by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 22, 2025 | Risk Report
As the great philosopher Post Malone states: Run away, but we’re running in circles Run away, run away —Circles (2019) It seems like a magic trick. A bank issues loans to consumers and businesses, and each of these loans has an expected credit loss. The bank is...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 16, 2025 | Risk Report
Said no one ever. Regardless of where you live or which team you are on, bank or regulator, you are probably never completely satisfied with global bank regulation. Granted, the regulation was not made to make anybody happy, but to curb systemic risk, especially in...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jul 28, 2025 | Risk Report
We recently mentioned that the US regulators have asked the large banks to comment on a proposal to recalibrate—and most likely lower—what is called the supplementary leverage ratio. The supplementary leverage ratio determines the extra capital buffer large banks have...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jul 14, 2025 | Risk Report
At the end of June, the Federal Reserve released the results of the 2025 Dodd Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST). This is the annual test where banks send their balance sheets to the Fed which then works their scenarios and models to predict how the banks will fare through...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | May 12, 2025 | Risk Report
One of my favorite “Steve” memes is: Steve joined a gym in January. He’s had disappointing results. Today, he has finally decided to head down there himself to find out what’s going on. -In Otter News I am not saying that banks have treated AI like Steve’s...
