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With just one year to go until the end-2012 deadline set by the Group of 20 (G-20) nations for all standardised over-the-counter derivatives to be cleared, a number of uncertainties remain – not least,...
Changes should be seen as opportunities to improve your business, says an optimistic Gene Álvarez, global head of operational risk for securities lending at JP Morgan Chase
Fifty-four per cent of respondents say new capital rules for bank exposures to central counterparty default funds makes it unattractive to offer client clearing services
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Credit derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
The credit derivatives market has not seen a year like 2011. Volatility was higher in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008, but it focused primarily on financial names. Last year’s fear was less discriminating, encompassing...
Hedge fund derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Some hedge fund investors are getting jumpy. It’s been more than three years since the surge of hedge fund redemption requests following the market turmoil in 2008 caused many funds to impose gates and halt redemptions – and many are still locked....
Credit portfolio manager of the year: JP Morgan
Being asked to achieve more with fewer resources is a common gripe in any walk of life – but increasingly so for credit portfolio managers. The past 12 months saw them having to manage the shifting risk profiles associated with the eurozone debt crisis,...
Deal of the year: Credit Suisse
Nobody knows whether contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds have much of a future – but if they do, it will owe much to the trailblazing work of Credit Suisse, after its February 2011 issue first tackled some of the instruments’ challenges. Two previous...
Corporate risk manager of the year: Rolls-Royce
Corporate derivatives users had nothing to do with the financial crisis, but – much to their dismay – quickly found themselves caught up in post-crisis attempts to rebuild the over-the-counter market. They had to respond equally rapidly or live with...
National interests threaten reform agenda
Towards the end of the classic 1933 version of King Kong, a huge ape is brought into the heart of New York, breaks his chains and escapes into the city streets, swatting aside cars, police, pedestrians and even an elevated train. This could be an allegory...
Solvency II asset charges will not stop insurers funding banks
Solvency II is expected to lead to changes in insurers’ investment strategies. Janko Gorter and Melle Bijlsma argue that the effects on the financial markets and the real economy may not be as significant as some have suggested
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