Commodities/People
Hunter hunted
People news
Deconstructing the market
High yield
Trouble from above
Pension funds
Reaping integration rewards
In the October issue of Risk, Clive Davidson discussed the integration of ALM and ERM technology. Here, in a second article, he profiles the firms that have tackled this project and reviews the challenges, advantages and pitfalls of the integration…
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
RiskNews review
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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…
Credit risk systems: Getting the risk right
The requirements of the new Basel Accord are prompting some banks in Asia to begin implementing sophisticated credit systems, but there are still some obstacles to overcome.
The credit risk time bomb
Insurers
Reinventing the market
Cashflow CDOs
The credit risk time bomb
Insurers remain very keen to both guarantee and invest in credit derivatives products, but key regulators are about to release reports indicating that risk transfer between the insurance and banking sectors might not be such a good idea.
Insurance sector: moral hazard
Credit of the month
Credit’s secrets
Hedge funds
Running to stand still
Indices
House of the year and credit derivatives house of the year
Asia Risk Awards 2002
Getting the risk right
Credit risk systems