As regulations change, technology advances, and economic pressures grow, the need for strong risk management - and the talent behind it - has never been bigger. Offering unmissable insights for both hiring managers and risk professionals, read 'Inside Europe’s Risk Management Talent Market' to explore how the latest market developments are impacting in-demand skills across the function, advice on overcoming hiring challenges, and brand new salary benchmarks. You'll also find deep dives into the following key financial hubs - exploring the economic, regulatory, and cultural factors impacting each market’s hiring outlook: • Germany • France • Switzerland • United Kingdom • Luxembourg • The Netherlands ➡️Read it here: https://hubs.la/Q03RRqLc0

Are your business units constantly pushing back on Risk & Compliance? The battle for a pervasive culture often feels like an uphill struggle against perceived red tape. The latest financial analysis points to how markets respond to even 'soft' economic data, shaping modest gains. This dynamic offers a unique perspective on integrating Risk & Compliance into your core business operations: 📈 Embrace the 'soft data': Just as markets interpret subtle signals, listen closely to your business units' frustrations. These aren't just complaints; they are valuable insights into how Risk & Compliance can be reframed to enable, rather than hinder, their objectives. 🌱 Cultivate modest, consistent gains: Financial stability isn't built overnight. Similarly, transforming your organisation's culture involves continuous, incremental engagement. Highlight small wins where proactive Risk & Compliance improved efficiency or opened new avenues, building trust and demonstrating value over time. Instead of seeing Risk & Compliance as a barrier, how can you leverage these insights to proactively integrate it as an intrinsic driver of business success? https://lnkd.in/gaC6_pKF #riskculture #complianceculture

❌ Myth vs ✔️ Reality: What Market Risk Actually Is There’s a common misconception about Market Risk, especially among candidates breaking into the field. ❌ Myth: “Risk is the team that says no. The people who block trades, push back, and slow things down.” ✔️ Reality: Market Risk is fundamentally about informed decision-making. It’s about helping the business take the right risks, in the right size, with the right controls so the firm can protect P&L and stay within its risk appetite. Here’s what Market Risk actually does 👇 🔹 Clarifies the risks the desk is taking; not to stop trades, but to ensure they’re understood. 🔹 Quantifies exposures using sensitivities, VaR, stress losses, liquidity horizons, and scenarios. 🔹 Guides discussions around whether the risk/reward makes sense. 🔹 Escalates only when risks exceed appetite or controls break down. 🔹 Partners with the front office to shape better decisions, not to police them. Strong Market Risk teams don’t limit business. They enable it by giving traders and management the clarity they need to take risk confidently and responsibly. If you’re preparing for interviews, this mindset shift is powerful. Hiring managers look for candidates who see risk as a business partner, not a gatekeeper 🤝 Agree or disagree? #MarketRisk #RiskManagement #FinanceCareers #RiskAnalytics #CareerAdvice #InterviewTips #FinancialMarkets #MarketRiskInterview

🌟 Exciting News in the Risk Advisory Landscape! 🌟 We're thrilled to announce the strategic partnership between 4most and VB Risk Advisory, a collaboration designed to amplify our risk advisory services across Northern Europe. VB's strong commitment to nurturing grassroots talent and fostering a people-centric culture has earned it a prominent position in the Dutch financial services market. Coupling this with 4most’s unparalleled expertise in risk, regulation, and data analytics, we are set to scale new heights. With this alliance, we’re expanding our team to 28 quantitative specialists in Amsterdam and 300 experts worldwide, ready to deliver innovative solutions to our clients. Together, we are not just accelerating growth; we're redefining excellence in our industry! #RiskAdvisory #FinancialServices #Collaboration #GrowthMindset #DataAnalytics #4most #VBRiskAdvisory

Reframing Financial Markets as Complex Systems - Tools for Systemic Risk Analysis, Portfolio Management, and System-Level Investing | CFA Institute Research and Policy Center | October 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Industries worldwide are evolving rapidly amid new technologies and policy shifts, while markets are more interconnected than ever. Information travels almost instantaneously across global networks, meaning a shock in one market can ripple quickly through others. The investment industry must continually adapt to changing economic and market environments, yet traditional financial models—built on assumptions of equilibrium and rational actors—often struggle to capture the unpredictable, networked, and nonlinear behaviors observed in financial markets. • This report reconsiders how we understand financial markets, framing them as complex systems and offering alternative approaches to traditional financial models. By applying methods from complex systems sciences, it equips financial professionals with new tools for systemic risk analysis, portfolio management, and system-level investing. Techniques such as agent-based modeling and network theory can be used to understand and capture complex market phenomena such as emergent behavior, nonlinearity, feedback loops, and structural resilience. • For portfolio managers and risk analysts, adopting a systems perspective means moving beyond normal distributions and equilibrium-based models to capture investment complexity and better inform scenario planning, portfolio optimization, and risk management. For regulators, it means leveraging new models to strengthen systemic risk oversight and macroprudential policies. #CFAInstitute #AssetManagement #FinancialMarkets #RiskManagement #Economics #Finance #FinTech #Technology

The global risk landscape (geopolitical, regulatory, technological) isn't just complex, it's evolving faster than ever before. This extreme uncertainty is the new normal. For organisations, relying on ad-hoc methods or siloed experts to try to anticipate and navigate these crisis events is no longer viable. Scenario based forecasting must become a core capability of strategy and resilience teams. The Swift Centre’s latest article explains why financial firms in particular should implement auditable, structured forecasting. These capabilities are essential for moving beyond chaotically reacting to events and instead be able to identify and quantify the high-impact scenarios that truly matter to an organisation's success or failure. Read our article here: https://lnkd.in/eRuVbqWp #geopoliticalrisk #riskmanagement #structuredforecasting #financialservices #CRO #strategy #operationalresilience

A great post from Coralie Consigny at the Swift Centre. Forecasting isn’t some mystic art. It’s the scientifically researched process of making well structured, transparent, and highly accurate predictions about the future. Financial institutions. Tech companies. Government departments. All these organisations face significant upsides from anticipating the future, and substantial downsides from failing to do so. Every decision you make is based on predictions. The question is, are you doing it the scientific way, or the guessing way?

The financial industry often measures success in growth and scale. We measure it in efficiency and resilience. Operating remotely allows MDRN to stay disciplined with costs while maintaining a deep advisory bench. That structure means less overhead and more reinvestment in research, planning tools, and client outcomes. Risk management is not only about market exposure. It’s also about how a firm structures itself to weather volatility. Efficiency is our safeguard against both complacency and disruption. #RiskManagement #FinancialEfficiency #WealthAdvisory

Over the past few years, we’ve seen how quickly the risk landscape can evolve — from geopolitics to inflation cycles to AI’s growing role in markets. What hasn’t changed is the need for disciplined frameworks that balance quantitative insight with strategic judgment. Effective risk management today isn’t just about protecting downside — it’s about enabling better decision-making under uncertainty. I’m increasingly focused on how we, as investment professionals, can use data, technology, and experience to create adaptive risk frameworks that don’t just react — but anticipate. Curious to hear: how are others in investment or risk roles integrating adaptive thinking into their frameworks?