NatWest Group
System failures highlight need for IT resilience
Two major software failures have caused embarrassment and significant financial loss to leading financial institutions this year. Alison Ebbage looks at the lessons to be learned from the RBS and Knight Capital problems
Best in the UK
Best in the UK
Best in the Netherlands
Best in the Netherlands
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Move to swaps discounting presents ALM challenges for with-profits funds
Switching to swaps
Sponsored feature: RBS
Hedging the Zinszusatzreserve for German insurance companies
China to widen RMB trading band again before end-2012
A speaker at FX Week Asia argued that further liberalisation of the RMB was on the cards in the near future
On the move
On the move
Awards 2012: Best bank, ALM advisory: Royal Bank of Scotland
Best bank, ALM advisory: Royal Bank of Scotland
Awards 2012: Best bank, credit risk: Royal Bank of Scotland
Best bank, credit risk: Royal Bank of Scotland
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
RBS investor products group faces cuts in merger with non-linear trading
Martin van Pieterson named global head of non-linear trading and investor products as Royal Bank of Scotland merges teams
Near-record high in complaints in 2011, FSA data shows
Near-record high in complaints in 2011, FSA data shows
On the move
On the move
In defence of FVA – a response to Hull and White
In defence of FVA
People: Nomura hires Cottle as EMEA fixed income chief
Latest in series of fixed income moves at Nomura as Cottle joins to head up European fixed income; new Barclays chief executive is retail banker; UBS creates CRO job for Asia-Pacific investment banking; new fixed income and credit heads for the Americas…
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Gilliat note provides choice of counterparty
A tale of two issuers
Taking the macro view
Taking the macro view
UK banks reveal size of eurozone funding gaps
Banks reduce cross-border funding of peripheral eurozone assets in an attempt to mitigate redenomination risk - but funding gap still tops £10 billion for Spain
Sponsored feature: Royal Bank of Scotland
The UFR curve conundrum
Dealers seek clearing exemption for new TriOptima service
TriOptima’s new risk mitigation system, triBalance, is a big hit among dealers – but it faces a regulatory death sentence
People: Three axed over JP Morgan trading losses
CIO traders leave JP Morgan - the bank also creates new division, reshuffling top management; Deutsche hires Houari from Barclays; deputy fixed-income head leaves Nomura; new hedge fund hires top quant; Citi boost credit sales and trading
UK banks face up to SME swap misselling claims
Sales of the unexpected