Orbit36 to present at U.S. Stress Testing Conference
I feel honored to be invited as speaker to the “3rd Annual Best Practices for Stress Testing in Financial Institutions” conference in New York. This premier GFMI event brings together…
Uncategorized
Is collateralized lending the trigger for the next stock market crash?
The collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds in July 2007 is in hindsight often seen as the first warning signal of the approaching financial crisis. Possibly, the default of…
Orbit36 cited in the Wall Street Journal
Orbit36 and Andreas Ita feel very honored to be quoted in the September 22, 2021 edition of the Wall Street Journal. The excellent article “Credit Suisse’s Archegos Disaster Exposes Cracks…
Credit Suisse’s Archegos case – fundamental questions remain unanswered
Following the $5.5bn loss with hedge fund Archegos, the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse appointed a Special Committee to conduct an independent external investigation of the case. The results…
Did the UK regulator disable the alert system on Archegos trades?
Prime brokerage is a global business. Investment banks and their clients will always arrange their trades in the jurisdictions that are most favourable to them. According to media reports, Archegos…
Orbit36 presence at 24th Annual Bank Capital Management Conference
We are grateful that Orbit36 was invited again this year to the Marcus Evans Annual Bank Capital Management Conference. This industry-leading event includes mainly speakers from banks, banking supervisors and…
Archegos case reveals flaws in RWA calculation and Stress Testing methods
The large losses of some banks in their derivatives transactions with hedge fund Archegos indicate serious shortcomings in regulatory capital regulation and stress testing methods for collateralized OTC derivatives according…
Archegos – A déjà vue of wrong risk-return pricing?
Did Credit Suisse’s Board forget the lessons from the 2008/2009 financial crisis? A key lesson learned was that banks need to price the risks they take appropriately and that investment…
Orbit36 launches Board of Directors Training
A number of incidents in banks have shown that correctly assessing the risks is crucial to avoid losses and reputational damage. Board members of a bank need to have sufficient…
Orbit36 appoints Claude F. Moser, former Group Treasurer of UBS, as Vice Chairman
We are excited to announce the addition of Claude F. Moser to the Orbit36 team. In his new role as Vice Chairman, Claude will act as senior advisor as well…