by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Dec 23, 2024 | Risk Report
The first thing they teach you at economist school is that you can either predict where an indicator is going, or you can predict when it will change, but you cannot do both and still be right. As we are deep into the season of predictions there are plenty of examples...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Dec 9, 2024 | Risk Report
37,000 banks, 5,000 bank failures, 158 years. That’s the stuff of dreams, if you are a researcher at the New York Federal Reserve. Liberty Street, the NY Fed blog, has just published a series of excellent posts about what this treasure trove of data can tell us about...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Nov 18, 2024 | Risk Report
Turbulent times can leave anyone feeling a little raw, and banks are no exception. Last year’s runs raised the flags on the resilience of the banking system and luckily the smart people at the Fed of New York know how to measure bank vulnerability and have just...
by Ian Oglesby | Nov 13, 2024 | Basel 3.1 Market Risk
As banks in the UK prepare for the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards for market risk, also known as Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), one of the most crucial decisions they face is choosing which approach to take. The PRA has laid out three...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Nov 4, 2024 | Risk Report
First National Bank of Lindsay, Oklahoma (FNBL) was told to close the doors to its one location on Friday, October 18th, 2024. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a statement that it had found: “false and deceptive bank records and other information...
