Tariff turmoil tests limits of market risk playbooks
Risk Live: Volatile markets reveal need for quicker data and more dynamic risk limits
Banks have had to speed up their market risk management processes in response to the volatile trading conditions that have prevailed since US president Donald Trump announced his tariff plan in April.
The biggest pain point for some has been sourcing timely and comprehensive data in a rapidly shifting market.
“We are just being asked to get more data quicker and in a more consolidated fashion, which actually is not, from what I’ve seen, how banks have grown up,” said Christina Godsk Hansen, head
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