Eurozone
People profile: Patrick Colle, BNP Paribas Securities Services
Global ambition
Sponsored statement: Vanguard
The certainty of uncertainty: When not to jump
Different preferences create divided implementation of Basel III
A matter of taste
Europe's inflation investors sharpen their focus
Europe's inflation investors sharpen their focus
Risk Espana rankings 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Renewable energy projects seek investment alternatives
Funding alternatives
Risk awards video: What are the biggest challenges for 2012?
New regulation and the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone are named as the key challenges for 2012 by the winners of this year’s Risk awards
Stronger defences needed: stress testing a eurozone break-up
For a few dollars more
Mining companies remain unhedged, despite Chinese clouds
The hedge of reason
Corporate backlash on costs of regulation continues
Banks will not be able to avoid passing on the hefty costs of regulatory reform to their buy-side clients, argued participants at the ACI UK’s annual square mile debate
Eurozone scenario analysis goes microscopic
Familiarity breeds content
Dealers tackle euro redenomination risks
Back to the drachma?
New Prime Finance panel could tackle debt crisis disputes
An arbitration panel set up to tackle derivatives disputes could also tackle eurozone debt crisis issues, says Jeffrey Golden, architect of the Isda master agreement
No nosedive: markets could defy doom-mongers
Challenging the doom-mongers
Need for speed: banks explore FPGAs for portfolio modelling
The gate array way
Sovereign risk adjustments adds to demand for bond ETFs
Sovereign risk in Europe has taken on a whole new meaning since the onset of the eurozone crisis, so ETF providers are having to adapt
ECB in talks with dealers on buying inflation-linked bonds
Dealers will present their case as to why the ECB should buy linkers as well as nominal bonds in a conference call today
Use of OECD ratings in US market risk proposals questioned
Country risk classifications "are not sovereign ratings" says OECD. US regulators last month proposed using them as an alternative to external credit ratings
IMF looks to strengthen Asian ties to combat global economic crisis
The IMF is looking to work with Asian countries to lessen the impact of the global crisis on the region, says David Lipton, IMF first deputy managing director
Japan still backs EFSF despite threat to AAA rating
The expectation that Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade France and Austria will have a knock-on impact on the EFSF will not deter further Japanese investment in its bonds, says Japanese official
Asian institutionals take aggressive stance on volatility
Tackling the tail
Tech firms prepare euro break-up contingencies
Break-up blues
Derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012