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Risk Management: Financial Institutions

Trump’s market mayhem threatens to upend world order; policymakers fret over rising sovereign debt; and increasing reliance on complex technology leaves banks vulnerable

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Trump will stress test the financial system to the max
The US president’s approach is undermining key pillars of the country’s financial system
Can the financial sector cope with a changing climate?
Some regulators continue to warn extreme weather could trigger market panic, others, including the Fed, are less convinced
Policymakers fret over rising sovereign debt
Warning of ‘snowball effect’ from higher borrowing as governments come under pressure to improve public finances
Is ‘hidden leverage’ an accident waiting to happen?
Investors and regulators at odds over threat posed by hard-to-detect debt
Trump’s market mayhem threatens to upend world order
US president’s decision to trigger global trade war looks certain to have a lasting impact on the financial system
Increasing reliance on complex technology leaves banks vulnerable
In the race to modernise many financial institutions remain hamstrung by ‘technical debt’