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Portfolio Construction and Management
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Articles by Risk Staff
Calgary’s oil patch
Germany
A complicated option
Germany
Ethanol
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Russell Newton
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Hanging on at the top
Germany
US regulators to revise Basel I this summer, says Greenspan
This summer, US financial regulators will propose simple revisions to the current Basel capital rules (Basel I) that would mitigate any unintended and undesired competitive distortions created by Basell II, according to Federal Reserve chairman Alan…
The swap terminator
Germany
The Compliance Dance
CIOs and CCOs are working more closely together than ever before in these jittery compliance days. Waters asks, what’s the working relationship really like?
Standard Bank Launches Credit Risk Project
The Standard Bank Group , based in South Africa, is using the Adaptiv Credit Risk solution from SunGard Trading and Risk Systems (Stars) to build a common platform for credit risk processing for all its wholesale corporate and investment banking…
Wealth by Health
A full checkup of your IT systems by external consultants is preferable to trusting inside sources, says a head of technology at a major French banking group.
Barclays boosts insurance and pensions solutions team
Barclays Capital has bolstered its insurance and pensions solutions team with the appointment of Jon Exley as director.
SG builds India private banking franchise
French bank Société Générale has extended its private banking franchise in India, with the appointment of Balakrishnan Kunnambath as managing director and global head of Indian subcontinent.
The FSA’s quest for respect
Hector Sants, head of wholesale markets at the Financial Services Authority, talks to Nicholas Dunbar about his plans for increased regulatory focus on fixed-income structured products and hedge funds
Banks leapfrog the rating agencies
European banks are cutting rating agencies down to size with a new loan data pooling initiative. Dutch bank NIB is leading the initiative. By Nicholas Dunbar
Credit managers hope for new accounting blueprint
Mark-to-market accounting has frustrated credit portfolio managers at the largest international banks. It’s made their loan books more volatile and their derivatives hedges less efficient. But accounting standards setters may be ready to review the rules…
Thames River reaches Peak for Asia
London hedge fund manager Thames River has enlisted the services of a third party to help sell its hedge fund products in Asia
CSFB/Tremont set to add credit to its index series
Hedge fund index provider CSFB/Tremont says it is looking to introduce a dedicated credit component to its index, possibly later this year.
Credit risk stress tests need more work, says BIS
Leading banks have yet to develop a solid framework for credit risk stress tests that deals with all the likely effects stress events would have on their businesses, according to the latest report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Dynamic benchmarks
One of the biggest challenges in effective risk reporting is avoiding the trap of mind-numbing routine. David Rowe argues that dynamic benchmarks and exception highlighting are ways of keeping such reports relevant and useful, thereby maintaining…
Australia and Singapore lead Basel II implementation in Asia
Australia and Singapore’s banks are leading the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to the implementation of Basel II, according to a report released this week by Standard and Poor’s. But even banks operating in these countries face considerable challenges…
China's largest banks prepare for Basel II
Increased competition and the desire to expand overseas is forcing Chinese banks to start preparing for the implementation of the new Basel Accord, also known as Basel II, according to supervisory officials in that country.
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