Showing posts with label Risk Management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Risk Management. Show all posts
13 Dec 2021

Risk from Open-ended Bond Funds, BIS warning

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The Cassandra of the markets is not heard, until it is too late. Maybe the BIS is overly-cautious but given the enormous growth in all typ...
28 Apr 2021

Archegos just a warning of things to come

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Archegos just a warning of things to come , and it will be ignored! But how many Risk managers are preparing their business for a 1987-style...
20 Apr 2021

Credit Suisse troubles due to wrong Leadership Development

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Media Pundits and Deal Makers are keen to give free advice to Credit Suisse - sell this, spin off that - especially with reference to its As...
27 Mar 2019

Hedge Fund blows up - where was Citi's risk management?

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If the lenders - in this case Citigroup is quoted - of liquidity don't manage their risk and losses result it is easy to blame the hedge...
11 Nov 2017

Super High Margins required on Bitcoin Futures

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In my opinion the collateral required to back up futures trading - but also all over-the-counter derivatives trading - is way too low and no...
7 Sept 2017

Diamonds are Forever?

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Lending ONE BILLION against some baubles supposed to be in envelopes or safes? NUTS! Did they never hear about the Great Salad Oil Swindle i...
27 Jun 2017

Soothing Words about ETF - But Liquidity disappears when we need it most

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The market does provide super liquidity that one could never imagine in the past. But when the music stops there will NOT be enough chairs! ...
12 Jun 2017

Outsourcing without limits?

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Should national and supranational regulation allow the unconstrained outsourcing of vital enterprise functions? Information Technology is no...
15 Mar 2017

Untested Robo-Advisers Are Becoming a Big Market Risk - Bloomberg View

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Assets under Management by Robo-Advisers are not yet that large. But when they are in the hundred of billions it will create the mother of a...
25 Dec 2016

Loan Losses incurred by Banks

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One has to wonder how banks manage to incur horrendous loan losses in the first place. While it is sometimes said that the only safe loans a...
20 May 2016

Deutsche Bank - enough own goals to win any competition

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It will be interesting to see how much longer the chairman of Deutsche Bank's Supervisory Board will be able to cling to his seat. The ...
19 Nov 2015

Illiquid Bond Markets? Brace Yourself!

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Not much has to be added to my post from October 2014. Maybe the move to automated bond trading has accelerated a bit, but I would not expec...
5 Dec 2014

Being a 'Global' Bank brings extra Risks

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One has to wonder if being a 'Global' Bank is really an intelligent business proposition. It requires Superman/woman to manage far-...