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EU financial transaction tax may drive Asian banks away from European business
Eleven EU states have agreed to implement a harmonised financial transaction tax, due to begin in January 2014. The tax has a huge extraterritorial reach, posing serious questions about its impact on Asia
Vendor risk a growing concern for regulators
Vendor agenda
Cultural failures at JP Morgan, Barclays and HBOS
Crisis of over-confidence
People: Credit Suisse names Brian Chan head of equity derivatives sales in Asia
Credit Suisse adds Chan in Asia
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
Balancing act
The infrastructure investment challenge for insurers
Financing the growth agenda
Data fragmentation hampers oversight
The G-20 had hoped the reporting of OTC derivatives trades would give regulators an opportunity to spot the build-up of systemic risk. But domestic reporting requirements, a lack of standard data formats and local privacy laws are preventing supervisors…
Hedge funds take collateral management to heart
Protecting collateral
Natural gas market tempts hedge funds
Filling up
Defence against IP theft in financial services
The last few years have seen several high profile criminal and civil cases over the theft of intellectual property from financial institutions. Legal battles, however, are extremely complex and expensive, so firms need to ensure they have adequate…
Standardise op risk reporting, RBS’s Spielmann says
Despite the crisis giving operational risk the recognition it deserves, its value continues to be called into question. Craig Spielmann, head of operational risk at RBS Americas, talks about learning from credit and market risk practices and the benefits…
Regulatory web tightening for structured products, Iosco report shows
A consultation report by the international consortium of securities regulators shows more, not less, regulation is the likely endgame for the world's markets. Yakob Peterseil analyses the trend towards interventionism
Alternative Fund Administration Survey
Single-manager hedge fund admin assets prosper while FoHFs suffer
Overreliance on outsourcing is a growing risk for asset managers
Regulators are turning their attention to reliance on outsourcing – but there may be little that asset managers can do to reverse the trend, even if they wanted to
Absorbing institutional inflows is biggest challenge for hedge funds
Shifting situations
Structured Products Americas Awards 2013: JP Morgan takes top spot
Structured Products Americas Awards 2013: the winners!
US structurer of the year: Credit Suisse
US structurer of the year
Index innovation of the year: Barclays
Index innovation of the year: Barclays
Structured products house of the year, Americas: JP Morgan
Structured products house of the year, Americas
House of the year, Latin America: BBVA Bancomer
House of the year, Latin America: BBVA Bancomer
US distributor of the year: Incapital
US distributor of the year: Incapital
House of the year, Canada: Desjardins
House of the year, Canada: Desjardins
Law firm of the year: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Law firm of the year: Davis Polk & Wardwell