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Regulation

Profile: A business that's here to stay

Special report: Focus on the USA

01 Apr 2005

Credit markets

Yield boost for CDOs

synthetic CDO market

01 Apr 2005

Structured products

Estimating CO2 prices in the first Kyoto budget period of 2008–2012 is now a key risk-management challenge for utility analysts. Abyd Karmali, Sebastian Foot and Nazim Osmancik look at what is likely to drive prices in this period

01 Apr 2005

Energy

Carbon copycats

Emissions trading

01 Apr 2005

Regulation

Time for transparency

Comment

01 Apr 2005

Exchanges

Polish power exchange chooses OMX software for trading and clearing

In a move to develop its electricity spot and derivatives market, the Polish Power Exchange (PolPX) will use the Condico system from Stockholm-based OMX, the owner and operator of the Swedish stock exchange.

30 Mar 2005

Markets

CAO used “incorrect mark-to-market methodology”

China Aviation Oil (CAO) has published a report into the circumstances surrounding $550 million in oil derivatives losses, which the Singapore-listed firm – supplier of virtually all China’s jet fuel imports – revealed in late November.

29 Mar 2005

Risk management

Time to get motivated on modelling

Lack of historical data is hampering financial firms from creating the type of op risk models they must have in place for Basel II compliance. By Oonagh Leighton

24 Mar 2005

Technology

Sponsor's article > Capitalia Case Study: Effective Integration of Market, Credit and ALM

CAPITALIA BANKING GROUP is one of the top five banking organizations in Italy with total assets of EUR155bn. Based in Rome, the group is the product of the merger of several leading Italian financial institutions over the last two years.

24 Mar 2005

Exchanges

IPE-ECX carbon futures contract faces fierce competition

London’s International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) and the Amsterdam-based European Climate Exchange (ECX) are set to offer CO 2 futures contracts under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).