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Constructing an operational event database
Michael Haubenstock of US bank Capital One outlines a framework for an event database, formulated with current US regulatory guidance on the subject in mind. The text is an abstract from The Basel Handbook, which has just been published by Risk Books.
Dollar's fall may be complete as interest rates look set to rise
Foreign exchange
Dealing with a dwindling dollar
Corporates
Sophistication and integration
Performance and risk
Dabbling in hedge funds
Asset allocation
Rhodia in a corner
News
Funding the tube
Charles T Yerkes
An unsure future
CP195
Back in the game
High-yield cable
Sector roundup
Sectors
No strings attached
louise purtle
The one-year lag
market graphics
The iconoclast of Brooklyn
Profile
OpRisk accord sans frontières?
Capital Accord Comment
Ex-Merrill Lynch energy trader pleads guilty to fraud
At 24, Daniel Gordon headed Merrill Lynch's energy trading business. He has now pleaded guilty to a $43 million fraud.
Sibling rivalry
argentina
A complex framework
Many Japanese financial institutions now conduct their derivatives business through their securities firms, but there are a number of legal risks in using a securities dealer as a derivatives trading entity, writes Tan Ser Kiat of Denton Wilde Sapte…
Preemptive strike
The prospect of Eliot Spitzer launching a probe into fixed-income research has prompted the BMA to draw up a set of guiding principles for the industry. But some investors are questioning the motivation for such an initiative.
Parmalat focus: Tragedy or farce?
Corporate Europe has been gripped by a scandal that has led to the downfall of one of Italy's largest and most established companies – dairy producer Parmalat. Bondholders don't know whether to laugh or cry at the size of the fraud.