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The best of all worlds
Thanks to their varying scale, structure and diversity, European organisations often have very different solutions to risk management. But which system is the most effective? In an exclusive to Energy Risk, the European Energy Risk Forum offers a route…
Specialist credit manager Credaris taps CEO
Credaris Portfolio Management (CPM), a credit-focused asset management company, has hired Andrew Donaldson as chief executive officer. Donaldson joins from JP Morgan Securities, where he led the investor client management practice for European banking…
Treatment of incomplete data: the effects on parameter estimates, EL and UL figures
Marco Moscadelli1, Anna Chernobai 2 and Svetlozar Rachev 3 discuss a practical solution for consistent estimation of operational loss severity and frequency distributions, and analytically measure the extent of the bias on the EL and UL figures when…
NPR: under wraps, for now
Considering last month’s US regulator conference should have covered the notice of proposed rulemaking in some depth, any information on NPRs was noticeably scant. By Ellen Davis
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Risk management never stands still for long. Financial markets are forever evolving, products are gaining complexity, and the sheer number of trades is growing rapidly. Risk management solutions and practices designed for the markets of the past can lack…
UK speeds towards Basel II implementation
LONDON – Momentum is gathering at the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for the implementation of Basel II in the island nation.
OCC targets large banks’ reputational risk
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will be paying particular attention to reputation risk management in large banking organisations, says acting comptroller of the currency, Julie Williams.
CRD timing in doubt
BRUSSELS – The timing of the EU’s Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) remained in doubt as members of the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament submitted a whopping 887 amendments at the May 23 meeting.
Six months for US parallel running?
BOSTON – Regulatory authorities in the US might shave Basel II’s year of parallel running down to just six months, according to several industry sources.
Diligence overdue
Investment banks paid a record $6 billion out-of-court settlement for bond investors hit by the collapse of WorldCom. The settlement has not only raised the bar for future payouts in these cases but has also prompted underwriters to reexamine their due…
Spitzer probe threatens MBIA bond guarantees
Regulatory scrutiny of accounting practices at MBIA has put pressure on the monoline insurer’s triple-A rating, undermining its guarantees. Hardeep Dhillon reports
Living with recognition
Under new accounting rules implemented this year, the majority of Europe's asset-backed securities transactions will now have to be recognised on balance sheet. Will this lead to a drop in securitisation volumes? Duncan Wood reports
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Industry groups speak out on SEC rating agency rules
Financial industry bodies broadly greeted the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rules on approving nationally recognised statistical rating organisations (NRSROs), but voiced concern that the final rules could be too lax.
A place on the grid
A growing number of banks have implemented grid technology for their risk management and derivatives trading businesses, allowing them to borrow spare capacity from dormant computers to process complex tasks in a fraction of the time. By Clive Davidson
Sponsor's article > At long last...
After more than a decade of active deployment at major institutions, simulation-based estimation of counterparty credit exposure is on track to become part of the Basel II regulatory capital regime.1 David Rowe notes, however, that its impact on…
Hull and White to collaborate with SunGard
Two of the leading academics in derivatives and risk management research, John Hull and Alan White, are working with the Reech unit of US-based vendor, SunGard, to develop a new structured credit pricing suite.