Asia Risk - Asia Risk November 2011

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Isda: Inconsistency among regulators worrying
Dodd-Frank's extraterritoriality and supervisory focus on market structure reforms that will not deliver systemic risk reduction are concerns, says Isda chair Stephen O’Connor
‘No way’ Asia can meet CCP deadline; probably the same for Europe
Panellists speaking at a derivatives industry event in Hong Kong believe Asia is unlikely to meet its obligations to have full mandatory clearing in 14 months – the deadline established in the 2009 G-20 agreement. They say a lack of regulatory clarity is…
Photogallery: Asia Risk Congress 2011
A free-to-view gallery of photographs from the annual Asia Risk conference held in the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong on October 25, 2011
FSB unveils list of global systemically important financial institutions
Four Asian banks are among the FSB's initial list of global systemically important financial institutions, including three from Japan and one from China
CSRC’s Shang takes over from Liu at CBRC; industry veterans selected to head CSRC and CIRC
A round of new chairships was completed in October across three Chinese financial regulators in a move that saw the heads of two Chinese state-owned commercial banks promoted to lead the securities and insurance regulators
Flowers defends MF Global as a ‘prudently run’ securities firm, despite Chapter 11 filing
JC Flowers head says reliance on short-term funding is a weakness of whole securities industry – not just MF Global. He adds a worsening eurozone crisis could lead to investment opportunities in troubled banks
Video: New York Fed’s Marc Saidenberg denies US go-slow on Basel II implementation
The US is introducing Basel II at a similar pace to international peers and is also committed to timely implementation of Basel III, according to Marc Saidenberg, senior vice-president of bank supervision at the New York Fed, who warns of the dangers of…
Apec finance chiefs affirm commitment to Basel III and central clearing
Apec finance chiefs pledge to implement Basel III capital, liquidity and OTC derivative reforms at 18th Apec finance ministers' meeting in Hawaii
Multiple local CCPs better than one global super-CCP – Siddhartha Roy profile
The beauty of diversity
Funding cost adjustments for derivatives
Funding cost adjustments for derivatives
Dealers face up to OTC clearing's tech revolution
All systems go
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
Pushed to the margins
Despite hurdles, clearers map out forex ambitions
Clearing a way for forex
Australia weighs up move to adopt Basel III early
Jumping the gun
The lure of leveraged funds in China
The lure of leverage
Private banks hit by cost and revenue pressures: Kathryn Shih interview
Q&A – Kathryn Shih, UBS Wealth Management
Asia Risk wealth rankings 2011: The results
Asia Risk wealth rankings 2011
Financial institutions move to address funding squeeze in Asia
Funding dilemmas
Asian institutional investors take aggressive stance on volatility
Taking on the tail
On the move
On the move
Why the West can’t bank on China this time round
China concerns
Sponsored statement: China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank fortifies its leading market position
Sponsored statement: RBS
Hybrids: Diversifying by unifying