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Funds Transfer Pricing as a Steering Mechanism, a Mirai RiskTech whitepaper on FTP and contribution margin

Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP): How Banks Measure the Real Margin

Álvaro Nieto By Álvaro Nieto
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From FTP spreads to contribution margin by business area, region and branch. What Is Funds Transfer Pricing? Funds transfer pricing (FTP) sets the real cost of money for the bank behind every loan...

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Banker in a city at night, illustrating the UK Overall Liquidity Adequacy Rule and why a 100% LCR is not enough
Liquidity

The OLAR: Why a 100% LCR Is Not Enough in the UK

Mirai RiskTech By Mirai RiskTech
Nov 4, 2026, 9:00:18 AM — 4'

Short answer: in the UK, hitting 100% on the Liquidity Coverage Ratio does not mean a firm is compliant. Above the ratios sits the Overall Liquidity...

Six interest rate shock curves fanning out from a yield curve, with a 15% of Tier 1 threshold line marking the outlier zone
Interest Rate Risk Regulation

EVE Supervisory Outlier Test (SOT) in IRRBB Explained

Mirai RiskTech By Mirai RiskTech
Oct 30, 2026, 9:00:00 AM — 7'

The EVE supervisory outlier test (SOT) is the supervisory tripwire for interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB): it flags a bank to its...

Timeline from 2026 to 2030 with a dense cluster of regulatory milestones in 2027 thinning out toward 2030
Regulation

Capital Regulation Outlook 2026-2030: What to Watch

Mirai RiskTech By Mirai RiskTech
Oct 28, 2026, 9:00:23 AM — 6'

Most forward-looking pieces on bank capital are predictions dressed up as a schedule. This capital regulation outlook separates the two: what carries...

Bond portfolio losses flowing from accumulated other comprehensive income into a bank's CET1 capital ratio
Interest Rate Risk Regulation

AOCI Opt-Out Explained: What the Basel Endgame Changes

Mirai RiskTech By Mirai RiskTech
Oct 23, 2026, 9:00:19 AM — 7'

The AOCI opt-out is the election that lets US Category III and IV banking organizations exclude accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) from...

IRRBB Outlook 2026-2028: map of diverging Basel, EU, UK and US interest rate risk rules
Interest Rate Risk

IRRBB Outlook 2026-2028: The Divergence Map

Mirai RiskTech By Mirai RiskTech
Oct 15, 2026, 9:00:22 AM — 6'

Three years after the 2023 turmoil, the four major IRRBB regimes are not converging. They are answering the same question in increasingly different...