Book contributions by Risk Staff
Portfolio Construction and Management
Edited by Brice Benaben and Julien Jarmoszko
Articles by Risk Staff
Credit model evaluation
Technical
Hard bargaining
Nordic focus
CreditTrade strikes deal with Digital Island
CreditTrade, a credit derivatives dealing platform, plans to offer Web services that it says should cut implementation and facilities costs by 30%, while accommodating up to 5,000 transactions per day.
Merrill loses London head of FX trading
Harry Culham has left Merrill Lynch in London, where he was head of FX trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
CORRECTION: I-Wex backs hourly data to boost weather market
A correction has been made to the final paragraph of this story, published on RiskNews, January 25. Element Re, and not Aquila, as stated in the original story, has become QuantWeather's first customer.
Algorithmics promotes Zerbs to COO
Canadian risk software and systems provider Algorithmics has promoted Michael Zerbs, formerly vice-president of research and product marketing, to chief operating officer - a newly created position.
Barclays Capital to boost derivatives effort in Mexico
Barclays Capital, the investment banking unit of the UK's Barclays, has hired Lorenzo Gonzalez Bosco from Bank of America to increase its derivatives origination, syndicated credits and bonds issuance in Mexico.
Goldman steps up hedge fund effort with two hires
Goldman Sachs has added two new portfolio managers and transferred another pair to its hedge fund strategies group - a unit the investment bank claimed has seen significant asset growth in recent months.
Reech joins the ASP rush to target hedge funds
UK-based Reech Capital has joined the growing number of firms targeting the hedge fund industry with application service provider (ASP) financial services instruments, by unveiling a new Web-delivered risk management product.
Ice to head US rates marketing at UBS Warburg
UBS Warburg, the investment banking arm of Switzerland’s UBS, has hired Michael Ice to head its interest rate derivatives marketing and structuring unit in the United States.
Managing with a canny approach
Mike Thomas has enjoyed success with Martin Currie's hedge fund by capitalising on inefficiencies in the Japanese market
Boom or bust?
In volatile markets, technology must enable managers to navigate these difficult conditions. Can the current systems feed the market?
Technical tools of the trade
Philippe Sadock of BBSP discusses how technical analysis can add value to hedge fund managers
A work in progress
As the NACUBO prepares the results of its 2001 survey, preliminary results show endowments have had a rough year
2002: the catch-up year for smaller players
Prime brokerage is famously dominated by a few leading participants who control the market. Sophie Radnor talks to the prime brokers who are hoping to win some market share in 2002.