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LDCE results show risk sensitivity in US banks, says Rosengren
NEW YORK – Initial results of the loss data collection exercise (LDCE) show that US Basel II banks are holding operational risk capital that is proportional to their losses, according to Eric Rosengren, senior vice-president at the Federal Reserve Bank…
ABN Amro expands commodity-trading team, opens Singapore office
Dutch bank ABN Amro has made several commodity trading and marketing hires in London and New York, and opened an office in Singapore.
Basel Committee calls for dialogue on ERM
MONTE CARLO – Ryozo Himino, secretary general of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, called on bankers and regulators to engage in a constructive dialogue to achieve the dream of real enterprise-wide risk management, in a keynote speech at the…
Barclays Capital in first Leba carbon index trade
Barclays Capital has completed the first financial carbon trade using the new Leba Carbon Index for "a significant volume" of EU emissions allowances.
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UK regulator appoints new director of enforcement
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK's financial services watchdog, has appointed Margaret Cole as its new director of enforcement. She will report to John Tiner, chief executive of the FSA.
Avoid the Pitfalls of Basel II
The rush to reach Basel II compliance can present an assortment of roadblocks and hurdles for investment banks, but they don’t have to stall your schedule.
RWE Trading reorganises coal, oil and freight ops
Alex Thistlethwayte has joined RWE Trading, part of German utility RWE, as head of a new department, Global Commodities Trading. He was previously director of oil trading at Deutsche Bank in London and has also traded natural gas at BP. The move is part…
TFS continues expansion with Arc Oil purchase
Connecticut-based broker TFS is in fierce expansion mode: yesterday it announced its purchase of oil broker Arc Oil, an oil broker headquartered in Houston. This follows TFS’s recent opening of a Houston office and re-entering US coal and emissions…
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