Feature
House of the year, Japan - BNP Paribas
Structured Products Asia Awards 2006
New and improved
Software Survey 2006
Liquidity's new routes
Listed Options
Over the wall
Compliance
India deadline delay ‘for the best’ says KPMG
A new KPMG survey shows the revised Indian deadline of March 2009 should boost Basel II take-up
BCBS issue paper on credit risk concentration
A recent research task force project reviews the impact of credit risk on levels of bank distress
HKMA finalises its new rules for Banking Capital and Disclosure
The results of the process will be implemented from start of January 2007
Lessons learnt
This year was one of unprecedented volatility for energy markets, yet it also marked a step-change in market maturity. Energy Risk asked some key players what they see as the defining events of 2006 and how they will affect behaviour in 2007. By Stella…
Valid Assumptions Required: advanced volatility measures
In the next article of his VAR series, Brett Humphreys discusses more advanced methods for estimating volatility.
Changes at intra-day
Nord Pool and the European Energy Exchange are going head-to-head in an effort to deliver intra-day trading to Germany's power market. Oliver Holtaway investigates
Uncertainty hampers forward planning
The long-term investment plans of US utilities are being hampered by regional regulatory ambiguity and a string of failed mergers. David Watkins investigates
Urge to merge
The landscape for US commodity exchanges is undergoing considerable change, with many heavyweight names announcing mergers or new co-operations. David Watkins looks at what this will mean for energy trading
More than just talking about the weather
Energy Risk launched the Environmental Risk brand on October 17, with an e-symposium on the weather risk market, which attracted over 500 online delegates. A range of other online conferences on emissions and renewables will follow
Food for fuel
In part II of our investigation into the attraction of 'cleantech' investment, Catherine Lacoursière looks at the growth of biofuel plants, and asks: does the world have enough feedstock to power them?
The tools investors use to price securitisations
Evaluating ABS
A covenant for change
A sharp rise in LBO risk - thanks mainly to private equity funds' groaning warchests - has forced credit investors to look to protect themselves by pressurising issuers to include more robust covenant language in their offerings. So does this mean that…
US managers set the pace in European CLO market
The burgeoning market for collateralised loan obligations in Europe has attracted the attention of large, established US managers, keen to get a piece of the action. So what effect is this influx of transatlantic thoroughbreds having on the European CLO…
Is da documentation working?
CDS on CDOs
What's hitting the headlines in Germany's credit market?
The German credit market might be more famous for Mittelstand financing and Pfandbriefe, but recent developments in mezz securitisation and the hitherto unheralded hybrid market have captured the attention of investors and issuers alike. Duncan Wood…
BBA puts weight behind UK fraud review
FINANCIAL CRIME
The birth of LatAML
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
Academics to revise Thomson report
MANAGEMENT
Brazilian agency hears more ML complaints
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
Validate To Accumulate
MODELLING