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Geopolitics forces risk rethink across modern banking strategies
Geopolitical volatility is reshaping how banks assess risk, shifting the focus from prediction to resilience. Stefano Biondi explains how institutions must adapt stress testing, funding strategies, and risk appetite frameworks to navigate fragmentation, hidden exposures, and policy-driven uncertainty.
Apr 28, 2026
Stefano Biondi, Group Chief Risk Officer, Banca Mediolanum
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AI and Technology (including Fintech)
Operational and Non Financial Risk
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- Geopolitical tensions
are shifting risk management from prediction to resilience
- Banks face hidden
second and third order exposures from tariffs and currency volatility
- Stress testing now
focuses on continuous scenarios and political triggers
- Funding strategies
are moving toward domestic and relationship based sources
- Institutions accept
higher costs in exchange for lower refinancing risk
- Risk appetite
frameworks must evolve to preserve flexibility under policy shocks
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