Derivatives
300 white papers and resources
Risk Library provides derivatives white papers which consider current issues and thinking, market conditions and how derivatives can be used to their best effect. In Business, a derivative is a form of contract where its value is derived from the value of underlying assets. Derivatives can be used to both hedge risk and for speculation. The most common types of derivatives are futures, options, forwards and swaps.
7 Steps to Performance-Enhancing ERM
Achieving best practices in risk management takes time and involves progressing through various levels. The important thing is that the three lines of defence are aligned around the ultimate objectives and understand their individual roles. There is an inevitable learning curve as management in the…
Integrated Risk Management (IRM) - The confidence to carpe diem
In a world that has changed almost overnight, businesses across the planet have had to adapt just as fast. Companies in all sectors have expedited their digital transformations across customer, supply chain, and internal operations by three to four years. To stay one jump ahead of the competition,…
Mifid II transaction reporting and risk management – The quest for quality
This report is based on a Risk.net survey commissioned by London Stock Exchange Group, which was completed in August 2021. The survey sought the views of firms that have a transaction reporting obligation under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Mifir)
Case study: avoiding cash drag using equity index futures
Learn how Equity Index futures, from CME Group, can be used to keep a portfolio fully exposed to its benchmark index while allowing cash to remain for operational purposes.
The importance of enterprise resilience alongside rapid digital transformation
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital and organisational transformation for many companies but, as leaders across industries note, this has also made them more vulnerable to new risks. Risk.net and ServiceNow explore why further change is needed.
Decrypting crypto: explaining the market from an institutional perspective
A new whitepaper series takes an institutional perspective in examining the multiple dynamics of the cryptocurrency space. In part I explore the increasing range of crypto derivative products that are attracting more capital to the sector and learn how a growing, vested institutional interest in…
The XVA challenges energy traders face in a complicated and volatile market
As the energy sector has recently experienced extreme fluctuations in price and other dynamics due, in part, to Covid-19 pandemic-related and geopolitical effects, in this paper we take a look at some of the challenges energy traders face when seeking to apply XVAs to their derivatives transactions.
New Technology Is Redefining the Success of the Front Office
To learn and better understand how new technologies are changing the ways financial institutions operate, invest and trade, download this Q&A with Numerix’s Chief Product Officer, Satyam Kancharla, who discusses how firms, in their quest for increased performance, are rethinking trading…
Outrunning risk with cloud
Supercharged risks are running circles around banking risk models. Here’s how the cloud can keep you one step ahead.
Building Artificial Intelligence in Credit Risk: A Commercial Lending Perspective
Drawing on recent academic evidence and business insights, this paper provides a contemporary look at what AI and ML adoption could mean for commercial lending and credit risk assessments. It also proposes different approaches to AI and ML adoption tailored to each step of the commercial lending…