Feature
Taking the slow road
CDOs
A tale of two structures
Securitisation
A seasonal evening
End-user survey
Back on the ranch
Profile: Ralph Liu
Cash for old smoke
Carbon emissions
Keeping it simple
Profile: Towngas
China's changing face
China
Called to account
Japan auditing
Sweet and sour
Crude oil
A classic chinese recipe
Profile: Jean-Philippe Frignet
Correlation confusion
Retail Portfolio Risk
VAR breakdown
Risk Management
Risk at the margin
Portfolio Margining
Laying the foundations
Credit Portfolio Management
Filling niches
Structured Products
Burnt by contango
Investors have poured tens of billions of dollars into commodity index products, but some claim the flood of capital has caused structural changes in commodity markets. And as spot prices fall, it could lead to an exodus of cash from these investments…
Still much to do
Basel II
Taking stock in shanghai
Q&A: James Liu
Money laundering regulation accounts for the majority of financial administrative burden for firms in the UK
Regulation pertaining to money laundering accounts for 42.77% of all financial administrative burdens, according to the UK’s financial services authority (FSA) progress report on its better regulation action plan (BRAP).
UK Treasury releases summary of responses to transposition guidelines of the CRD
The Treasury in the UK has published a summary of responses to its call for comments on the transposition of the capital requirements directive (CRD).
Convergence on credit
Spurred on by Solvency II, insurance companies are refining their approach to managing credit risk. As a result, some insurers' credit risk management methods are beginning to converge with those favoured by banks. By Rachel Wolcott
Euronext lists first leveraged ETF on Nasdaq-100
Euronext Paris has listed its first leveraged ETF based on a US equity index. The product, based on the Nasdaq-100 Index, is structured by Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM), a subsidiary of the Société Générale Group.
To hedge or not to hedge
While new derivatives-accounting standard IAS 39 should not in itself drive business decisions, reviewing risk-management practices as a result of the new rules may be no bad thing for corporates, says Duncan Mansfield