Foreign exchange/Risk management
Risk not seen as top priority by global investment management
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G20 fires starting gun on global systemic risk regime
A declaration by the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) fleshed out plans for a global regime of systemic risk regulation, “covering regulated banks, shadow banks and private pools of capital to limit the build-up of systemic risk”.
Accounting boards: Spain's dynamic provisioning not the way forward
International accounting standard setters have warned that accounting for dynamic provisioning – rainy-day funds banks build up in good times to absorb losses in economic downturns – should not be recorded against profit and loss (P&L), as it is in Spain.
Green shoots
Conference Report: Spain
The name game
Counterparty Risk
The credit trap
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Saying hello to hedge funds
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Institutional Liability Management
After the dust settles
Settlement risk
CDO managers hamstrung by market constraints, says Fitch
The ability of firms managing synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) has been “dramatically reduced” because of deal constraints, spread widening and market illiquidity, according to London and New York-based credit ratings agency, Fitch…
Casam offers money market exposure with new ETF
Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management (Casam) has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Eonia - the Euro Over Night Index Average, the rate of overnight unsecured lending between banks. The fund is listed on NYSE Euronext and achieves…
IIF report shows banks making changes to pay structures
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