Regulation/Exchanges
Gulf states face inflation threat to single currency
Plans by the Gulf Co-operation Council to launch a single currency by 2010 are beginning to look optimistic, with the spectre of runaway inflation throwing the whole scheme into doubt
LDI and beyond
Pension Risk Management
Learning from pressure
Practitioner profile
Measuring the risk temperature
Pensions Risk Survey
A stochastic step forward
Technology
Chinese banks seek global standards
Risk management
Capital protected
Structured products
Scenarios for all seasons
Technology
No Indian summer
Cover story
CEBS consults on diversification benefits of internal models
Daily news headlines
Derivatives Summit: UK shadow minister urges policy reforms
In his keynote address at the Risk Derivatives Summit held in London on June 24, Philip Hammond, Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the time has come for a major rethink on monetary policy.
BarCap launches Sharia-compliant hedge fund platform
Barclays Capital has launched an investment platform, called Al Safi, which offers investors Sharia-compliant access to hedge funds.
Bank of England now responsible for financial stability
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FTSE and NYSE Euronext launch FTSE 100 volatility index
Index provider FTSE and NYSE Euronext have launched the FTSE 100 Volatility index which is designed to capture implied volatility embedded in the price of FTSE 100 options traded on Liffe, the derivatives trading arm of Euronext.
Audit firms’ liability cap recommended by European Commission
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