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UK FSA plays good cop, bad cop on insider trading
The UK Financial Services Authority is taking a hardline approach to insider trading, increasingly carrying out criminal investigations. But at the same time it is asking firms to work with it by providing information to build a bigger picture of what’s…
Sheen: The FSA's go-to guy for op risk
Andrew Sheen at the UK Financial Services Authority has rapidly become one of the most respected experts in operational risk, perhaps due to his clear vision of where the profession needs to go and what it must do to get there.
Dealing with funding on uncollateralised swaps
Many banks are now using their own cost of funding as a discount rate when pricing non-collateralised swaps trades. How are banks dealing with the difference in funding rates when quoting derivatives prices, and could this influence a client’s choice of…
Data spikes pose problems for risk management
Recent crises have drummed home that banks need to calculate risk exposures in as close to real time as possible. To do that, risk managers need to process huge amounts of data, but current systems often lack the capability. How can banks address this…
Variable annuities face more hedging challenges in Asia
Variable returns
Prime broking in Asia finds new equilibrium
Primed for business
Global regulation may stifle Australian economic growth
The right medicine?
Fixed income gains interest in Australia
Gaining interest
Stricter supervision in South Korea
Stricter supervision
Financial firms enter commodities arena
High stakes
Australian inflation market boosted by linker issuance
Linker limitations
Derivatives scrutiny increases as global standardisation progresses
The importance of operations
Asian supervisors look to central clearing
Clearing the way
