Energy
Pricing debate bedevils employee option accounting
US corporates are lining up to advertise their virtue by being the latest to account for their employee stock options as an expense. But with no consensus on how to price these instruments, will it bring more clarity or confusion?
A role reversal
Credit risk
Practitioner analysis: Reaping the advantages of Basel II
David Stone of Zions Bancorporation describes how the US bank plans to underpin its enterprise-wide risk management by implementing the Basel II accord’s advanced approaches to measuring operational risk.
Opportunities offered in UK market with new Odey fund
hugh hendry to manage odey's fourth pan-european fund
German focus: Trouble below deck
Despite weathering a number of storms over the past decade, notably reunification and monetary union, the German economy is facing a new threat.
OTC power market down by 60% as firms switch to regulated markets
There has been a sharp decline in the number of over-the-counter gas and power contracts since the demise of Houston-based energy trader Enron. Firms initiating power trades are increasingly conducting them via exchanges or through their clearing…
Market mind games
PETROLEUM
After the swashbucklers
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Brent changes promise stability
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Green risks for the black stuff
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A towering success
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Confusion over a barrel
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Boston-based AIR releases terrorism risk model
AIR Worldwide, a Boston-based catastrophe and weather risk modelling company, today released what it claims is the first commercially available terrorism risk model. The model estimates the financial impact of insured property and workers' compensation…
Creative solutions for unique problems
Credit risk
The Hunt For Terrorist Cash
One month after the attacks on Sept. 11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. Now every financial firm in the country is a deputy in the search for terrorist funding.
Meeting in the middle
Cover story
Trouble below deck
German focus
Nykredit Markets’ mortgage prepayment model
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Euro derivatives in the Nordic markets
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Creating successful clearing solutions
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BNP Paribas cancels Asian CLO
New angles