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Insolvency: A survival guide
insolvency law
Frustrated investors look to absolute return funds
fund managers
CDOs on the radar
CDOs
The threatto fund managers
Fund management
The great index divide
Funds of funds
The long and winding road
Louise Purtle
Repatriate games
Homeland investment act
IDS: a hybrid tool
product launch
The key to successful client solutions
Dealer Profile
The threat to fund managers
Feature
Insurers weather US storms
New Angles
The revolution starts here
Russian derivatives
Using transaction data to measure op risk
Since 1999, Peter Hughes has led a team of op risk specialists that has studied transaction processing environments in global banking organisations. The focus was on examining and understanding the causes of operational failure. The information and…
Learning from Esops’ fables
Corporate Risk
Age of reason or age of procedure?
The risk management industry's increasing use of sophisticated models and technology – when coupled with poor modelling choices – can cause problems. Stephen Blyth calls for a return to to judgement and reasoning, and a halt to proceduralism.
RBS offers freight derivatives
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has started offering shipping derivatives, in the form of forward freight agreements (FFAs) linked to the transport costs of bulk commodities to its client base.
RBS offers freight derivatives
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has started offering shipping derivatives, in the form of forward freight agreements (FFAs) linked to the transport costs of bulk commodities to its client base.
Ameren on course to buy Illinois Power Company
US energy company Ameren Corp has received Illinois Commerce Commission approval to buy Illinois Power Company (IP) from Houston energy company Dynegy. The $2.3 billion deal – which is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter – still requires…
Will it come out in the wash?
Special focus financial crime
Peabody promotes head of US coal and emissions trading
Missouri-based coal company Peabody Energy has promoted Raphael Pierce to vice-president of trading at its Peabody Coaltrade subsidiary. He will continue to head up US coal and emissions trading, but with added responsibilities.
Refco hires OTC energy broking team
The European arm of New York-based financial services firm Refco has hired two brokers to form an over-the-counter (OTC) energy derivatives team. Glen Ward and Andrew Riddell join Refco Overseas in London from US broker Amerex’s London office.