HKMA will steer how historical volatility data can be used for valuing new options contracts Source: Risk feed

Amstelveen, North Holland, The Netherlands, 26th March, 2021. DycoTrade is offering an interactive Agri- Business webinar on April 22th – 16.00pm CET time. The main topics will be about market trends, business challenges and the role of technology within the…

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Suez Canal stepped up efforts on Friday to free a giant stuck container ship and end a blockage that has sent shipping rates for fuel tankers soaring and disrupted global supply chains for everything from grains…

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against a former fuel oil trader for market manipulation, the regulator said in a statement on Thursday. Emilio José Heredia Collado admitted to manipulating, and…

Tony Teo of Enuit’s Singapore office says that things have slowed a bit there recently, aggravated by the ongoing fallout from the lockdown but, more importantly, by a series of scandals that have rocked the industry. “There have been several…

Swaps used to hedge tough legacy products and some new loans could reference a forward rate Source: Risk feed

Standard Chartered is launching a set of sustainable trade finance solutions across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, which it says will help its clients to meet ESG-related sustainability objectives. The bank’s sustainable trade finance proposition…

As part of our catch up, this post highlights some of the anti-abuse news of interest in recent weeks. Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA has given this speech on “locking down market abuse”….

Sparse liquidity in Tonar swaps may put premium on swaption pricing, dealers warn Source: Risk feed

On Wednesday 24, March 2021 we ran a webinar in collaboration with Openfin where we demonstrated why workflow-driven design is necessary for financial technology. We learned how our UX team maps the events, user flows, and systems to understand any…

Current metrics are too fragmented and should have regulatory oversight, panel argues Source: Risk feed

Ratings agency ARC Ratings has hired Jason Barrass as its new chief commercial officer, based in London. Barrass starts on April 7 and will be responsible for driving commercialisation, managing client relationships and providing subject matter expertise in structured finance…

In April 2020, more crude oil was being refined in China’s refineries than in U.S. refineries for the first month on record, and the trend continued for all remaining months in 2020 except for July and August. China processed more…

Structured finance and working capital solutions provider Blackstar Capital has appointed Khalid Javaid to the newly created role of head of legal. Javaid joins the London-headquartered firm with some 25 years of experience in the UK, Bahrain and the UAE…

Commodities People talk with with Vijay Chakravarthy, Group Risk Officer at ED&F Man about a variety of important topics ranging from risk mitigation, COVID-19 recovery, climate change and digitalization, amongst others. Continue reading Commodities People’s webinar on climate, digitalisation and…

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – The Suez Canal temporarily suspended traffic on Thursday as efforts to dislodge a 400 m (430 yard) long container vessel that has blocked the waterway continued for a third day, with eight tugs working to straighten…

Despite its new obligations for financial intermediaries taking effect in September 2020, the European Commission's updated Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II) is still very much in the early stages of a full and seamless adoption across European regulated markets, according…

Tata Consultancy Services’ Integrated, Real-time, Multi-entity Platform Automates Corporate Actions and Enhances Cash Management Services, Helping the Global Custodian Bank Enhance Customer Experience, Boost its Client Acquisition and Retention Capabilities, and Power its Future Growth … TCS Financial Solutions Source:…

GFT announces it has achieved the Mainframe Modernization Expertise status in Google Cloud’s Partner Advantage Program. By partnering with Google Cloud, GFT is able to provide enterprise clients an alternative platform strategy to maximize the value of their mainframe-based applications…

International Women’s Day Webinar On Tuesday, we commemorated Women’s History Month and, belatedly, International Women’s Day, with an astonishing internal webinar titled “Careers & Bias Against Women in the Workplace”, presented by six of our female colleagues in different roles…