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Fed gets a pasting over capital rules

WASHINGTON, DC – The new capital rules for non-Basel II banks in the US received a pasting in comments from firms and industry bodies posted on regulatory websites in late January.

Coping with complexity

The demand for risk-based technology has never been higher due to changing business practices, growing regulatory burdens and burgeoning demand for cross-asset class products. But new entrants can still gain market share in niche areas.

Lloyds TSB appoints head of quantitative analytics

Lloyds TSB Financial Markets has appointed John Crosby as global head of quantitative analytics and research in London. He will lead a team of quants and will be responsible for developing models for pricing derivatives instruments across all asset…

A consolidating market

Operational risk software vendors say the market is shaping up, but is this view still too optimistic? By Dianne See Morrison

Sponsor's article > At long last...

After more than a decade of active deployment at major institutions, simulation-based estimation of counterparty credit exposure is on track to become part of the Basel II regulatory capital regime.1 David Rowe notes, however, that its impact on…

Sponsor's article > The dangers of complexity

The dramatic financial market changes of the past 20 years have introduced daunting complexity into the system. Much of this complexity is the necessary consequence of valuable innovations. David Rowe argues, however, that complexity for its own sake is…

Sponsor's article > Is risk management dangerous?

Risk management has experienced such a remarkable rise in the past 15 years that some have begun to criticise its influence. These may be the complaints of those who bristle under its constraints. David Rowe argues that a recent more thoughtful critique…

Sponsor's article > Dynamic benchmarks

One of the biggest challenges in effective risk reporting is avoiding the trap of mind-numbing routine. David Rowe argues that dynamic benchmarks and exception highlighting are ways of keeping such reports relevant and useful, thereby maintaining…

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