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Morgan Stanley forex co-head retires
Morgan Stanley has made Philip Newcomb sole global head of foreign exchange, following the retirement of Peter Murray at the end of January, reports Risknews ' sister publication FX Week . Murray, who was based in London, and Newcomb, based in New York,…
Comit Gruppe pulls its Sword from the scabbard
Comit Gruppe, the Swiss-based financial software vendor, has begun its first marketing and sales push for its operational risk product, Sword. Although Sword has been around for several years -- the product has 750 live users at about three asset…
UKFSA issues fraud paper
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) published a discussion paper in mid-December entitled DP26: Developing our policy on fraud and dishonesty.
Basel II will reduce securitisation by banks, but won’t alter bank ratings, says Fitch Ratings
The implementation of the more risk-reflective Basel II will reduce the attraction of securitisation as a means of lowering banks’ regulatory capital requirements, but is unlikely to change the ratings of originating banks, according to a special report…
FATF, EU prepare for busy 2004
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international anti-money laundering body, is preparing to publish a document designed to help regulators and supervisors implement the organisation’s 40 Recommendations for anti-money laundering (AML) and Eight…
UK’s FSA takes issue with misselling and market timing
The investment management industry in the UK is under fire from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on a number of fronts at the moment. First, the market-timing abuses that have grabbed headlines in the US also seem to have occurred in the UK,…
UK’s FSA reforms ORIAG as ORSG
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reformed its Operational Risk Implementation Advisory Group (ORIAG) as the Operational Risk Standing Group (ORSG), after deciding to disband ORIAG in the fourth quarter of 2003. The group is being chaired…