Risk Live 2021
Risk Live is a pioneering festival of learning, connecting up to 500 industry leaders and disruptors from the entire risk ecosystem. Watch Duncan and his team to unpick the issues of today and answer the complex question – what is the future of risk?


Presents
RISK LIVE
Five stages of editorially curated content. Unrivalled line up of experts.
Thank you to all of our speakers, sponsors and attendees who joined the event and made it a huge success. Over 450 risk professionals joined us from more than 50 countries globally to discuss how the risk management and risk transfer markets are changing, how others are adapting, and how you and your business can get ahead. Over the 5 days, we covered 5 key themes: Climate risk & ESG; Next generation credit risk modelling & AI; Market & the future of liquidity risk for the buyside; Frontiers of electronic trading; The future of quantitative finance. If you missed any of the session you catch up on demand.
5 days. 5 key themes.
Climate risk & ESG
Next generation credit risk modelling & AI
Market & the future of liquidity risk for the buyside
Frontiers of electronic trading
The future of quantitative finance
Risk Live 2020 covered cutting-edge issues
Frontiers of electronic trading
New risks for asset managers
The impact of tech innovation on post-trade
New approaches to modelling
The future of regulation and supervision
Threats and opportunities around RFR reform
Future trends in credit risk management
Quantum computing experiments and applications
Risk Live is a great opportunity to discuss latest developments in the risk world, as well as connecting with colleagues from across the globe.
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Christian Bluhm, Group CRO, UBS
The industry has been shaken up for a decade and its players are all facing the same issues. It is now more important than ever to share best practices that could also lead to ideas applied to a certain department/domain but that can be scalable to another one.
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Cindy Amar, Head of Fixed Income Flow Sales APAC, NATIXIS
Risk.live is a unique event looking at the big picture and the impact on Risk management and Financial markets. Time for incumbents and new players to think about their future business model. Is Risk.live the new DAVOS of Risk Management and financial Regulation?
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Albert Loo, Deputy Head of Sales for Global Markets, Societe Generale
Risk Live is one of the few events where banks and the buy side come together to thrash out the issues shaping the future of finance. The topics up for discussion this year look to be right on the money, from the ongoing challenge of alpha generation to the technologies the industry must adopt to succeed.
Andrés Choussy CEO, Traiana
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Risk Live and the pre-event summit is accredited by CPD, attendance at the events could provide up to 21 professional credits.

Produced by the Risk.net editorial team

Duncan Wood
Global editorial director
Risk.net
Duncan Wood is the London-based editor-in-chief of Risk.net. He was promoted to the role at the start of 2015, to lead the editorial reorganisation of the website and its print titles. Duncan had been editor of Risk magazine since July 2011. He rejoined Risk as European editor in October 2009, having originally worked for Risk and Asia Risk in London and Hong Kong as a writer and researcher between 1998 and 2000.
In the intervening years, Duncan was news editor for the Oliver Wyman-founded online start-up ERisk.com. He also worked freelance for six years while living in Germany, with his work appearing in Euromoney, Financial News, IFR, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as Risk magazine and its sister titles.
Duncan has written about derivatives and risk throughout his 17-year career in journalism. He is a Neal Awards finalist, and has also won Incisive Media's journalist and editor of the year awards.

Kris Devasabai
editor-in-chief
Risk.net
Kris Devasabai is the New York-based editor-in-chief of Risk.net. Previously, he was bureau chief and US editor of Risk magazine. He manages the editorial team. Prior to joining Risk, Kris covered hedge funds, asset management, cross-border investing and law for several publications.
Kris holds a bachelor’s degree in law and government from the University of Manchester, and he completed his legal training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2003.

Tom Osborn
Editor, risk management
Risk.net
Tom Osborn is the desk editor of Risk.net’s risk management coverage. Prior to joining Risk, he reported on the futures and foreign exchange industries for Dow Jones' Financial News and the Euromoney group of publications. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Warwick, UK.

Lukas Becker
Editor, FX Markets
Lukas Becker
Desk editor
Lukas Becker is the derivatives desk editor for Risk.net. His topics of interest include over-the-counter derivatives pricing, collateral management, market infrastructure and legal risk. He is based in London.
He was previously the Europe, Middle East and Africa editor of Risk magazine.

Helen Bartholomew
editor-at-large
Risk.net
Helen Bartholomew is editor-at-Large for Risk.net, based in London. Prior to joining Risk, she was derivatives editor for International Financing Review, part of Thomson Reuters, where she previously reported on debt and equity capital markets. Helen holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Durham, UK.

Luke Clancy
Editor-at-large
Risk.net

Robert Mackenzie Smith
editor, US asset management
Risk.net

Rob Mannix
Editor, quant investing
Risk.net
Rob Mannix is the desk editor for investment, covering systematic investment strategies from quant funds to factor investing. He was previously responsible for Risk.net’s insurance coverage.
Based in the London office, Rob is interested in developments in the use of new types of data, the application of machine learning in investment, and research into systematic sources of return in markets.
Rob joined Infopro Digital (then Incisive Media) in 2008, having previously worked at Euromoney Institutional Investor, covering legal and regulatory issues affecting capital markets.

Alexander Campbell
divisional content editor
Risk.net
Alexander Campbell is the divisional content editor for Risk.net. He was formerly the editor of Operational Risk & Regulation and news editor of Risk magazine. He is based in London.

Mauro Cesa
Quantitative finance editor
Risk.net
Mauro Cesa is quantitative finance editor for Risk.net, based in London. He leads the team responsible for the publication of quantitative research across all brands of the division. The section of Risk.net he manages, Cutting Edge, publishes peer-reviewed papers on derivatives, asset and risk management, and commodities.
Mauro holds a degree in economics from the university of Trieste and a masters in quant finance from the University of Brescia.
Numerix is the leading provider of innovative capital markets technology applications and real-time intelligence capabilities for trading and risk management. Committed to out-of-the box thinking, the exploration and adoption of latest technologies, Numerix is dedicated to driving a more open, fintech oriented, digital financial services market. Built upon a 20+ year analytical foundation of deep practical knowledge, experience and IT understanding, Numerix is uniquely positioned in the financial services ecosystem to help its users reimagine operations, modernize business processes and capture profitability. For more information, please visit www.numerix.com
IBM OpenPages with Watson transforms the way risk and compliance professionals work. By providing core services and functional components on a scalable platform that spans operational risk, regulatory compliance, IT governance, internal audit, business continuity, model risk, third-party risk, policy, and financial controls management, IBM OpenPages with Watson delivers a holistic view of risk and regulatory responsibilities across the enterprise. It delivers on the marketplace demand for an integrated end-to-end solution that enables organizations to connect internal GRC policies and practices to the external regulatory environment. To learn more, visit our product page at https://www.ibm.com/openpages
IBM and the IBM logo are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.
Baker McKenzie is an international law firm that helps clients overcome the challenges of competing in the global economy. We solve complex legal problems across borders and practice areas. Our unique culture, developed over 70 years, enables our 13,000 people to understand local markets and navigate multiple jurisdictions, working together as trusted colleagues and friends to instill confidence in our clients. As the original global law firm, we bring the right talent to every client issue, regardless of where the client is. We are global citizens, industry savvy, diverse and have a thirst for innovation.
Beacon Platform, Inc. is a global financial technology company that helps quantitative developer teams collaborate and scale. Beacon is the only vendor solution for a cloud-based, end-to-end development and production platform, which can meet the stringent security requirements of leading financial institutions. With Beacon’s open architecture, transparent source code, and automated infrastructure solutions, clients can build in-house functionality on a platform that has been proven at some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Beacon was founded in 2014 by the senior technologists who worked with SecDB at Goldman Sachs and created Athena at JP Morgan and Quartz at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Beacon has over 70 employees with offices in the United States, UK, Germany, and Japan and serves clients across the spectrum of financial services - banks, insurance companies, asset managers and trading desks.
www.beacon.io
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As the move away from LIBOR continues, Bloomberg offers a comprehensive suite of data, analytics, and portfolio solutions to help market participants assess the impact of the transition to risk-free rates, providing transparency and support for all products across our platform.
Citadel Securities is a leading global market maker across a broad array of fixed income and equity products. Our unique set of capabilities and tools are designed to drive down the cost of transactions, helping to meet the liquidity needs of asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies, and public pension programs. We strive to provide the most efficient execution and the highest caliber of services, making markets more fair and accessible for all.
www.CitadelSecurities.com
CompatibL is a leading provider of services and custom software solutions to the financial industry. The company was founded in 2003 by Alexander Sokol, winner of the 2018 Risk Quant of the Year Award. Today, CompatibL has over 200 quants, solution architects, and software engineers in North America, Europe, and Asia. CompatibL’s model validation and quantitative consultancy practice specializes in portfolio valuation, risk, and regulatory compliance. CompatibL has an active quant research program and runs ModVal.org, a free resource for the model validation community. More about CompatibL: https://www.compatibl.com/
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) delivers superior content, analytics, and flexible technology to help more than 131,000 users see and seize opportunity sooner. We give investment professionals the edge to outperform anytime, anywhere with informed insights, workflow solutions across the portfolio lifecycle, and industry-leading support from dedicated specialists. We provide private equity and venture capital professionals with solutions that combine relevant market information with advanced analytics in a single platform to help them raise capital, find new investment opportunities, and track market, industry, and economic trends. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 24 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients.
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.
- Website: https: www.sas.com/risk
- Facebook: SAS Software
- Twitter: @SASsoftware
- LinkedIn: SAS
- Instagram: @sassoftware

Scila AB is a leading capital markets technology provider based in Stockholm, Sweden, but acting globally with customers in 20 countries. Scila AB offers three products, Scila Risk, Scila Surveillance, Scila AML and , all of which constitute an important part of the overall structure at regulators, exchanges and firms that uphold market integrity and build confidence in financial markets.
Scila Risk is a real-time market risk system that allows market participants to view all positions and their valuations in the same application regardless of asset class, to calculate and analyse portfolio risk, and to monitor compliance limits in real-time. The system allows users to perform powerful what-if simulations, drill down in risk calculations and much more.
Scila Surveillance is a turnkey market surveillance solution for exchanges, trading participants and regulators.
Scila AML provides accurate, automated surveillance that enables analysis and investigation of suspicious transactions and trading misconduct.
https://scila.se/
The Global Association of Risk Professionals is a non-partisan, not-for-profit membership organization focused on elevating the practice of risk management. GARP offers role-based risk certification – the Financial Risk Manager® and Energy Risk Professional® – as well as the Sustainability and Climate Risk™ certificate and on-going educational opportunities through Continuing Professional Development. Through the GARP Benchmarking Initiative and GARP Risk Institute, GARP sponsors research in risk management and promotes collaboration among practitioners, academics and regulators.
GARP convenes the risk community virtually via online events regionally through more than 20 local Chapters, and globally through several Executive Forums and two flagship annual events – the GARP Risk Convention and the GARP Climate Risk Symposium.
Founded in 1996, governed by a Board of Trustees, GARP is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, with offices in London, Washington, D.C., Beijing, and Hong Kong. Find more information on garp.org or follow GARP on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
The GlobalRisk Community is a thriving community of risk managers and associated service providers. Our purpose is to foster business, networking and educational explorations among members. Our goal is to be the world's premier Risk forum and contribute to a better understanding of the complex world of risk.
