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Candriam finds momentum with New York Life
Dexia AM undergoes transformation with sale to NY Life
Insurance risk managers draw on unstructured data
Latest analytical tools helping insurers to sift through their data
Looking back: oil market's future is different from its past
"Financial revolution" can no longer be ignored, argues Krapels
Asia dealers review CCP risk management approaches
Shanghai Clearing House lags regional peers, say market participants
AIFMD warning on ‘informal' risk management
Risk regulation under the alternative investment fund managers directive is not simply a series of data points, says SS&C's James Ramenda
Asia corporates hesitate to hedge out interest rate risk
Negative carry versus short-term rates is deterring firms from hedging
Dalian iron ore contract boosts overall market liquidity
Rather than acting as a rival to SGX, DCE complements its Singapore counterpart, insiders say
Morgan Stanley crowns King as head of oil liquids
Other commodities moves at BAML, Freepoint, GDF Suez & Goldman Sachs
Variable annuity sales recover in Japan as insurers revise hedging strategies
Simplified product design and buoyant equity markets combine to revive Japan VA market
Firms expect power market coupling to have tangible impact
Market participants expect to see lower vol and cross-border spreads
Applied risk management series: Active VAR management
How to actively manage the value-at-risk of energy derivatives
Banks battle for share of burgeoning Asia repo market
Basel III pushes US and European banks to Asia
Counting the cost of reform – Isda end-user survey
Systemic risk is down, but not due to G-20 reforms, say end-users
The black art of FVA, part II: Conditioning chaos
Banks under pressure to join JP Morgan and others that have embraced FVA - but complexity is huge and consensus elusive
Volatility suppression eases fears of emerging markets contagion
EM volatility remains contained – for now
SEC mistaken to assume ETNs are retail products, say critics
Regulator urged to focus on sophisticated and institutional investors
Green indexes: a sustainable future?
Differing selection criteria mean some ethical indexes are purer than others
Pro bono banking: The rise of risk solutions groups
Cross-asset groups are increasingly in vogue, but patience is key
OTC reforms: Numbers only tell part of the story
Derivatives reform glass is half-empty for regulators
Dealers push ‘margin-sharing’ as answer to collateral crunch
Approach would be twice as efficient as planned uncleared margin regime, dealers claim
Foreign banks say new Fed rules could force them out of repo markets
Repo and securities lending “will be the first casualties of the new Fed standards”
American hedge funds dominate AUM
US hedge fund market is four times the size of the UK's
Polar vortex revives interest in gas and power hedging
Weather-driven volatility highlights need for risk management
China looks beyond commodity derivatives with equity options launch
New equity options on two exchanges