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Fraud has gone to the top of the postmortem on the US subprime debacle. To detect and prevent it, more information at the loan level is needed, and the standardisation of data would also help investors...
S&P's European structured finance head defends the agency over accusations that they could have done more to anticipate this summer's crisis. He talks to Matthew Attwood
With a strong actuarial skill set Watson Wyatt continues to dominate the pension fund consulting sector, while Tillinghast was ranked first among insurance companies, but pension fund practitioners and...
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A combination of ALM mastery and the ability to navigate the choppy waters of market risk in a year of increased volatility brought Deutsche Bank to the top of Life & Pensions inaugural insurance rankings - a result closely mirrored by Barclays Capital...
The subprime shake-down
The subprime mortgage market - the root of all the summer's troubles - may well be in turmoil but nobody is suggesting it is about to disappear as a source of financing for securitisations. The question is, what part will it play when the dust finally...
Solvency II - Its impact and implications
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Subprime hope
As the fallout from the troubled US subprime mortgage market continues to spread, Laurence Neville looks at what the future holds and examines some important factors that must be addressed to ensure its survival
Eksportfinans on the up
Over the past three years, the third-party issuer of choice in the US for Wachovia, Merrill Lynch and many other firms is Norway's AAA-rated, government-backed Eksportfinans. Negin Janati of the Structured Products Association asks Soren Elbach, a director...
'Big five' retain the consultancy crown
The usual suspects appear at the top of OR&C 's survey of consulting firms, but not without having their heels nipped at by the increasingly advancing competition
Moving to convergence
Some financial institutions are integrating the risk and control processes within their firms to create a common framework for monitoring risks, with the aim of eliminating duplication of effort between risk groups. Dan McKinney and Chris Richardson outline...
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