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Early adopter: Philippines set to introduce Basel III by start-2014
Despite most western countries not implementing the final stage of Basel III until 2019 the Philippines’ banking industry is gearing up to meet the full capital standards by the start of 2014. Banks...
A raft of changes is in the offing for the controversial liquidity coverage ratio as regulators try to meet a year-end deadline – but it may not appease critics of the rule. Michael Watt reports
Capital and liquidity consumption now comes with a cost, and that started to make itself felt this year. Risk staff look back at a selection of the year’s big stories
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New own funds specifications add capital restrictions
New technical specifications on Solvency II’s capital requirements make some significant changes to the way insurers calculate their own funds, but they also leave some unanswered questions. Louie Woodall reports
Hedge fund industry seeks solutions to Solvency II challenges
Hedge funds need to address transparency and risk reporting standards to avoid punitive capital treatment under Solvency II. European insurance companies are keen to increase current 1% allocation.
Model behaviour: supervisors grapple with internal model approval
With regulators struggling to get comfortable with insurers’ internal models, and with the memory of the subprime crisis still lingering, the question of how to ensure that the models are robust is worrying supervisors. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports...
Basel III and Islamic finance: friend or foe?
High capital levels and a prohibition on more exotic forms of funding should leave Islamic banks well placed under Basel III. But a lack of high quality sharia-compliant instruments leaves the sector facing issues over liquidity requirements
Dodd-Frank and its impact on Asia
Dodd-Frank could potentially have significant extraterritorial impacts on Asia. Domestic firms as well as regional subsidiaries of foreign firms are looking for solutions to this still-evolving piece of legislation
A new framework for assessing product complexity
Some Ucits-compliant structured products look set to be deemed complex under new Mifid proposals. Jürgen Vandenbroucke proposes a more sophisticated way of classifying complexity in structured products
Global presence key for hedge fund audit firms
Ernst & Young’s international presence is a big draw for hedge fund managers while KPMG and Rothstein Kass plan to grow their global footprint as competition among accounting and audit firms heats up.
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