Insurance
RMS releases updated Climetrix weather trading system
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a California-based provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risk, today released version 4.0 of its Climetrix weather derivatives trading and risk management system.
Constructing an operational event database
Michael Haubenstock of US bank Capital One outlines a framework for an event database, formulated with current US regulatory guidance on the subject in mind. The text is an abstract from The Basel Handbook, which has just been published by Risk Books.
On the Fritz
Columnist
Sector roundup
Sectors
Riding the wave
emerging markets
On the Fritz
martin fridson
Storms ahead
Rankings 2004
Sector roundup
Sectors
Equally accountable
International Accounting Standards
A balancing act
South Korea investor survey
S&P 500 pension plan funding to cost $57 billion over next two years
The cost of funding defined-benefit – company sponsored – pension plans at the top 500 listed companies in the United States will hit $24 billion this year and $33 billion in 2005, according to research by Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB).
Atlantic arbitrage
New issues
Credit 2003 - Deals of the year
Deals of the year
First aid or last resort?
rescue finance
Reporting: a better performance measure
Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. RiskMetrics' John Matwey says more and more investors will therefore inevitably demand third-party reporting of risk positions taken by hedge funds.
Japan comes of age
As the economic climate changes in the Land of the Rising Sun, hedge funds are rapidly expanding to become a high-profile investment option
Expert round table
Industry views
Every last drop
Strategy forum
Insurance: are you sure?
Credit of the month
Reporting: a better performance measure
Data monitoring
The Latin quarter
Argentina
Rhodia: a chemical hazard
Credit of the month
Losses and lawsuits
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