Energy

Re-energising Nymex

In his first year as president of Nymex, Bo Collins has launched a series of ground-breaking product initiatives. Now he’s mulling credit mitigation tools for the besieged energy trading industry

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.

UK accepts large banks could use basic op risk approach

LONDON - The UK’s chief financial market watchdog said in July it accepted that a large international bank could use the basic indicator approach, the simplest of the three approaches to calculating operational risk capital charges proposed under the…

Beyond the pail

Australia’s regulator has hinted that it may work outside of the Basel Accord to set its own risk weightings for residential mortgages if adjustments aren’t made, writes Nick Sawyer.

Evolution Markets launches weather desk

New York-based environmental and energy broker Evolution Markets has returned to the weather derivatives sector with the launch of a weather desk, six years after it brokered its first over-the-counter weather deal.

How Japan got it covered

The fast-growing Japanese weather derivatives market is unique in both its product diversity and the range of small business end-users it serves. But where are the big players? Rob Dwyer reports

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