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Possible CME move for Nymex muddies the waters
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's potential bid for a stake in the New York Mercantile Exchange could further heighten tensions at Nymex over the agreed deal with General Atlantic. That's if the CME comes up with a concrete proposal
FPL/Constellation merger could be tip of iceberg
High gas prices look set to usher in a wave of fresh consolidation in the utility sector, as companies strive to save costs
Dealing with default
Credit Derivatives
Redefining equity-linked
Equity-linked securities
MiFID support high, despite the costs
OR&C INTELLIGENCE
The View on Flu
Should life companies worry about bird flu? Swiss Re says yes, but Munich Re and a host of primary insurers claim the risks can be overstated. Richard Irving reports
The CRO road
In just over two months all US-based hedge funds with more than 15 investors and/or $25 million under management will have their own dedicated chief compliance officer.
A pillar of solvency
Paul Sharma, head of policy for banking, insurance and securities at the UK's Financial Services Authority, talks about life at the sharp end of insurance reform. Nicholas Dunbar reports
Basel II: What If?
Investment firms are relying on scenario analysis to gauge their operational risk.
Perspectives - Phillip Straley
Phillip Straley, Partner, global financial services risk management, Ernst & Young
Legal spotlight
Helen Marshall, an attorney at Bingham McCutchen in London, reveals the seven deadly sins of the Market Abuse Directive in the UK
Copper-bottomed pot of gold
metals/softs
Fantastic plastic's path to liquidity
plastic contracts
Beyond Universal appeal
Risk, not returns, governs the way Stenham Advisors look at managing money. And after a century in the business, who's to say they're wrong - certainly not investors, whose assets with Stenham have just passed $1billion.
A conference to remember
Structured Products Europe 2005
Alternative investment products
Alternative investment products: Introduction
Playing on correlation
Alternative investment products: Commodity hybrids
Coal turns a corner
Asian coal-trading is still proving a tough nut to crack. But the underlying market is developing, and a growing need for better risk management suggests it is only a matter of time before a paper market takes off
Prepay agreements - The ten-year pitch
Standard & Poor's recently passed the $1 billion mark in terms of natural gas prepayment deals it has rated since 2003. Joe Marsh looks at how these work and why municipal utilities might want to consider them