Will there be a post-Brexit fintech boom?
The UK’s departure from the EU has created uncertainty. But the picture in around fintech is more nuanced. Source link
Building resilience for a post-pandemic world
  Author: Michael Mondshine, Senior VP, Director – Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA January 20, 2021 A good deal of the reaction to the pandemic has characterised it as a ‘black swan event.’ That characterisation implies that there was no way to forecast or prepare for the pandemic. To the contrary, we were … Read more
Firm-specific risk-neutral distributions with options and CDS
Summary Focus Investors can extract information about future stock returns from options. Unlike those on equity indices, options on individual companies are often illiquid and are typically useful for learning about only the central part of the return distribution. Other derivatives known as credit default swaps (CDS) can shed light on the probability of extreme … Read more
How DLT could shake up capital markets
Use of independent computers to record and synchronise transactions rather than keeping data centralised has big implications. Source link
New US whistleblower reward scheme bolsters AML fight
The US government defence spending bill passed by Congress at the end of December included a new anti-money laundering (AML) whistleblower reward programme that has been heralded as a game-changer in efforts to clamp down on illicit money flows. The release of the FinCEN files last year highlighting how fraudsters have been able to move … Read more
Thai Life aims for continued sustainable development
  For more than 78 years, Thai Life Insurance has run with the vision of aiming to be a leading brand that inspires every life, by operating as a business that focuses on people from all sectors, because the company believes that people are the key to the success of any organisation. Therefore, it aims … Read more
The passing of the baton: three steps to a successful succession process
January 15, 2021 CEO succession is also one of the most challenging tasks and processes to get right; succession planning is highly sensitive and comes with significant risks throughout the entire process, from identification of potential successors, to selection, to appointment, to transition. There have been times when a new CEO had to be external, … Read more