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HKMA to rule out AMA approach
Hong Kong's banking regulator, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), will not allow the territory's banks to use the advanced measurement approaches (AMA) for measuring operational risk when Basel II is implemented from the end of 2006.
US Treasury and IRS ponder CDSs
The US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have responded to calls from taxpayers and industry groups concerned about the tax treatment of credit default swaps (CDSs) by issuing a notice requesting information from interested parties.
SG to launch Footsie reverse tracker warrant
SG, the investment banking arm of Société Générale, will tomorrow launch warrants on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) that track the share prices of the UK’s top 100 companies but in reverse.
Interest rate risk principles released by Basel Committee
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released "Principles for the management and supervision of interest rate risk" late last week.
Wolverine to be market maker for Japanese weather futures
Wolverine Trading, the Chicago-based energy trading company, will be the lead market maker for Japanese weather futures soon to be offered by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
UK FSA writes AMA strategy anew
An official from the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) sketched in some details of the regulator's approach to the operational risk portions of Basel II implementation in that country at an operational risk conference held in early July in London.
SEC’s hedge fund registration proposal draws fire at Senate
Senator Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has said he remains concerned about proposals by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate hedge funds.
Moody’s warns investors on digital CDS ‘moral hazard’
Moody’s Investors Service today warned investors to be wary of potential ‘moral hazard’ associated with the proliferation of digital credit default swaps (CDS).
US Congressman calls for op risk redraft
A Congressman and members of the banking industry lambasted the operational risk capital charge in Basel II at a fresh set of hearings, The New Basel Accord: Private Sector Perspective, held in the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee…
Meff creates risk tool
Meff, the Spanish derivatives exchange, has developed a software tool that enables users to calculate risk that takes into consideration the worst scenario resulting from a customer or account’s open position plus the combination of live orders, reports…
Basel II Alert - Highlight of Critical Changes
It has been more than six years in the making, but the final text of the Basel II framework has arrived. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the text at the end of June to a mix response from the financial services industry.
El Paso sells four power plants
Houston-based energy company El Paso Corp is continuing its mass sell-off of assets by closing the sale of a further four power plants to Northern Star Generation. El Paso Merchant Energy, a business unit of El Paso Corp, sold the facilities on July 2…
Montréal Exchange and Oxen to offer energy clearing
The Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) - a wholly owned subsidiary of the Montréal Exchange (MX) - and the Alberta Watt Exchange, an Alberta-based energy exchange wholly owned by digital commodity exchange operator Oxen, are to provide…
Energy Risk launches weather derivatives survey
Energy Risk , the leading publication for energy trading and finance professionals, today launched its first annual weather derivatives survey.