organisation: Silicon Valley Bank

Analysis, Regulation & Supervision
October 19, 2023

Mass hedging against interest rate risk tests clearing system

ISDA figures reveal interest rate derivatives trading surge after sharp rate rises
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Capital, Financial Stability, News
August 10, 2023

Capital hikes threaten to upend banks’ business lines

Proposed changes to US capital requirements will threaten the “business viability” of certain banking units, experts say.  The warning follows...
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Analysis, Financial Stability
July 17, 2023

APAC regulators boost bank deposit insurance schemes

Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand move to beef up bank-funded deposit insurance regulations, with more Asian countries likely to...
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Analysis, Markets, Regulation & Supervision, Risk Management
July 13, 2023

Banks and regulators grapple with ‘AOCI’

Bank of America is the latest firm to fall foul of “AOCI”, a murky metric behind this year’s largest US...
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Michael Cole-Fontayn
Interviews, Risk Management
June 20, 2023

Trust is the basis of sound risk management

Michael Cole-Fontayn, one of the City of London’s leading financiers, discusses the risks confronting banks, the foundations of good risk...
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First Republic bank branch
Financial Stability, Regulation & Supervision
May 3, 2023

US bank collapses portend supervisory and regulatory changes

US banks, large and small, are likely to soon face heightened supervision and, later, tighter regulations given the momentum building...
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SVB
Capital, Prudential
May 2, 2023

BCBS to review Basel III in the wake of recent bank failures

Recent bank failures in the US and the demise of Credit Suisse have prompted the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...
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SVB
Risk Management
March 29, 2023

Events at SVB are a stark reminder of risk management fundamentals

Banks should take the opportunity to learn from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), not least the need to...
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