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Japan disaster has broad impact across asset classes
The ability to take risk off the table quickly and effectively has become a key focus in Asian risk management, as the reaction by investors to the tragedy in Japan shows. Despite profound mark to market...
In March, the world saw several disasters – earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand and in Japan, which also experienced an ensuing tsunami that triggered an ongoing nuclear crisis. When such multivariate...
BlackRock’s global op risk head, David Ridgway, talks to ORR about his firm’s central information repository, which he says provides “one version of the truth” for the entire firm to tap into
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Video: BlackRock's Deborah Fuhr on ETF development in Asia
Retail and institutional investors have increasingly embraced exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Asia as a component of their asset allocation strategies
Panic selling causes record spike in volumes in Japan ETFs
ETFs based on the MSCI Japan index have seen volumes reach unprecedented levels and large swings in volatility as investors digest events in Japan.
Transition Management Forum Asia 2011: Costs of a failed transition...
Two keynote speakers at a transition management event in Hong Kong today warned that the costs of a failed asset transition far outweigh any potential efficiency gains and outperformance from a successful transition.
More hedge funds using ETFs as diversification tool
Exchange-traded funds provide a straightforward way to diversify a portfolio across markets and asset classes for hedge funds, says Sonia Schulenburg, head of The Maya Fund.
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Equity and advisory revenues at BNP Paribas rose by 15.7% “despite the high cost of hedging customer positions in the second quarter of the year against a backdrop of feverish markets”, according to the French bank. The bank’s equity and advisory...
UK assets in retail ETFs more than double that of a year ago, says iShares...
The number of retail investors using ETFs is rising fast, boosted by regulatory initiatives such as the Retail Distribution Review and greater product knowledge among financial advisers.
Credit Suisse names Joseph Ho as head of ETFs for Asia Pacific
Joseph Ho joins Credit Suisse to strengthen its exchange traded funds business in Asia
How can investment banks use grid technology?
Learn how technology is enhancing risk management
Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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