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Sovereign catastrophe risk transfer in Asia faces barriers
While the region is peril-prone no risk transfer deal has been done at state level
Basel rates split heralds soft landing, banks hope
First consultation paper on banking book interest rate exposure is expected in March
Morgan Stanley names new commodities co-heads
Other commodities moves at Danske Commodities, Evolution Markets & Mercuria
Banks struggle with tough rules on beneficial ownership
New systems and processes necessary to prevent illicit money flows
Korea equity derivatives reform fails to impress dealers
Attempts to reboot a stalling Kospi will fall short according to market players
In limbo: insurers await PRA views on matching adjustment
Industry hoping for favourable outcome from pre-applications
Proposed UK fraud law takes aim at companies
Firms could be prosecuted for failing to prevent economic crime
CCPs confront the difficult maths of default management
The next time a big dealer defaults, it will hit a host of swap clearing houses simultaneously
Mariner: improve liquidity with non-bank broker dealers
Hedge funds need to step in, says CIO Williams
Q&A: Stefan Ingves, Basel Committee, on Europe, the NSFR and capital floors
Governor of Swedish central bank discusses the quest for Basel III consistency
Allianz plans to expand low-risk alternatives
Doubling in assets shows demand for low-return investments
Bond holdout provisions ‘could be challenged as oppression'
Hedge fund activism - trends and predictions for 2015
Insurers struggle to manage risk of infrastructure U-turns
Mitigating political risk is tough, but more can be done
EU ETS to become bigger priority for industrials
Strengthening prices increase need for risk management, firms say
Fund of hedge fund winners offer strategy picks
Culross's Chris Keen says small-name banks are undervalued
Lessons from Japan for Europe's life firms
Insurance failures at the end of the 1990s show how not to survive low rates
Dodd-Frank reporting lets traders prey on hedgers
Hedging transactions by end-users exposed by CFTC reporting rules
Bank de-risking pushes clients into unregulated arena
Due diligence requirements prompting banks to axe financial services
Dealers waiting for answers in CFTC cross-border conundrum
Contingency plans to relocate US staff remain on ice
First shots fired in new EU battle over CVA
EBA says "not a viable option" to ignore charge; MEP Ferber warns on business impact
SEC 'broken windows' policy draws new critics
Is the regulator's goal of trying to be everywhere feasible or even desirable?
AAD vs GPUs: banks turn to maths trick as chips lose appeal
A maths trick is taking on – and beating – fancy chips as banks try to boost their computing power
Investors underestimating smart beta risks, academics warn
Investors warned over opaque methodologies and crowded trades
Viral campaign: How firms should plan for pandemic risk
Ebola outbreak forces financial services companies to revisit plans to deal with pandemic disease