Feature/Commodities
Waiting for a boom
Weather derivatives
Demystifying credit risk
Measurement
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
US banks review legal options against operational risk charge
FRONT PAGE NEWS
UK watchdog welcomes banks’ move on money laundering
FRONT PAGE NEWS
UK accepts large banks could use basic op risk approach
BASEL II UPDATE
Op risk floor removed to give flexibility
BASEL II UPDATE
Strategic shortcomings
A survey of 13 private banks’ risk management practices reveals some dangerous shortcomings. Lisa Kastigar of Sherwood Alliance, a Switzerland-based financial consulting firm, examines the challenges for risk managers at these institutions
Clearing the obstacles
Credit quality is essential to every energy firm’s success, as recent problems at Aquila and Dynegy attest. Couple this with the post-Enron threat of increased regulation for OTC energy derivatives and it is clear that the energy trading market needs…
From strategy to tactics
Effective tactical use of risk management information has long been an aspiration of many organisations, but technical obstacles have stood in the way. In this third of four articles on integrated credit risk management, David Rowe argues that the…
Running for cover
Energy
Beyond the pail
Basel accord
Brent’s liquidity crisis
The decision by energy information provider Platts to alter the definition of its Brent benchmark price has forced the issue over the crude blend’s liquidity problems, reports Matt Horsbrugh
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