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Basel 2.5 caused €200 billion jump in RWAs
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Source: Risk magazine
European banks saw their RWAs leap at the turn of the year, as new trading book rules collided with the EBA's call to achieve a 9% capital minimum
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Source: Structured Products
Tough equity markets are driving increased demand for credit exposure and cross-asset baskets in the Nordic region, where a stronger risk appetite is in evidence
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Source: Operational Risk & Regulation
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Calls for consistency over risk-free rate
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Source: Life & Pension Risk
The risk-free rate of return that provides the starting point for valuing liabilities has proven more difficult to define in practice than in principle. Practitioners hope for consistency from regulators as they revisit the concept. Blake Evans-Pritchard...
Swedish market sees big spike in turnover
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Source: Structured Products
The Nordic Growth Market saw a huge increase in turnover of products traded on the exchange in November compared to 2009.
Data not judgement required for Nordic banks' Basel approach
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Source: Risk magazine
Nordic banks want to use the Basel framework’s advanced approach to credit risk capital, but local regulators are insistent that data – rather than judgement – has to be the basis for the calculations. Banks don’t have enough instances of default...
Northern exposures
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Source: Risk magazine
So far, the Nordic region has weathered the European sovereign debt crisis without too many scrapes. And, as the Nordic Risk 2010 derivatives rankings reveal, this is one reason why competition between banks – in and out of the region – is as hot...
Product review: Nordea taps Chinese growth
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Source: Structured Products
Nordea Bank in Finland is offering a structured product with exposure to a relatively unusual underlying. The capital-protected, potential growth product is linked to a basket of 10 Chinese companies
Nordea Bank launches ETCs on Nordic Derivatives Exchange
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Source: Structured Products
Nordea Bank, the largest bank in the Nordic region, has launched two exchange-traded certificates (ETCs) on the Nordic Derivatives Exchange (NDX) in Sweden. The certificates follow the OMXS30 index with a constant daily leverage of two. The bull OMX...
Bargain basement in the Baltic states
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Source: Risk magazine
Scandinavian banks are set to become huge owners of Baltic real estate. A large proportion of home loans in the region come from Nordic lenders and repossessions are rising. Some banks are already making preparations to take over and service large numbers...
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