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EC pushes for stronger financial co-operation
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US municipal market faces clean-up under new rules
The municipal bond market in the US is still largely in a state of disarray, well over a year after the collapse of the auction rate securities (ARS) sector, though signs of recovery are visible in the fixed-rated debt market, congressmen have heard.
Most risk managers still expect bonuses
Despite a global recession, the crisis in the financial sector, and massive and widespread failures in risk management, a majority of UK risk managers still expect to receive a bonus this year, a survey has found.
OTC trade repository plan faces hurdles
Financial authorities in the US and Europe have advocated the introduction of a central trade repository to gather data on the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, but there is concern that multiple repositories could do more harm than good.
The ups and downs of the Japanese yen
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Sponsored statement
Forex freefall
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Funding
Hoax hedges
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Corporates
Fit for forex
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Trading systems
No Indian summer
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Regulation
Regulator expands energy panel to examine carbon trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has appointed 11 members to a newly expanded panel established to prepare the government for carbon trading.
Industry believes better regulation could have averted crisis
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Column: Charles Cronin
Flawed models, conflicts of interest, ineffectual leadership: the rating agencies have emerged from the financial crisis with little credit, and reform may strip them further of their influence
Financial pricing for the 21st century
Putting a price on assets for which no active market exists is a process mired in complexity and no little controversy. But the pricing models of yesteryear are simply not up to the job. David Patrikarakos looks at the new generation of valuation models…
Danny Davis
Mishcon de Reya's insolvency expert talks about the need for companies to learn to rely less on external funding, and why a UK-style Chapter 11 process isn't necessarily a good idea
Ellen Marshall
The co-chair of the banking and financial industry practice group at US law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips speaks to Matthew Attwood about the securitisation industry
It's payback time
If you still wake up in a cold sweat, haunted by the memory of opening your 2008 bonus slip, you're not alone. Credit professionals across the board saw their bonuses slashed last year. But not all banks were forced to scale back their remuneration…
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Fury over European hedge fund directive
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