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 | Mar 17, 2025 | Risk Report
The Canadian Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) just released its Annual Risk Outlook. The outlook lists the top risks faced by the Canadian financial system and the actions OSFI is taking in response. Words like geopolitical turbulence and...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Sep 9, 2024 | Risk Report
WSJ recently posed the following math problem: If an office building in Springfield has lost 60% of its value over the past 3 years, and it has a dry cleaner named Dylan’s (after the owner’s nephew) on the ground floor, and the third-floor co-working space has an...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Aug 26, 2024 | Risk Report
There used to be some correlations we could rely on; when you didn’t bring your umbrella it rains, they announce a new smartphone the week after you bought the latest one, and when the dollar is up, gold and oil are down. So far in 2024, the gold price has gained more...
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...
