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House of the year, India - ICICI Bank
Asia Risk Awards 2006
House of the year, Taiwan - Polaris Financial Group
Asia Risk Awards 2006
Excepción a la regla
Valor en riesgo
Apuntando pequeño
Derivados estructurados
Enterprise 2.0: the next generation
A growing number of banks are using Web 2.0 technologies within their risk management, trading and research operations. Clive Davidson looks at how blogs, wikis and podcasts are being applied by financial services companies
Asuntos internos
Basilea II
Reinventando el fondo
Fondos de hedge funds
Barreras a la sofisticación
Gestión de carteras de crédito
Inflacionando el mercado
Inflación
Driven to distraction
Pension funds
The correlation debate
Retail Portfolio Risk
A quiet revolution
Governments have traditionally kept their limited use of derivatives close to their chests. But some sovereigns are now broadening their mandates to encompass a wider array of risks and they are increasingly turning to the derivatives markets. By Navroz…
Defining copulas
Masterclass
The ratings race
Hedge funds
A twist on the Arm
Mortgage finance
Coup hits CDS markets
Thailand
Promulgating pro-cyclicality
Collaboration between financial supervisors has never been higher. But as the regulation of banks and insurance companies becomes increasingly homogenised, fears are growing about the possibility that the new rules will increase the severity of a global…
A successor to VAR?
Regulators may be pressing banks to more rigorously stress test their portfolios, but when it comes to how hedge funds apply the technique, debate remains as to how and what they should be testing. John Ferry reports
Isda and IACPM endorse credit capital model
Lead trade associations have called for a credit capital model that calculates regulatory capital using an internal models-based approach.
Industry and regulators argue over Basel II NPR conservatism and competition
Arguments over how Basel II should be implemented in the US came to the fore at the US Senate hearing.
Principles-based regulation is key to innovation and competition, says FSA chief executive
Principles provide efficient and effective regulation, making prescribed rules obsolete, according to John Tiner.
Just in: NPR published
US regulators are seeking comments for Basel II.
The road to Basel II
The new Basel capital Accord is creating headaches for banks around the globe. However, Middle Eastern institutions that offer Islamic banking products have even more hurdles to jump. By John Ferry