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Innovation fuels Italy’s securitisation boom
Tax changes and increasing corporate credit risk have prompted Italian dealers to look for new assets to securitise.
High-frequency trading: how great is the need for speed?
Just how important is speed? Risk managers and traders are weighing the value of high-frequency market data and trading technologies against their costs. Gallagher Polyn examines the debate over using high-frequency data in risk models, and profiles one…
Slowly but surely
India
Singapore harmonises risk-based regulation of financial firms
SINGAPORE – Singapore financial regulators said today they would integrate risk-based regulation of banks, insurance companies and investment firms under a new department from September 1.
Singapore harmonises risk-based regulation of financial firms
Singapore financial regulators said today they would integrate risk-based regulation of banks, insurance companies and investment firms under a new department from September 1.
Op risk floor removed to give flexibility
BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Global banking regulators have removed the operational risk capital floor previously proposed under the Basel II capital accord to give banks flexibility in developing op risk management systems.
Basel II could reinforce economic cycles more than expected, says BIS study
BASEL – The Basel II bank capital accord could reinforce economic cycles to a greater extent than expected, according to a working paper issued today by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the so-called central bankers’ central bank.
Basel II could reinforce economic cycles more than expected
The Basel II bank capital accord could reinforce economic cycles to a greater extent than expected, according to a working paper issued today by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the so-called central bankers’ central bank.
Compromises allow Basel II to progress
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said last month that there were no substantial issues remaining with the complex Basel II capital Accord, after a series of compromises involving the capital treatment of loans to small and medium-sized…
McDonough staying with Basel II, Crockett leaving BIS
BASEL, SWITZERLAND - New York Federal Reserve Bank president William McDonough said in July he would continue as head of the group of global banking regulators drafting the controversial Basel II bank capital rules until the job was done.
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McDonough staying with Basel II, Crockett leaving BIS
BASEL II UPDATE
BIS head defends Basel II complexity
BASEL II UPDATE
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
Op risk floor removed to give flexibility
BASEL II UPDATE
Volatility dealers’ conundrum
Margins on dollar-denominated swaptions and constant maturity swaps have narrowed sharply. This is great for clients, but dealers are caught in a bind. Gallagher Polyn asks why
Clearing the obstacles
Credit quality is essential to every energy firm’s success, as recent problems at Aquila and Dynegy attest. Couple this with the post-Enron threat of increased regulation for OTC energy derivatives and it is clear that the energy trading market needs…