Book contributions by Risk Staff
Portfolio Construction and Management
Edited by Brice Benaben and Julien Jarmoszko
Articles by Risk Staff
M&As spark op risk software shuffle
LONDON AND NEW YORK – Mergers and acquisitions are hotting up again in the op risk software industry. Two acquisition announcements in June have set tongues wagging on both sides of the Atlantic about who the next targets will be, and which potential…
FSA looks into hedge fund risks
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has opened up a debate about the hedge fund industry, with the publication in June of a comprehensive discussion paper on the sector.
Hedge fund panel advocates CRO function
The revelation of sizeable hedge fund losses in the structured credit market in May have prompted renewed calls from investors and regulators in the US and Europe for greater disclosure in the hedge fund sector.
Group of 26 grinds to a halt
The proposals from the Group of 26 fund managers calling for improved covenants were supposed to herald a new era of protection for bondholders. But nearly two years later, the impetus for change seems to have stalled. Laurence Neville reports
European ABS: Will it end in tiers?
As part of a special focus on asset-backed securities, we take a look at the European ABS market. After a prolonged period of spread compression, credit tiering may be making a return to the market, as Alan McNee reports
SEC: What's Next?
William Donaldson's quick retirement from the chairmanship of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month brings to mind the pithy Italian proverb from the recent Papal Conclave: "After a fat Pope, a skinny pope."
Can research reinvent itself?
The provision of credit research to clients is undergoing sweeping reform, as regulatory concerns grow over potential conflicts of interest and banks reassess the value of giving out freebies. Philip Moore examines what this all adds up to for investors
Abbey taps into parent power
Company profile
Editor's letter
Editorial
Awarding excellence
Our winners prove the news is not all bad
Making an Asian footprint
asia: local coverage
The 24-hour hedge fund
special report: asia
Posting good returns
Company profile
Nymex and PHLX open up commodities
Exchanges
Surfing the Sipps new wave
Cover story
Manor Park
Quant analysis
Supermarkets on the march
Distribution channels
Uno-e
Quant analysis
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