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SKADI Horizon-October 2023

SKADI Horizon-October 2023

Binaries And Digitals – The BAD boys are back, and so it would seem BAD behaviour. Securities Lending – Dumb Money vs Transparency – who will win?

SKADI Horizon-September 2023

SKADI Horizon-September 2023

CDS – A closer look at the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee (DC) Convertible Bonds – issuance ramps up, particularly in the US, as issuers look for cheaper financing. What are the potential areas of risk for lead managers?

skadi horizon – august 2023

skadi horizon – august 2023

CDS – Credit Default Swaps are back! What could possibly go wrong....? Record keeping – Do this month’s censures on record keeping signal a shift in regulatory attention? SKADI explainer – Following BoE CHAPS and RTGS technical issues in August – we take a closer look...

SKADI HORIZON – JULY 2023

SKADI HORIZON – JULY 2023

  Debanking – are there larger ramifications around recording confidential information within Financial Institutions? Shortening Settlement Cycles – reduced timeframes between execution and settlement present increased operational risk, we explain how to prepare...

SKADI HORIZON – JUNE 2023

SKADI HORIZON – JUNE 2023

Wholesale banks and cyber risk for data and models Culture risks in financial institutions Russian ADRs – reconciliation of ADR versus local

SKADI HORIZON – MAY 2023

SKADI HORIZON – MAY 2023

Currency restrictions: When investors run for the exits, we explain the operational implications. Volatility in the Gilt market returns: We highlight areas of weakness. Forward looking: Are you prepared for the next instrument which could turn negative?

SKADI HORIZON – APRIL 2023

SKADI HORIZON – APRIL 2023

The devil is in the detail, knock-on effects to consider operationally as clients seek new deposit facilities after various US bank failures. Oi...oi....AI ... thoughts on generative AI and Internal Audit functions. Times, they are a changin’... both USD LIBOR and...

SKADI HORIZON – FEBRUARY 2023

SKADI HORIZON – FEBRUARY 2023

Back to the future - operations staff resort to 1980’s processing methods when systems are upended by a cyberattack. Record keeping (not the vinyl type!) - regulators expand WhatsApp messaging probe further into the buy-side – will other firms be next? Forward looking...

SKADI HORIZON – JANUARY 2023

SKADI HORIZON – JANUARY 2023

Independent price source reviews – post Bloomberg/SEC settlement. Documentation review – a check on “fall-back” provisioning with USD. LIBOR cessation on the horizon end June 2023. Russian sanctions – a blocked shareholder vote, and replacement...

SKADI HORIZON – DECEMBER 2022

SKADI HORIZON – DECEMBER 2022

BIS Quarterly Review – two stories that caught our attention.            Taxing times ahead (again!) – we return to a common theme of previous Horizons in 2022. In this month’s SKADI Spotlight, we look at Back-to-Back bookings from an ops perspective....