Biography
Ladislao Vidal, CFA, is a sales executive at FIS, which provides technological solutions for the banking sector. He joined the company in 2017 as a consultant helping banks across Europe improve their risk and treasury frameworks and decision making. Previously, Vidal worked at several tier 1 banks, assessing their liquidity and credit risk. He started his career as derivatives trader at a commodities firm. Vidal holds a master's in finance from Carlos III University, is a CFA charterholder, and enjoys chess, reading, and endurance sports.
The foreign exchange (FX) swap market ought to be both transparent and well regulated. It is neither.
To understand the mid- to long-term outlook for the banking sector, we need to understand the key drivers at work in the industry today.