Sovereign debt crisis
Former MF Global CRO Stockman a 'yes man', Congress charges
Stockman hired after Roseman dismissed for raising liquidity risk concerns, a congressional committee hears
Regulator Q&A: Amando Tetangco, governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines
The head of the Philippine central bank explains how Basel III has a “perverse” impact on countries with strong fiscal discipline and why the Sifi designation is less important than rigorous regulation
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
Tech firms prepare euro break-up contingencies
Break-up blues
Derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Equity derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Credit derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Inflation derivatives house of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
Risk awards 2012
Bank risk manager of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Hedge fund of the year: Brevan Howard Asset Management
Risk awards 2012
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Dutch State Treasury Agency
Risk awards 2012
Derivatives law firm of the year: Allen & Overy
Risk awards 2012
2012: another year of living dangerously
2012: another year of living dangerously
Dealers call for ECB to buy inflation bonds as Italy faces exit from key index
Further downgrades for Italy would cause its inflation-linked bonds to drop out of a Barclays Capital index, prompting mass selling by fund managers, dealers fear
Custody Risk winter 2011
Welcome to the winter 2011 issue of Custody Risk
Asia Risk 2011 interdealer rankings: Dealers
The eurozone crisis has been the main driver of Asian markets in recent months, and with concerns about a possible break-up of the euro growing, end-users have been reluctant to invest. In what has been a tricky environment for dealers, market…
European Insurers face downgrades amid continuing sovereign debt crisis
Generali subsidiaries and Groupama receive downgrades; Aviva placed under review
OECD debt offices call for derivatives collateral debate
New report calls for debt offices to weigh the pros and cons of two-way collateral and clearing
Sovereign debt crisis spurs investment in cat bonds
Life insurers and pension funds using insurance-linked securities as diversifier, as deal activity jumps in fourth quarter
Capital levels hold up despite euro crisis as insurers de-risk
Capital levels hold up despite euro crisis as insurers de-risk
Axa IM fixed-income head says euro collapse more inflationary than ECB printing euros
It is difficult to foresee borrowing costs for Italian, Spanish or other troubled debt falling permanently with "anything other than the ECB being used as a lender of the last resort", says Chris Iggo
ORR's top 10 operational risk concerns in 2012
It’s never-ending
EU financial transaction tax proposals would hit pensions hard, say experts
Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds