Commodities/Commodities
Complexity of weather deals set to grow
Trades in the growing weather risk market are likely to include a greater number of complex cross-commodity products as end-user sophistication increases, according to Valter Stoiani, manager for trading at Houston-based Enron Global Markets' weather…
Bernstein admits change of heart at ARS conference
Peter Bernstein, author of “Against the Gods”, the best-selling book on the history of risk, now says he “got the point all wrong” in the book. Bernstein, giving the keynote address at Risk magazine’s Alternative Risk Strategies 2001 conference in New…
Op Risk discussion document will reflect shifts in regulator thinking
BASEL - The discussion document on operational risk expected in September from global banking regulators will try to cover all the concerns raised by bankers about this controversial aspect of the Basel II banking accord, regulators said.
A call to action for Op Risk insurers
Insurance companies must not waste time now the Basel II regulators have shown an amber light to operational risk insurance, say Roland Avery and Daniel Butler.
A Call To Action For Op Risk Insurers
BASLE II UPDATE
Does Outsourcing Reduce Op Risk?
OUTSOURCING
Macquarie and Aquila link to offer Australian weather hedges
Australia's leading investment bank has signed up with the US' Aquila to market weather derivatives in Australia and New Zealand.
Basel working group suggests "pragmatic" approach to credit risk expected losses
BASEL - A working group of the Basel Committee of banking supervisors has proposed "a pragmatic approach" to treating expected losses in arriving at a capital charge for credit risk under the internal ratings based (IRB) approach of the proposed Basel II…
Beyond Basel II - operational risk management comes of age
Integrated, enterprise-wide, operational risk management can offer much more than just regulatory compliance.
Strategy, structure and information at Halifax
RISK MANAGEMENT
Beyond Basle II -- operational risk management comes of age
RISK MANAGEMENT
The new Accord delayed
Implementation of Basel II has been delayed to 2005, and regulators are revising key elements of their proposals for a new Accord on bank capital.