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The Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office: How Banks Organize Their Dungeons

Brian DeChesare

Middle Office: In these roles, you “support” the front office with tasks such as managing the market risk on trades, managing liquidity for the bank’s operations (treasury), and determining the credit risk of counterparties in trades. Examples include strategy , corporate development , and economist roles at banks.

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Skadden Discusses the Impact of Banking System Turmoil

Reynolds Holding

The runs on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank in March 2023 created a “very high” risk of contagion in the U.S. banking system, according to Treasury Department officials. Several forces could converge to produce more consolidation in the U.S. banking industry.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses the Implications for Financial Institutions of Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rules

Reynolds Holding

Compliance with the proposed rules would be phased in (see Appendix A for disclosure compliance dates). The proposed rules, if adopted as proposed, would have particularly significant ramifications on the cost and complexity of SEC compliance for financial institutions because of their financed emissions. Scope 3 GHG Emissions.

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