Barclays
AMA, RCSAs and dealing with Libor at Rabobank
Dutch bank Rabobank has shaken off its Libor label pretty quickly, leaving it to focus on its co-operative roots, the AMA and its RCSA roll-out. Anne Snel-Simmons, head of operational risk management at Rabobank, talks to OpRisk about the challenges of…
Structured Products Outlook 2014: Hybrids to shine but retail protection looms
The road ahead: annual outlook for 2014
European stocks primed for protection and leverage
Smarter strategies for European exposure
Market snapshot: Capital-at-risk and Barclays lead the way
Market Snapshot
Massad to replace Gensler as CFTC head, and other recent job moves
Changing hats – December 2013/January 2014
CFTC chair nominated as Chilton exits
Goldman's Shenouda and O'Hagan retire; BNP Paribas takes Flax; ABN Amro appoints global head of energy; Hederman joins DoE; JP Morgan lures origination head
Risk Italia Rankings 2013
Plain sailing for Barclays in Italy
Sants quits Barclays after just 10 months in compliance role
Ex-regulator and head of compliance quits UK bank citing stress
Top 10 op risks: index rigging
The first in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at index rigging. The Libor-rigging scandal continues to grow, and other indexes may have been involved too
Rabobank fined $1 billion for Libor failings
Dutch bank the latest to pay for benchmark manipulation
SFO investigating 22 individuals over Libor, court hears
Ex-trader Tom Hayes allegedly conspired with 22 others
Prime Broker of the Year – Barclays
Asia Risk awards 2013 winner: Barclays – Prime Broker of the Year
UK banks improving on sales incentives, says FCA's Wheatley
Three out of four major UK banks now link incentives to more than just sales, regulator says
L&G commits to UK retail market despite exit of structured products head
Declining sales figures blamed for the redundancy of Legal & General structured products head James Harrington, but it's 'business as usual', says the firm
Cooke joins HSBC as global head of operational risk
Moves from Barclays Wealth where he was CRO
Barclays enters supply-and-offtake deal with US refinery
Barclays clinches deal with Hawaii refinery as US Federal Reserve scrutinises physical commodity trading by banks
Banks to pay £400m in fees to ombudsman over PPI complaints
£900 fee per PPI claim handled has seen banks rack up millions in charges
Structured products sales to rise 8% in 2013, Esma predicts
In its report on EU market trends for the second quarter, Esma says sales of equity-linked retail structured products are up this year, while demand for interest rate-linked products has plummeted
Icap fined $87.4m for Libor manipulation as brokers charged
CFTC and FCA impose fines of $65 million and £14 million
Vix challenged by new volatility index
A fix for the Vix?