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Q1 scapegoats: energy and weather

Risk’s second quarterly round-up of corporate risk disclosures provides some evidence that companies are becoming more forthcoming. But losses on hedgeable exposures, especially energy and weather, continued to plague many

Getting the deal done

Falling equity valuations have made funding a merger or acquisition with stock difficult. Equity derivatives dealers are devising and updating hedges to ensure deals get done despite the bear market. Rob Dwyer examines the latest techniques

An aggressive agenda

Dresdner’s chief risk officer, Heinrich Linz, is masterminding a credit revolution at the German bank.

Banks bid for Roman risk management

Comune di Roma – the City of Rome – is close to awarding a mandate for the risk management of its €6 billion of outstanding debt, said bankers involved in a beauty parade city authorities have been holding over recent weeks.

A cost/benefit approach to Basel II

The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…

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