Feature
The complex life
Reference Data
A whole new game
Loan Sales
Introduction
Islamic finance
Secondary thoughts
Secondary Market
Real Estate
Introduction
The plight of permanent capital
Permanent capital vehicles have been touted as a solution for alternative asset managers seeking stable long-term financing. However, the market has all but closed to new business, prompting deal sponsors to rethink the way these vehicles are structured…
Promulgating pro-cyclicality
Systemic Risk
Short Tempers
Equities Short
Trading by numbers
Quantitative Trading
Setting a template
China
Comeback for convertibles?
Taiwan
UK FSA’s risk assessment framework updated
Changes to the risk-based regulatory framework used by the Financial Services Authority in the UK has been issued today. The report was published by the regulator as a part of a scheduled series addressing the Advanced, Risk-Response Operating FrameWork …
Likely UK client categorisation proposals for Mifid set out
UK regulator Financial Services Authority (FSA) has outlined the upcoming client categorisation consultations and proposals that will need to be addressed before the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) is implemented next year.
India to implement Basel II by March 2007
Indian banks will be required to begin implementing Basel II by March 31, 2007 to align current banking practices with international standards, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced.
BIS releases principles for business continuity
Comment letters received from the Bank for International Settlements on high-level principles for business continuity have been published. The resulting overview for ‘High level principles for business continuity’ provides the revisions to the business…
Interwoven launches new processing platform
US-based technology firm Interwoven has launched a new structured products processing platform. Scrittura P2P is the latest in its range of OTC processing solutions.
Barclays launches new offshore deposit range
Barclays has launched two new structured deposits offering exposure to three equity and two property indexes. The Guaranteed Minimum Return Equity Account has a three-year term and the Guaranteed Equity Deposit Account has a five-year term.
FTSE and JSE launch dividend index
FTSE and the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) have launched a tradable index. The FTSE/JSE Dividend Index takes companies from the FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index and FTSE/JSE Mid Cap Index, excluding real estate companies, and ranks them by their one-year…
Standard Bank goes live with credit risk management solution
An international bank has gone live with a counterparty credit risk management solution today that will also help it achieve Basel II compliance in key areas of its business. Standard Bank announced that the first phase of its solution on a single global…
Communication with regulators is key for regulating foreign banks in the US, says Fed VP
Home regulators and foreign banks operating in the US must increase communication and collaboration to ensure smooth regulatory compliance, said the executive vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Rutledge, speaking at the…
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CEBS releases questionnaire on commodities business and commodity firms
HSBC launches Singapore's first principal protected retail note
HSBC has launched what it claims to be the first principal protected note developed for retail investors in Singapore.