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UBS bonus clawback shrinks compensation pool by $278 million
UBS has put its bonus clawback into effect to cut bonuses at the bank by Sfr300 million ($278 million). The move, which represents a 10% cut for directors’ pay, is part of a three-year incentive scheme...
Financial firms need to improve their risk appetite assessment as well as strengthen their risk controls and management, according to a new report by professional services firm Deloitte & Touche. A better...
Narrow banking or splitting up the trading activities of banks as advocated by Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman and current adviser to US President Barack Obama, would not help prevent...
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BIS’s Caruana: risk management needs longer view
Risk management needs to take a deeper and longer view to overcome some of the weaknesses seen during the financial crisis, Jaime Caruana, general manager at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), said at a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary...
Navitas to launch bunker and marine fuels trading platform
Singapore-based energy company Navitas Resources has announced it will launch the first trading platform for bunker and marine fuels on March 1. The NR-X platform will trade spot contracts for bunker and marine fuels with the aim of creating a forward...
Pass the microphone: Humphreys to Strickland
In this new column, an industry professional interviews a market expert of their choice. Next month the interviewee becomes the interviewer and chooses who to interview. The series is kicked off by Brett Humphreys putting his questions to Lacima Group’s...
Time for action
The impact of the financial crisis on pension provision globally cannot be overstated. From outright theft of private pension assets in that perennial economic basket case Argentina to the more subtle moves by former Eastern Bloc states such as Estonia...
FTSE and Standard & Poor's deploy risk controls
Index providers FTSE Group and Standard and Poor’s (S&P) have addressed demand from investors for ways to enhance their portfolios while managing risk by launching indexes with in-built risk controls. The FTSE EDHEC-Risk Efficient Index Series uses...
Credit risk: The early warning signs
While more bullish analysts may be forecasting a return to growth for global economies, the threat of corporate bankruptcies remains elevated. Julia-Victoria Dück, Oliver Rambock and Christopher Hansert suggest a method for spotting the early warning...
Political risk top industry worry, say CSFI and PwC
Political interference has overtaken other risks to become the biggest risk area for financial firms in 2010. That is according to a survey of bank risk conducted by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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