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Prmia forms academic advisory council
The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (Prmia) has created an academic advisory council in a bid to further the integration of risk management theory and practical application.
Canadian clearing house CDCC receives first rating from S&P
The Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), a unit of the Bourse de Montreal, has received an ‘AA’ rating from credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P). The rating could help CDCC expand its services to clear over-the-counter derivatives…
BIS opens representative office in Mexico
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has opened a representative office in Mexico City to serve as a centre for its activities in the Americas.
Fisher lambasts US companies for hiding off-balance-sheet exposures
US undersecretary of the treasury Peter Fisher today launched an attack on companies that choose to use derivatives as a means of hiding total economic leverage from shareholders and creditors.
Alpha appoints Rogers to new UK marketing role
New York-based Alpha Investment Management has hired Carcie Rogers to boost its marketing efforts to large financial institutions in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Scor ousts chief but sees no let up in cost of credit protection
French reinsurer Scor - plagued by profits warnings and a deteriorating financial position - has ousted its chairman and chief executive, Jacques Blondeau, with immediate effect, replacing him with Denis Kessler of the French insurance association.
Clients of settlement members go live today on CLS
Clients of banks that have signed up as settlement members to CLS Bank can from today have their foreign exchange transactions settled on continuous linked settlement (CLS), the system built to reduce risk in the global forex markets.
Basel II and pro-cyclicality
The main argument for making regulatory capital requirements more risk-sensitive is to improve allocational efficiency. But this may lead to intensified business cycles if regulators fail to take measures to prevent such an impact. In this first column…
The beta-blocker
Doug Dachille, chief operating officer at Zurich Capital Markets and formerly global head of proprietary trading at JP Morgan, believes the economic downturn has finally crystallised investor attention on beta. Christopher Jeffery reports
Banding together for SME credit risk analytics
Germany’s banking associations are taking a leading role in getting the country’s fragmented banking sector ready to comply with the Basel II capital Accord. Germany’s savings banks association, in particular, says it has internal ratings-based systems…
RiskNews review
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Fuelling doubts
Violence and uncertainty in the Middle East have caused energy market volatility to soar, testing the mettle of even the most sophisticated corporate hedgers. Will it prove to be the last straw for the world’s ailing airlines? Navroz Patel reports
Job moves
QUOTE OF THE MONTH “I believe that of all large German banks Commerzbank has the best risk management system” Wolfgang Hartmann, chief risk officer at Commerzbank Source: Risk, November
Letter to the editor: a response to Cosandey and Wolf’s Avoiding pro-cyclicality
From Thomas Garside, managing director, finance and risk management, and Christian Pedersen, senior manager, Oliver, Wyman & Company, London
Microsoft seeks to reduce cost of STP
TECHNOLOGY
QIS 3: Banks can use internal pricing for standardised approach
BASEL II UPDATE