Our take
The renewable future
The shift to solar and wind is creating new challenges
Regulatory merger keeps China on course for deleveraging
The combination of banking and insurance regulators offers an opportunity to co-ordinate debt reduction measures
A Brexit financial services deal and the 12 tasks of Hammond
UK call for turbo-charged equivalence with the EU faces big hurdles
Buyer beware: the FX code has not gone far enough
New standards for currency dealers have brought some big improvements, but many practices remain hazy
Multicurve modelling is about to get more complex
Research into rates pricing is becoming more urgent given recent regulatory changes
The top 10 op risks – a field guide
Survey should be read as industrywide attempt to relay and share worries anonymously
Bitcoin’s busy month
Bitcoin could give us a safer central clearing mechanism
Waiting for Giancarlo
CFTC no-action relief to be codified, but big changes on de minimis and position limits still distant
How Asia’s structured products dodged equities sell-off
Dealers deserve praise for improved structures, greater diversification and better risk transfer
Now casting: options traders needed for disaster movie
Gamma deserves share of the spotlight in volatility drama
What causes forex correlation swaps to be mispriced?
UBS quants show prices can differ by up to 25 correlation points if the products are modelled accurately
Banking union: big bang or damp squib?
Eurozone needs package of interrelated measures to prevent project going backwards
How energy players are reaching the limits of hedging
Commodities firms face lasting changes in 2018
Reducing noise is as important as radical change
Quants study ways to reduce noise in XVA Greeks calculations
FHLBs: safe as houses?
Health of huge bank funder rests on home loans and money market funds
The DIY approach to China bond investing
Lack of international ratings means foreign investors will need research resources of their own
‘Catching the outliers’ does not always make sense for Basel
The capital impact of Basel III on Nordic banks is disproportionate to the risks they face
Machine learning is not just for the buy side
Sell-side quants develop machine learning technique to optimise margin costs
Making the alternative a reality
Quant firms will have to adapt to prosper in the new datasets environment
Quantitative finance still needs mathematicians
Quants develop model that fixes a longstanding problem with pricing American options
Esma navigates a Brexit maze over equivalence
Regulator offers share-trading reprieve for EU firms without relaxing rules for UK
Asian regulators need to step up to swaps challenge
Markets on the cusp of change require new supervisory capabilities
The future of risk in 10 interviews: volatility, liquidity and tech
Fed’s Powell, JP Morgan CRO, Bridgewater co-CEO all feature in upcoming profiles
Insurers want clarity not compromise on G-Sii list
Insurance regulators must be clear about the rut into which global supervision has slid