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The spread of sanctions clauses in letters of credit
With sanctions regimes intensifying recently, particularly across the Middle East, the use of sanctions clauses is becoming more prevalent in banks’ letters of credit, and remains a difficult issue for...
The UK dependency of Jersey has taken steps to tighten its regime of financial supervision to combat the perception dogging many offshore financial centres that it offers a haven for tax dodgers and money...
Operational risk, not market or credit risk, is now seen as the biggest threat to financial stability - and the New York Fed's Stacy Coleman warns that deliberate attack and regulatory change are among...
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ETFs under the microscope
Regulators are keen to tackle perceived risks in the ETF market, particularly those of collateral quality and lack of transparency. However, product providers claim they have already responded to many of their concerns. Andrew Capon reports
Managing Solvency II's equity capital charge
The capital charge imposed by Solvency II on equities could be costly for many life insurers. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on where efficiency improvements could be made
Asia bankers reject counter-cyclical capital buffer as effective tool...
The negative impact of the counter-cyclical capital buffer on high-growth countries has reinforced the feeling that the Basel III Accord is biased towards the North American and European banking systems at the expense of Asia
Vietnam pushes bank consolidation to aid risk management
Vietnam’s economic expansion has been matched by a proliferation of banks. But the regulator is talking tough and is aiming to halve the number of banks and ramp up their risk management capabilities. Is it going to work?
Dark pool trading in Asia increases – as does regulatory interest
The dark pool sector in Singapore was killed off by onerous regulations. As the SFC later looks to step up its oversight of the activity, the question is whether the Asian market will match its European and North American peers in terms of penetration...
Australia weighs up illiquidity premium for insurer liabilities
Australia is forging ahead of the rest of Asia in introducing risk-based capital regulation for its insurance industry with the recognition of an illiquidity premium. Could this in turn lead to a solution to Australian banks’ Basel III liquidity issues?...
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With accounting standard IFRS 9 due to replace IAS 39 by 2015, Carlos Blanco, Michael Pierce and José Ramón Aragonés explore the implications for energy hedging programmes with emphasis on hedge effectiveness tests and the use of optimal hedge ratios...
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