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Legg Mason Gets a Leg Up on Disclosure
Baltimore-based Legg Mason is one of the first firms to tap software to comply with NASD Rule 2711 about disclosing conflicts of interest.
Reaping integration rewards
In the October issue of Risk, Clive Davidson discussed the integration of ALM and ERM technology. Here, in a second article, he profiles the firms that have tackled this project and reviews the challenges, advantages and pitfalls of the integration…
Hunter hunted
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LNG: handling flexibility risk
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Looking to the long term
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Clearer waters for ratings
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Internal risk rating systems for banks
Sponsored article
Deconstructing the market
High yield
Trouble from above
Pension funds
Slim pickings
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Reaping integration rewards
In the October issue of Risk, Clive Davidson discussed the integration of ALM and ERM technology. Here, in a second article, he profiles the firms that have tackled this project and reviews the challenges, advantages and pitfalls of the integration…
Fuelling doubts
Violence and uncertainty in the Middle East have caused energy market volatility to soar, testing the mettle of even the most sophisticated corporate hedgers. Will it prove to be the last straw for the world’s ailing airlines? Navroz Patel reports
RiskNews review
October’s leading stories from RiskNews. Breaking news on derivatives and risk management, see RiskNews – www.RiskNews.net
Banding together for SME credit risk analytics
Germany’s banking associations are taking a leading role in getting the country’s fragmented banking sector ready to comply with the Basel II capital Accord. Germany’s savings banks association, in particular, says it has internal ratings-based systems…
How to gain from risk premia
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JP Morgan Chase markets CDO with equity puts in Asia
JP Morgan Chase has begun marketing synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) with embedded equity put options to a small number of investors in Asia-Pacific. This type of structure is aimed at sidestepping the sometimes-thorny issue of…
Weather risk market remains buoyant, claims Clemmons
The global weather risk market is still healthy, despite high profile departures from the market, speakers told delegates at Risk 's WeatherRisk conference in London today.
Gensec structures first South African weather derivatives contract
ZZ2 Ceres, one of South Africa’s largest fruit and vegetables businesses, has become the first company in the country to use weather derivatives. Its frost protection contract was structured by Gensec Bank, and runs from October 14 to November 30 2002…
There may be trouble ahead
The Harmonic Grid is forecasting an unsettled outlook for the global economy