by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Oct 14, 2024 | Risk Report
It is second nature to me, both as a risk manager and a parent, to focus on the worst-case scenario first. That makes for an, shall we say, interesting size of my amygdala*. What I am dancing around is that there was some good news that almost slipped by unnoticed, so...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 30, 2024 | Risk Report
As we have mentioned before, the global economy is comprised by more countries than the United States of America and while those other countries are keeping a close eye on what’s going on stateside—either for direction or counterpoint—they are also having their own...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 16, 2024 | Risk Report
A good and true apology* is hard to come by. This week, however, Team Regulator gave it a try. We have reported on the US proposals for the Basel III endgame and the G-SIB surcharge many times before so here’s an ultra-short recap: Summer 2023: Team Regulator proposes...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 3, 2024 | Risk Report
Don’t you just love it when, at the end of a soap opera season, it turns out that the four side-stories are connected, and the manager from the corner store is the long-lost twin* of the heir to the billion-dollar empire, and they will now have to share the fortune...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jul 22, 2024 | Risk Report
Back in 1967, there was a Danish variety show featuring a song called The Swings and The Carousels. The chorus ran along the lines of: We need to earn on the swings What we lost on the carousels Referring to the old amusement park, Tivoli, in Copenhagen, it is...
