FIG in Focus
Welcome to our regular briefing on news and views on the FIG (financial institution group) world.
FIG in Focus Special Edition: Silicon Valley Bank Failure
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank left many asking how a bank which a few weeks before had reported exemplary asset quality, strong capital ratios, and an apparently highly liquid balance sheet could fail so spectacularly.
Adeva Risk Specialist Andy Berry looked at SVB’s December 2022 annual report (10-K) and found some familiar themes with a couple of new twists.
FIG in Focus: Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book
In this article, we explore the challenges of assessing interest rate risk in the banking market.
Author: Andy Berry
FIG in Focus: Embracing ESG
This edition focuses on embracing the European Central Bank (ECB) policies and what we must learn to assess ESG risk.
Author: Anne-Marie Barcia
FIG in Focus: Risk Weighting Sovereign Debt
This issue of FIG in Focus is focused on Sovereign Debt, whilst looking at the question of
whether domestic sovereign bonds should be risk weighted
Author: Anne-Marie Barcia
FIG in Focus: Analysing Banks of the Future
This issue of FIG in Focus is focused on digitalisation in the banking sector and exploring what banks of the future will look like.
Author: Sarah de Quant
FIG in Focus: Early Warning Distress Signs
Exploring why “there is no substitute for fundamental
research” when looking for early warning distress signs.
Author: Anne-Marie Barcia
FIG in Focus: Danske Bank Estonian Sandal
Although the scale of the Danske disaster was unprecedented, we explore the underlying themes that are
typical of many past operational risk scandals
Author: Sarah de Quant
