looking at Alternative Data in risk Modeling. Over the course of the coming ...

Data
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Regulatory and Physical Risks Top List of Climate-Change Concerns

August 26, 2021

Finance academics, public-sector regulators and policy economists think regulatory risk is the largest short-term hazard of climate change, while ...

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Modeling and Forecasting the CBOE Volatility Index

August 19, 2021

Predictions of future price variability are needed to measure the risk of a portfolio and to value financial instruments. Giuseppe Corvasce examines ...

Model Risk
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Nature Loss and Financial Risk: Global Insights From the WWF

August 6, 2021

Learn about nature loss, its interconnections with climate change, and how it is creating significant risks for business and finance.

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Nature Risk Management
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Credit Default Swaps and Credit Risk Reallocation

August 6, 2021

How can investors’ exposure to credit risk be reallocated through credit default swaps? Using granular data on both debt and CDS exposures by French ...

Default
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Climate Disclosures: What can we learn from TCFD adoption in the banking sector?

July 29, 2021

Hear from Hector Fontaine, Principal Consultant at BCS Consulting, as we take a closer look at TCFD adoption across the banking sector. In today’s ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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The DeFi Paradox: Risks and Opportunities

July 29, 2021

By reducing the costs and risks of using centralized intermediaries, decentralized finance promises cheaper and more open access to financial ...

Innovation
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Managing Pension Risk

July 26, 2021

Many companies are considering their de-risking options and strategies for pension risk transfer (PRT). PRT is steadily increasing in the U.S. but ...

Investment Management
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Disasters, Large Drawdowns and Long-term Asset Management

July 22, 2021

Long-term investors are often reluctant to invest in assets or strategies that can suffer from big drawdowns. The University of Lausanne’s Eric ...

Investment Management
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The Black Swan Problem

July 15, 2021

How financial institutions cope with tail risk is an under-researched issue. Nick Christie, Nicoletta Marinelli and Håkan Jankensgård explain Black ...

Market
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Preparing for a Career in Fintech: A Q&A with Professor Michael Imerman

July 14, 2021

If you're interested in financial risk management, you're aware that the financial services landscape has been significantly altered by the emergence ...

Career Development
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Why Net Zero Doesn’t Always Mean Net Zero

July 8, 2021

Hear from Prof. Sir Dieter Helm as we take a closer look at the realities of reaching net zero. In this installment of the Climate Risk Podcast we ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Predicting VIX with Adaptive Machine Learning

July 8, 2021

Can the power of machine learning be harnessed to forecast the daily CBOE implied volatility index? Yunfei Bai and Charlie X. Cai answer this ...

Tools & Techniques
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Quantile Risk-Return Tradeoff

June 24, 2021

The quantile regressions technique is effective for measuring the performance of stocks, particularly when dissecting the tails of returns. Nektarios ...

Investment Management
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Agriculture and Climate Change Win-Wins: How to reduce emissions whilst building

June 17, 2021

Hear from Maggie Monast, Director of Working Lands at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), as we take a closer look at the intersection of climate risk, ...

Nature Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Liquidity Stress Testing in Asset Management

June 17, 2021

How can financial institutions model asset liquidity risk? Thierry Roncalli, Amina Cherief, Fatma Karray-Meziou and Margaux Regnault explain the main ...

Market
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Why Individuals Are a Crucial Part of Solutions to the Climate Crisis

June 11, 2021

The transition to net zero places demands on all stakeholders, but what exactly is our role as individuals?

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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The Potential Impact of ESG on Tail Risk

June 10, 2021

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) trading activity has become a staple of financial markets, but whether ESG scores convey information ...

Model Risk
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Risk Management for Emerging Markets: How to Avoid Another Derivatives Crisis

June 3, 2021

Recent losses reported by financial institutions have not only caused enormous alarm but also fueled debate and confusion about the appropriate use ...

Financial Markets
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The Race to Net Zero: Understanding the role of boards and firm commitments

June 1, 2021

Hear from Emily Farnworth, Deputy Director at the Centre for Climate Engagement at Hughes Hall, Cambridge, as we take a closer look at the role of ...

Climate Risk Management | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Cyberattacks on Small Banks and the Impact on Local Banking Markets

May 27, 2021

Cyber breaches can cause significant reputational damage at diminutive banks. Fabian Gogolin, Ivan Lim and Francesco Vallascas explore the effects of ...

Cybersecurity
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Gaining Perspective on Climate: Financial Firms Should Understand Their Focus When Assessing Risk

May 24, 2021

Looking at the impact of the climate on your firm or the impact of your firm on the climate?

Green Finance & Sustainable Business | Climate Risk Management
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Stock Market Volatility: Friend or Foe

May 20, 2021

How is portfolio performance impacted by different types of volatility? Michael J. Dempsey, Abey Gunasekarage and Thanh Truong assess the connection ...

Financial Markets
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The ABCs of ESG

May 10, 2021

ESG is an increasingly hot topic, but why and how has it become so important? And how does climate risk fit in?

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Climate Data Challenges: What are they and how can we solve them?

May 6, 2021

Hear from Emilie Mazzacurati, Founder and CEO of Four Twenty Seven, as we address some key challenges around climate data. In this instalment of the ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Machine Learning Predictions of Credit and Equity Risk Premia

May 6, 2021

The emergence of algorithmic high-frequency trading has given rise to new AI-driven methodologies for predicting credit risk. The University of ...

Tools & Techniques
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The Effects of the Adoption of IFRS 9

April 29, 2021

How does this accounting standard impact the predictability of credit losses across European banks? Christophe Lejard, Eric Paget-Blanc and ...

Modeling
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Cyclical Patterns of Systemic Risk Metrics: Cross-Country Analysis

April 22, 2021

What can we learn about liquidity, solvency and mispricing risks through the study of a prolonged financial cycle? The IMF’s Plamen K. Iossifov and ...

Metrics
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Engagement vs Divestment: How to navigate risk whilst achieving impact

April 15, 2021

Hear from Meryam Omi, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment Strategy at LGIM, as we address two key questions for Asset Managers. In this ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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January 2021 Webcast Q&A: How to Make Climate Scenarios Usable for Financial Firms

April 15, 2021

Bridging the Gap Between Climate Scenarios and Risk Measurement. Our expert panel shares their views on how to make climate scenarios usable for ...

Climate Risk Management
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Big Data and AI: Impact and Opportunities for the Financial Risk Space 

April 12, 2021

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming the ways in which financial institutions manage risk. Driven by a proliferation of data ...

Data & AI Model Governance
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Sustainable Bonds: Understanding This Growth Area

April 12, 2021

There are four main categories of sustainable bonds: green, social, sustainability, and sustainability linked. What are they? How do they relate to ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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A Short History of Climate Regulations and the Outlook on What Is To Come

March 31, 2021

2021 is a significant year for climate change

Transition Risk
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3 topics to keep an eye on: Carbon Offsets, Biodiversity and Nature-related Fina

March 25, 2021

Hear from Rebecca Self, Director of Sustainable Finance at South Pole, as we discuss three important climate-related issues. This episode covers: ...

Nature Risk Management | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Modeling Extreme Events

March 25, 2021

What factors should financial institutions consider when forecasting and analyzing rare tail-risk incidents? Bernd Schwaab, Andre Lucas and Xin Zhang ...

Model Risk
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Asset Pricing with Conditional Illiquidity

March 19, 2021

During crises like COVID-19, proper measurement and management of liquidity risk is paramount. Giuseppe Corvasce proposes a dynamic model for pricing ...

Market
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Biden’s First 100 Days: What Can We Expect on Climate?

March 17, 2021

The Biden administration has made climate change a key policy priority with a host of high profile announcements. Coupled with regulatory changes, it ...

Transition Risk
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Global Risk Management Trends, 2021 and Beyond

March 15, 2021

Over the next two years, driven in part by the economic consequences of COVID-19 and the shift toward work-from-home, financial institutions are ...

Enterprise
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Responding to Climate Change Risk: A Financial Regulator’s Perspective

February 26, 2021

Hear from Arthur Yuen, Deputy Chief Executive at the HKMA, as we discuss how financial regulators are responding to climate change risk. When it ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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The Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Risk Managers

February 10, 2021

As governments and companies commit trillions of dollars to achieve net-zero emissions by midcentury, market risks have never been higher for oil ...

Enterprise
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Climate Risk Management Begins to Drive Investment Decisions

February 8, 2021

Investing in resilience is imperative to addressing climate change, and may result in lower financing costs

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Physical Climate Risk: How to assess the impact on assets

February 4, 2021

Hear from Rohan Hamden, CEO and Founder of XDI, as we discuss how to assess and respond to the physical risks from climate change at the asset level. ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk
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Risk Management in China: A Case Study on Equity Pledges

January 28, 2021

Private enterprises must take a disciplined approach to risk management, particularly as they seek to raise capital. To demonstrate the challenges ...

Financial Markets
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What we Learned About Climate Risk in 2020

January 14, 2021

Hear from Jo Paisley and Maxine Nelson from GARP’s Risk Institute as they discuss key learnings from 2020 and look ahead to 2021. In this latest ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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The LIBOR Transition: Alternatives to the Alternatives

January 7, 2021

Although imperfect, LIBOR has proven to be quite useful in a variety of financial products and applications. DHG’s Jared Forman and Ben Boulris ...

Metrics
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Has COVID-19 Accelerated Cyberattacks?

January 5, 2021

Circling back on the issue of cybersecurity after many months of COVID, we speak with Robert H. Rosenzweig, RPLU, a SVP and National Cyber Practice ...

Cybersecurity
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Opportunities for Energy Risk Professionals Post-ERP

December 22, 2020

Edward Hancox, VP, Certification and Educational Programs and Beth Gould Creller, SVP, Certification and Educational Programs discuss the decision to ...

Enterprise
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Climate Change as a Risk Management Problem: How to Price the Risk

December 17, 2020

Hear from pioneering risk manager Bob Litterman as we discuss the importance and challenges of properly pricing the risks from climate change. In ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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Integrated balance sheet management: Why should I put all my eggs in one basket

December 14, 2020

GARP’s Robert Sales leads a roundtable with Randy Ahluwalia, Managing Director, BNY Mellon, Gokce Ozcan, Partner, Oliver Wyman and Wei Chen, FRM, ...

Market
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From Respond to Re-imagine - PART 2

December 10, 2020

From Respond to Re-imagine – PART 2: Charting the journey forward for banking and risk management In this episode, we continue our circle back with ...

Resilience
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Aligning Finance with the Transition to Net Zero

December 3, 2020

Hear from the head of the Green Finance Institute as we explore how finance is changing to meet the needs of transitioning economies. In this latest ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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From Respond to Re-imagine - PART 1:

December 1, 2020

In this episode, we circle back with Naeem Siddiqi, Senior Advisor, Risk and Quantitative Solutions, SAS, to explore the effects of COVID-19 on banks ...

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How Will Climate Change Impact Our Energy and Water Systems?

November 12, 2020

In this latest instalment of the Climate Risk Podcast, we will be taking a closer look at the financial risks associated with energy and water ...

Physical Risk | Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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COVID-19 and Disruption in Electricity Markets

November 10, 2020

COVID-19 has resulted in significant decreases in demand for electricity, primarily due social distancing and quarantine policies. Glen Swindle, ...

Resilience
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Systems Theory: Complexities of Climate Risk

November 2, 2020

Hear from leading earth systems scientist Tim Lenton as he discusses climatic and social tipping points, the interconnected nature of climate risk ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System

October 20, 2020

A new report links climate change with financial risk and calls for carbon pricing, incentives, and regulation

Climate Risk Management
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The Impact of Climate Risks on Practices at Financial Institutions and GARP’s Climate Risk Survey 2020

October 19, 2020

Though firms may realize they need to fortify themselves to respond to future climate risks, many lack the roadmap to get there.

Climate Risk Management
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How COVID-19 Has Changed the Audit Landscape

October 5, 2020

The pandemic has certainly had a significant impact on the third line of defense in risk management, presenting audit with significant challenges in ...

Resilience
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Getting Informed About the Impacts of Consumption: How Data Can Shift Consumer S

October 2, 2020

Consumer sentiment is a critical part of climate transition risk. As consumers become increasingly aware of the impact goods and services are having ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Asian Regulators Tackle Environmental Risks

September 14, 2020

New regulatory guidelines will have a profound effect on financial institutions' decision-making

Climate Risk Management
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Beyond Disclosures: How to Hold Firms to Account Over Climate Change

September 11, 2020

What are some of the limitations of the current disclosure frameworks for use by risk managers, and how can we tell when companies are saying one ...

Transition Risk | Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Hotter, sooner: A landmark effort refines — and raises — the warming outlook

September 9, 2020

Improved climate model narrows prediction uncertainty and raises the odds of serious climate impacts from global warming

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Renewables Forge Ahead in Asia-Pacific Region

September 3, 2020

Favorable economics amid rising energy demand give wind and solar an edge

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COVID-19 and the Commercial Real Estate Market

August 24, 2020

The pandemic has had a dramatic impact on commercial real estate, greatly dimming the short-term attractiveness of big cities while triggering ...

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Is There a Link Between Climate Change and Global Pandemics?

August 18, 2020

Is there a connection between climate change and pandemics? The answer could help us battle both.

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COVID-19: Implications for Banks

August 10, 2020

Clearly, the impacts of COVID-19 on banks globally are unprecedented and requiring huge pivots in a short time. Join us on this podcast where our ...

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A Quick Message from GARP

July 27, 2020

We would like to thank our listeners for tuning in to our special subseries on COVID-19. We have had some fascinating and productive discussions and ...

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Plastics and the Planet: Who Will Bear the Costs?

July 17, 2020

As one of the supposedly great 20th century innovations threatens the environment and public health in the 21st, accountability issues and litigation ...

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Interconnected Risks: COVID-19 and Climate Change

July 16, 2020

Hear an in-depth discussion of the linkage between climate change and the COVID-19 crisis. Originally released on the GARP Risk Podcast on June 11, ...

Climate Risk Management | Nature Risk Management
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Climate Risk: Where Have We Come From and Where are We Going?

July 16, 2020

Investor expectations are not being met for reporting on climate risk issues. Best practices are emerging. Can reporting change behavior? Originally ...

Climate Risk Management | Physical Risk | Transition Risk
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Responding to Climate Risks: Perspectives From the Board

July 16, 2020

Chapter Zero co-founder Julie Baddeley discusses a corporate Board's perspective on how climate change will affect firms in the real economy. ...

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What can the Insurance Sector Teach us About Climate Risk?

July 16, 2020

Listen to find out how the experience of the insurance sector can help in mitigating and adapting to climate risk. Originally released on the GARP ...

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Embedding Climate Risk: Reflections of a CRO

July 16, 2020

Retired CRO Betsy Nelson discusses embedding climate change risk into the broader context of sustainability. Originally released on the GARP Risk ...

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Need to know: Data Privacy vs. Public Health

July 13, 2020

Today, we welcome back Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the Information Security Forum (ISF), to discuss the evolving implications of data privacy ...

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Global Expansion in Uncertain Times

July 6, 2020

Companies looking to expand globally might be hesitant to tap into new markets given how the business environment has changed so dramatically as a ...

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Climate Scenario Analysis: Stress Testing the Future

July 2, 2020

The systemic risks of climate change are becoming more apparent to regulators. As a result, they are increasingly looking to stress testing and ...

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Transformational Risk Leadership in Turbulent Times

June 29, 2020

With complex challenges like COVID-19, climate change and racial violence facing firms, how do chief risk officers prioritize risk? Today’s chief ...

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ESG in a COVID-19 World: The Risks You Can't Ignore

June 22, 2020

Elena Philipova discusses how incorporating ESG factors can mitigate risk in a post-COVID-19 world. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance ...

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The Risks of Reopening

June 15, 2020

Shutting down the global economy in the age of Covid-19 was tough. Reopening is proving even harder. How should organizations continue operating in ...

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What can COVID-19 teach us about Climate Risk?

June 11, 2020

Continuing our theme from the last episode of the COVID series, in this special episode of the Climate Risk Podcast Series, host and Co-president of ...

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What COVID-19 can Teach Companies about Climate Risk

June 8, 2020

COVID-19 has created challenges for risk managers surrounding climate change. What can COVID-19 can teach companies about mitigating climate risk? ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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How Hong Kong is Fighting the Pandemic

June 1, 2020

The effects of COVID-19 spread to virtually every aspect of Hong Kong’s economy, impacting operational, credit and market risks at all types of ...

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A quick message from GARP

May 25, 2020

We would like to thank our listeners for tuning in to our special subseries on COVID-19. We will be skipping this week due to the holidays, but will ...

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COVID-19’s Impact on the Leveraged Loan Markets

May 18, 2020

The current pandemic is having an enormous impact on the leveraged loan markets which until recently were priced to perfection. Bid-Ask spreads have ...

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COVID-19: CECL, Stress Testing and Overall Credit Risk Impact

May 11, 2020

To help risk managers stay informed of the latest developments and address the challenges associated with COVID-19, GARP has launched a podcast ...

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Calculating Credit Risk: The COVID – 19 Factor

May 4, 2020

COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on the nature of market, credit, financial, and operational risks facing companies. Information about these ...

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A Decade of Growth Expected in Off-Grid Energy

April 17, 2020

Favorable solar and storage economics address emerging-market demands with institutional support

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Building Climate Resilience: A Physical Risk Primer

March 1, 2020

Join us for the second of our Climate Risk webcast series where we will be hearing from Dr. Richenda Connell, Co-founder and CTO of Acclimatise. This ...

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It’s Time to Start Managing the Complexities of Climate Financial Risk

February 28, 2020

Financial institutions are under intense regulatory and investor pressure to account for the risks of climate change. What steps can they take to ...

Climate Risk Management
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Basel IV and the Future of Regulation

February 10, 2020

Today we speak with Luis Jesus - Global Solution Lead, Regulatory Capital Management, Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions Division, SAS and Luís ...

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Climate-related Corporate Reporting: Where to Next?

December 13, 2019

Financial Reporting Council polls investors for reporting best practices. Voluntary compliance like TCFD gives firms a chance to develop creative ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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What's on the horizon for Stress Testing

December 6, 2019

We spoke with Rutang Thanawalla, Director, Risk Advisory, Deloitte about the ever evolving role of stress testing. For more information on this ...

Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis
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Europe’s Sustainable-Finance Action Plan Gets U.S. Exposure

November 27, 2019

EU official cites investment, risk and disclosure objectives in SIFMA annual meeting presentation; ECB’s Lagarde calls for “more digital and greener” ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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How Will Climate Change Impact Banks?

November 15, 2019

Climate change is likely to both disrupt the financial services industry and yield opportunities for it. To develop effective climate risk stress ...

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An Update on CECL

November 14, 2019

Today, we speak again with David Anderson, Advisory Director from KPMG, for an update on Current Expected Credit Losses, also known as CECL. For more ...

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How to Build a Well-Understood Risk Management Program

November 13, 2019

In this episode, GARP Executive Editor, Robert Sales, speaks with Brenda Boultwood, a former CRO and a current Risk Advisory Partner at Deloitte, ...

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Climate Risk Reality: A Wake-Up Call for Risk Managers

November 1, 2019

The shift to a low-carbon economy has been set in motion, and banks are now facing clear physical and transition risks. What do these risks entail, ...

Enterprise
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TCFD: Global Progress for the Banking Sector

October 21, 2019

This GARP Podcast looks at a new report indicating many top banks aren't disclosing climate change risks. According to a new report from BCS ...

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Banks Rally Behind UN Sustainability Campaign

October 1, 2019

"Principles for Responsible Banking" has 130 signatories from 49 countries; "shareholders, clients and employees increasingly want this," a CEO says

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Can the Financial Industry Make Us Climate-Resilient?

September 27, 2019

Investing now is "imperative from the perspective of risk management," say the authors of a Global Commission on Adaptation report on climate-change ...

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Global Warming Tops a Ranking of Extreme Risks

September 24, 2019

Non-financial threats loom larger, relative to economic or banking worries, according to the Thinking Ahead Institute

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Credit Risk Modeling and Decisioning

September 3, 2019

Today we speak with Vikas Deep Sharma, Executive Director, EY and Ivy Tan, EY Senior Manager, specializing in IFRS 9 and Credit Risk for the ...

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The Next Generation of Risk Leadership

August 8, 2019

On this episode we are so pleased to welcome: Hillary Ackerman, former CRO, Goldman Sachs Bank, now retired, and the boards of Dynegy Inc, Hartford ...

Career Development
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ESG: Risks, Opportunities and Benefits

July 26, 2019

Extreme weather events, data fraud and other risks related to environmental, social and governance issues are among the largest threats now facing ...

Green Finance & Sustainable Business
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Adapting to the New Risk Landscape

July 24, 2019

Welcome back to the New Age of Risk Analytics. Troy Haines, SVP, Head of Risk Research & Quantitative Solutions at SAS talked with us about his ...

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Model Risk Management in the Age of AI and ML

July 7, 2019

For the second half of our focus on Model Risk Management, we spoke with Tomasz Mostowski and Luther Klein from Accenture about the impacts of ...

Data & AI Model Governance
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The Evolution of Climate Risk Management in Financial Services

June 28, 2019

Though climate risk management is still in its early stages, financial institutions are making progress in areas like governance and strategy. While ...

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What is a Model? And other thoughts with Sonia Sodhi

June 18, 2019

We spoke with Model Risk Management expert Sonia Sodhi at the SAS Global Forum on What is a Model? and more. To view Sonia's slides and audio and all ...

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What IFRS17 Means for You

May 29, 2019

GARP's new podcast with SAS, The New Age of Risk Analytics, features an episode focusing on the new insurance accounting standard, IFRS 17, which may ...

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Transforming Trade Finance Compliance Through Machine Learning and Natural Langu

May 29, 2019

At the SAS Global Forum, we caught up with Valeria Sica, Managing Director, Head of Global Trade Services and Jake Jacobson, Technology Advisory ...

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GARP Presents: The New Age of Risk Analytics Podcast

April 22, 2019

Sweeping changes to regulations and accounting standards, breakneck advances in technology and the emergence of innovative competitors are upending ...

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What IFRS17 Means for You

April 9, 2019

The new insurance accounting standard, IFRS 17, has broader implications then might be realized. David Anderson, Advisory Director, Risk Consulting ...

Modeling
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Operationalizing AI and Risk

April 4, 2019

Over the years, GARP and SAS have worked together many times to bring to risk practitioners unique insights on a variety of topics related to ...

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Cybersecurity: A Global Assessment

January 18, 2019

As a cyber risk management adviser to public- and private-sector organizations, Coalfire has a firsthand perspective on information security ...

Cybersecurity
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The Crisis and Its Lessons, Relearned

December 19, 2018

Risk managers’ role “involves two related but fundamentally different tasks,” David M. Rowe writes in An Insider’s Guide to Risk Management. Rowe ...

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Paxos and the Quest to Institutionalize Blockchain

November 5, 2018

In 2015, Paxos (then known as itBit) became the first firm active in the emerging digital asset and blockchain business to obtain a New York State ...

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The Future of Risk: Christine Todd Whitman

October 9, 2018

Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of the State of New Jersey and former Administrator of the EPA (2001-2003), shared her perspectives about ...

Enterprise
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An ERM Pioneer Looks Back...and Ahead

September 12, 2018

At Citibank, David X Martin (http://davidxmartin.com/) developed one of the first comprehensive enterprise risk management processes. While with ...

Enterprise
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GDPR: The Next Steps

August 16, 2018

Fully in effect as of May 25, 2018, the far-reaching data security and privacy provisions of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ...

Data
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Growth at Risk: Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR)

May 22, 2018

Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund, discusses the April 2018 Global ...

Financial Markets
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Future of Risk: Jeh Johnson

February 25, 2018

Jeh Johnson, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks with Jeremy Davis, VP, Media and Event Producer, GARP about the new age of risk. The ...

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Sneak Peek : Fintech Master Class at GARP Convention

January 26, 2018

From new fraud-detecting technologies to the ways in which Google disrupts innovation in the financial sector, the FinTech revolution has completely ...

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The State of Financial Crime

January 19, 2018

In this episode, Steve Beattie, Principal and Global Financial Crime Operations and Advisory Leader at EY, joins GARP Editor in Chief Jeff Kutler for ...

AML & Fraud
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The 2018 Global Cyber Threat Outlook

December 13, 2017

Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the Information Security Forum (ISF), talks to GARP Editor-in-Chief Jeff Kutler about ISF’s 2018 Global Security ...

Cybersecurity
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EY’s Mark Watson on Risk Priorities for Global Banks

December 6, 2017

Mark Watson, Executive Director in EY’s Financial Services Organization (FSO) advisory practice, joins GARP’s Jeff Kutler to discuss the 8th annual ...

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The Future of Risk: Climate-related financial disclosures

October 25, 2017

In the first installment of this series, Jeremy Davis (Vice President, Media and Events, GARP) speaks to Mary Schapiro (29th Chair of the Securities ...

Climate Risk Management | Transition Risk
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Russia’s Involvement in U.S. Political Hacks

October 13, 2017

Jack Tomarchio (former Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security) shares his invaluable ...

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Careers: New York Chapter Panel Discussion

October 13, 2017

Candice Nonas (Managing Consultant, Resources Global Professionals) moderates a panel of professionals from Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young, and ...

Career Trends
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How to Effectively Communicate Risk to Senior Management

October 13, 2017

John Carlin (Chair, Global Risk and Crisis Management, Morrison & Foerster; former Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s ...

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