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Attacks on US demonstrate extremes of operational risk
FRONT PAGE NEWS
A new role for op risk insurance
BASLE II UPDATE
Exchanges mobilise, react
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Basle regulators to study insurers' reaction to US attacks
BASLE II UPDATE
Disaster recovery -- the new Y2K?
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
The Basle II timetable
BASLE II UPDATE
EU welcomes Basle regulators' op risk paper
BASLE II UPDATE
Airline exposures threaten Landesbank ratings
Germany’s state-controlled Landesbanks could see their premier ‘AAA’ ratings downgraded due to large exposure to the airline industry. Landesbanks, which have carved a niche in airline financing in the past few years, have gross exposures to the airline…
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Asia Risk
Movers and shakers
Jeff Benjamin looks at the challenges that foundations and endowments pose
A breezy outlook
Equities Equities seen lower in the autumn
The bigger picture
Paul Moore of PM Capital says there is more to be learnt through assessing corporate behaviour than panicking over the more fickle markets
Visionary business
A new breed of traders is sweeping the market, being taught to trade across multi-markets using sophisticated software on their laptops rather than the now largely defunct trading floor
A tactical defence
Equity hedge funds SSI is preparing itself with a defensive strategy until the world economy improves