If you can't trust the people that you are working with, then you don't have a team.

When I was trading, policy wasn’t a priority. This attitude wasn't just mine; it was common throughout the bank. The entire organisation...

Unforced errors in banking, trading and risk can be captured by two questions

I've been helping a company that wants to implement Value at Risk, (VaR). During this process, I've found myself reassessing how I think...

Tools like GPT-4 have gone from being a curiosity to part of the toolkit in less than two years.

There's little benefit in trying to anticipate economic events or news to enter into transactions at more favourable rates, no matter how te

The upcoming budget serves as a timely reminder for investors managing gilt portfolios to reassess their strategy.

Whether you’re looking at interest rate risk, credit exposures, or market volatility, using multiple trustworthy measures provides greater c

While reducing risk is often helpful, trying to remove it completely can be damaging. If banks matched all their positions perfectly,...

At the front of any information pack that explains what's going on in treasury and risk, you often see a long list of limits. These are...

Work in Treasury revolves around communication, with reading, writing, discussion, and analysis serving as the primary tools. Information...

What could ai mean for people working in Treasury?

This is why establishing and enforcing proper policies that ban alcohol consumption during working hours is crucial.

Less widely discussed, but valuable for employers, leave of absence is an effective way to uncover wrongdoing within the organisation.

One thing I’ve learnt about AI is that it can be very helpful, yet it sometimes falls short of the task at hand. This became clear during...

Hedging means different things to different people. For example, a bank manages its interest rate risk by converting everything to a...

I never thought I would be writing this, but the regulation that banks now face as a result of the financial crisis in 2008 has given...

I've written this article for smaller banks, building societies, and corporates. It’s a topic I haven’t explored before, but it warrants...

Many years ago, when I was trading swaps, we received some unusual enquiries from a certain type of bank. This led to many swap...

Doing new things and launching new products is always exciting; however, from my experience, these innovative ideas often lead to...