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Debate on hedge fund domicile continues as managers find alternative solutions
Domicile debate persists
Unprecedented volatility set to continue into 2013
What factors are driving volatility in the equity markets?
Different preferences create divided implementation of Basel III
A matter of taste
Having a buy-side voice heard on the Isda board
Having a voice on the Isda board
Managing the regulatory patchwork to ensure global consistency
Managing the regulatory patchwork
A turning tide for two-way CSAs?
A turning tide for two-way CSAs?
Cutting complexity with a new standard CSA
Cutting complexity
Cross-border confusion between domestic clearing houses
Cross-border confusion
Mitigating the risk of organised crime on banks' call centres
A balanced defence
Why, when and how should loss data be scaled?
Economies of scale
Q&A: Jean-Paul Servais on the FSMA's moratorium
Regulator Q&A: Jean-Paul Servais of the FSMA
Fixed-income ETFs lure the bulls, despite outflows
Fixed-income slowdown
Alpha commodity indexes: a sustainable source of absolute returns?
The alpha trackers
China looks to offshore ETFs
Looking beyond the border
Iron ore derivatives forge ahead on Chinese demand
The iron ore derivatives market is setting new volume records fuelled by higher volatility and increased involvement from Chinese participants. Although financial players are waiting for liquidity to achieve critical mass, dealers say iron ore has the…
First steppes for Mongolian derivatives market
Mongolia's derivatives market is in its infancy – but the promise of future returns is luring international banks to Ulan Bator
Palm oil producers look to lock in high prices
With crude palm oil prices rising 30% in the last six months, interest in hedging downside risk from palm oil producers is on the increase. So are producers locking in prices now or waiting for the market to rise even further?
Regulator Q&A: Grant Spencer, deputy governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Despite New Zealand’s domestic banking sector escaping the worst ravages of the recent financial crisis, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is not wasting any time in introducing the Basel III framework – but with a local twist
Whistleblowers given more incentive in US than UK
When the whistle blows
OpRisk North America highlights the limitations of risk management
Limits and boundaries
Insurers stress liquidity and lapse risk amid concern over interest rate spike
When surrender is an option
Emmanuel Fages departs SG CIB to join Roland Berger
Emmanuel Fages has left his role as head of European energy research at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking to join strategy consultants Roland Berger