by Pete McIntyre | Dec 20, 2023 | Blog
The Federal Reserve and FBO compliance. Why liquidity risk is racing up the agenda Can you imagine what it is like to be the Federal Reserve? You are the bank for banks. And if you think customers are hard to predict, please and protect. Try doing this, but for banks....
by Pete McIntyre | Dec 12, 2023 | Blog
You know where you are with a lion; it sleeps and then it hunts. A black swan is not as predictable. Plan for it, or you’ll discover that its dark undertow has pulled you deep into trouble. By then it will be too late. In the financial industry, the term “Black Swan...
by Pete McIntyre | Nov 29, 2023 | Blog
We have names for things that go spectacularly wrong. In the context of financial failure, apart from the obvious ‘Black Swan’, the word ‘wonky’ is more apt than you may think. Wonky starts with the noun wonk, meaning ‘one preoccupied with the arcane details or...
by Pete McIntyre | Nov 24, 2023 | Blog
Earlier this month we gathered liquidity experts from major Nordic institutions to discuss the current state of liquidity management. As one of our guests explained, in the general economy it’s certainly true that money makes the world go round – but in...
by Pete McIntyre | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog
BNY Mellon plays a critical role in the global financial ecosystem. This is a bank that likes to dominate the market, and it has stayed big and clever by knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore. So if BNY Mellon continues to pay attention to the lucrative...