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Business continuity after Hurricane Sandy
When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City in 2012, residents needed their banks to be up and running as quickly as possible after the storm. With challenges from transportation to communication, Jessica Meek...
Recent insider dealing prosecutions by the FSA have demonstrated a new regulatory commitment to pursue more complex cases. Financial institutions are under pressure to tighten up internal controls or face...
Collateralisation in South Africa can be achieved using either a pledge or outright transfer – but the former does not provide complete protection and the latter can attract tax. The securities lending...
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AML and framework change at Nordea
Anders Meinert Jørgensen, head of group operational risk at Nordea, talks AML awareness and pace of framework change at the bank
CLO market appeals to yield-hungry investors
Post-financial crisis structured credit has been in hiding: but 2013 has seen the re-emergence of the collateralised loan obligation (CLO) market, with yield-hungry Asian players demonstrating a strong appetite for the paper
ABN Amro CPDO panned by Australian judge for ‘deceptive and negligent’...
An extraordinary Australian court judgement shines a light on the errors and deceit that led to the granting of a triple-A rating to ABN Amro’s Surf constant proportion debt obligation in 2006
Family offices find an appetite for credit risk
Family wealth funds are dumping hedge fund positions and taking control of their own investment decisions. But as some move into direct lending – to replace retreating banks – they face new risk management challenges. Peter Madigan reports
Collateral and commodity market dynamics in the new normal
Collateral quality and depth are playing an increasingly important role in a market characterised by systemic risks and high correlations among asset classes, including commodities. That is a trend that should concern energy risk managers, argues Stephen...
Repo markets in Asia set to grow on the back of Basel III
Repo has played a much smaller role in Asian financial markets than in their European and US peers but the combination of regulatory and market incentives means this is set to change
Legally blind: Huge settlements overwhelm op risk models
When regulators collected data on banks’ operational risk scenarios in 2008, the biggest loss envisaged from a money-laundering breach was €120 million. In December, HSBC had to swallow a $1.9 billion penalty – just one of a series of huge losses...
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