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High-Yield Industrials
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High-Grade Industrials
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High-Grade Utilities
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High-Grade Autos
Credit awards 2002
SunGard sets out plans for Guardian
DISASTER RECOVERY
Split-operations recovery model is in vogue post-September 11
DISASTER RECOVERY
UK insurance op risk rules could be curtailed by EU indecision
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
India/Pakistan war threat underlines planning need
DISASTER RECOVERY
UK could require more op risk capital from insurance firms from 2004
INSURANCE REGULATION
A slow evolution
Credit risk
Credit Markets Update: Spreads widen on weak earnings and equity news
Most of the activity in the credit derivatives markets was again seen in the volatile telecoms sector, with five-year spreads on UK telco mm02 widening by around 20 basis points to 440bp/460bp following weak earnings results on Tuesday, which caused its…
Nymex sets margins for OTC clearing
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) has set margins for the 25 over–the-counter derivatives contracts it will be clearing from May 31.
Credit Lyonnais to trade weather risk
Credit Lyonnais has set up a weather derivatives unit, adding to the recent thrust of new entrants into the embryonic market. Peter Brewer, who joins Credit Lyonnais from US energy firm Aquila, will head the London-based weather desk.
JP Morgan Chase may exit European energy business
JP Morgan Chase has lost nine of its energy derivatives traders, fuelling speculation that the US investment bank may close its energy operations, at least in Europe, following widespread cost-cutting and restructuring.
Dexia rolls out SunGard’s BancWare to new offices
Belgium’s Dexia Bank is to extend its use of SunGard's BancWare for interest rate risk management to 14 offices in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland and the US.
UK and Danish greenhouse gas allowance schemes see first swap
Anglo-Dutch energy major Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Danish electricity supplier Elsam completed the first greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions swap between government-backed allowance schemes on May 7.