by Joey Doyle | Apr 11, 2024 | Climate Risk
This blog series explores initial industry research into managing climate risk so that you understand what is at stake for your financial institution (FI), as well as how to get started with measuring and mitigating this emerging source of risk. Read the first post in...
by Joey Doyle | Mar 19, 2024 | Climate Risk
Welcome to a primer on climate risk in the financial industry. This blog series will guide you through some initial industry research into managing climate risk so that you understand what is at stake for your institution and how to get started with measuring and...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Mar 18, 2024 | Risk Report
I’m sorry, were you waiting to return to the happy days when you could get a 30-year fixed mortgage for less than 4%? Well, you might have to tighten the straps on your patience hat again because Ms. Yellen of the US Treasury said this week that rates will most likely...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Mar 4, 2024 | Risk Report
We were going to give credit risk and commercial real estate a pass this week, but the news wouldn’t let us. Late Thursday our already troubled friend, New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), said it had discovered “material weaknesses” in how it tracks loan risk. The...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 26, 2024 | Risk Report
Information about the Chinese financial markets is often fleeting, sparse, and long after the fact. This week, however, Bloomberg brought a piece on a recent Quant Quake, a headline too good to pass up. The piece talks about how Chinese quant hedge funds—hedge funds...
