Book contributions by Risk Staff
Portfolio Construction and Management
Edited by Brice Benaben and Julien Jarmoszko
Articles by Risk Staff
Mark Richardson joins WMG
Mark Richardson, global head of derivatives at Commerzbank Securities, has left the bank to join Mehmet Dalman at his new wealth management company, WMG. Dalman is the former head of global equities at Commerzbank.
BIS names new secretary general
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today named Peter Dittus as its new secretary general for a five-year term. He replaces Gunter Baer, who has held the position since 1994.
BIS names new secretary general
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today named Peter Dittus as its new secretary general for a five-year term. He replaces Gunter Baer, who has held the position since 1994.
US agencies issue QIS4 and LDCE survey materials
US financial regulators have issued survey materials for the fourth Quantitative Impact Study (QIS4) and the Loss Data Collection Exercise (LDCE) in preparation for the implementation of the Basel II capital framework in the US.
Basel II: capital concerns
Basel II has forced banks, long the mainstay of lending to European corporates, to re-evaluate the amount of money they lend. However Alan McNee reports that far from leading to a huge drop in bank lending, Basel II may actually have the opposite effect.
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Email and IM Compliance: Have you got mail?
A lot has been discussed and written about the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) proposed rule 203(b)(3)-2 that requires hedge fund advisers to register with the Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. But another SEC proposal…
Iris names new chairman
Iris Financial, the trading and risk management software developer, has appointed David Ure as chairman of its board of directors.
The compliance curmudgeons
Editor's Letter
Integrated compliance efforts: business benefits beyond regulatory mandates
Corporate Statement
The dubious benefits of compliance
Survey Risk-Based Compliance
A slow squeeze
Oil
GFI boosts Fenics foreign exchange options pricing team
GFI Group, the inter-dealer broker and market data company, has hired three new staff for its Fenics foreign exchange options pricing system.
Client/server meets the hedge fund
andrew thompson
Hermitage Capital Mngmnt, Hermitage Fund, Bill Browder - November 2004
Shareholder activism in Russia has historically been adistinctly dangerous pastime, but for investors in TheHermitage Fund and its manager William Browder, it hasproduced healthy returns. This profile looks at the fund's 990% returns since 1996, before…
HSBC Private Bank - November 2004
Simon Paul from HSBC Private Bank explains why the bank has been using hedge funds for its customers since 1989. There is also a focus on due diligence.
Ex-citations
Oil
Clear intentions
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