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Hedge funds are under great pressure to adapt to a much altered landscape following the financial crisis, and hedge funds in South Africa face more challenges than most. Chris Edwards, head of Prime Services...
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South African brokers are celebrating victory in a dispute over taxes on equity trades, but their relief may be short-lived. The National Treasury has reaffirmed its desire for a stricter regime to be...
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Basel III has forced banks across the globe to look closely at how they price counterparty credit risk in derivatives trades. But some South African banks appear not to be charging for it rigorously, leading...
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Profile: Standard Bank CRO on rogue trading, liquidity and lending
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Basel III’s liquidity ratios do not make sense in South Africa, says Paul Hartwell, chief risk officer of Standard Bank. He’s hoping the country’s regulator will exercise some discretion. By Alex Monro
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Three months have passed since the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the final version of Basel III, and attention is now firmly on implementation. The new rules will require banks to hold higher-quality capital, comply with a new leverage...
Behind the curve
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Most major derivatives dealers now accept that collateralised trades should be discounted using the overnight indexed swap rate, while a bank’s own cost of funding should be used for non-collateralised trades. But change has been much slower in South...
Climbing the modernisation mountain
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South African pension fund legislation has been badly in need of an update for a number of years, but draft proposals have caused concern and confusion for industry participants. By Michael Watt
Risk South Africa Rankings 2010
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South African banks were shielded from much of the turmoil that rocked global financial markets this year but face plenty of challenges of their own, particularly around regulation. Competition is as fierce as ever, with less than one percentage point...
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Absa Capital is well known for its ability in the equity derivatives and prime services space, but is now starting to gain traction in cash equities, which includes equity research, sales and trading. Absa Capital has taken the opportunity to talk about...
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