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Switching from UK GAAP unlikely to boost hedge fund profits
Accountants caution UK managers seeking IFRS tax arbitrage
Oil rout roils E&P and airline hedging strategies
Price dive rewards producers with cautious risk management practices
The tensions behind Hong Kong's RBC compromise
Large and small firms take different views of best way forward
Republicans in Congress set to push Dodd-Frank fixes
End-user relief has good shot at surviving Obama veto, observers say
Cyber insurance targets wayward threat – as best it can
Questions over policy design and coverage blight nascent industry
Northill: bubble building for direct lending strategies
Cat bonds, high yield, US distressed, infrastructure risky too
Regulation makes data top concern for energy traders
Firms worry about integrating data for EU and US trade reporting rules
Solvency II actuarial role lacks clarity, say critics
Country differences could add expense and create confusion
Oil-linked structured products: investors take the plunge
Price drop and volatility spike drives interest in oil-linked structures
Bitcoin technology could slash transaction risk in banking
Using cryptography to validate transactions may transform finance
Leverage ratio threat to Eurodollar liquidity
Cost of benchmark contract will rise and liquidity will fall, clearers warn
Grim repo: clearing touted as saviour for shrinking market
CCPs wary of risks as they vie to launch buy-side repo services
Hit the floor: banks fear Basel curbs for capital models
Regulators argue a backstop is needed to avoid too-low modelled numbers
Regulatory caution slows India derivatives market development
India is courting global cash but barriers remain to foreign participation in market
Clash of rules threatens to split Swedish insurers
Firms will face difficult choices when joint insurance-pensions regime ends
Sovereign catastrophe risk transfer in Asia faces barriers
While the region is peril-prone no risk transfer deal has been done at state level
Basel rates split heralds soft landing, banks hope
First consultation paper on banking book interest rate exposure is expected in March
Morgan Stanley names new commodities co-heads
Other commodities moves at Danske Commodities, Evolution Markets & Mercuria
Banks struggle with tough rules on beneficial ownership
New systems and processes necessary to prevent illicit money flows
Korea equity derivatives reform fails to impress dealers
Attempts to reboot a stalling Kospi will fall short according to market players
In limbo: insurers await PRA views on matching adjustment
Industry hoping for favourable outcome from pre-applications
Proposed UK fraud law takes aim at companies
Firms could be prosecuted for failing to prevent economic crime
CCPs confront the difficult maths of default management
The next time a big dealer defaults, it will hit a host of swap clearing houses simultaneously
Mariner: improve liquidity with non-bank broker dealers
Hedge funds need to step in, says CIO Williams