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Insurance firms look to time their volatility hedging
Firms consider the return of more volatile conditions
How to build a conduct and culture risk metric system
Measuring conduct risk and culture is now a priority for banks
Banks struggle to meet know-your-customer requirements
Regional KYC requirements adding to global regulatory burden
Wadhwani advocates defensive hedge fund position
Tough environment for CTAs likely to end as interest rates start to rise
USS IM cajoles hedge funds to behave better
Corporate governance initiatives gain traction with funds and investors
Fairness agenda raises concerns for Swedish insurers
New bonus distribution rules would have negative effects, say practitioners
Marathon: expand hedge fund role in Europe's capital markets
Hedge funds to follow US model by taking on bank risks
Shanghai looks to create freight derivative markets
China makes regionally established commodity benchmarks a policy aim
Insurers seek to consolidate proliferation of models
Insurers seek an easier way to generate reports as regulations rise
Sharp downward moves in EM currencies hurt corporates
Corporates were under-hedged due to high cost of carry versus dollar
Equity strategy launches turn post-crisis corner
Reversal of three-year negative alternative equity sentiment
Quants: how they shaped the modern energy market
Application of quantitative analysis to energy was far from smooth
JP Morgan and Mercuria reveal post-transaction plans
Other commodities moves at Icap, PetroChina, BAML & Evolution Markets
Investors look to profit from record low equity volatility
Hedge funds holding their nerve in game of volatility limbo
Dealers opt to break reporting rules in privacy clash
No easy solution as European and US reporting rules collide with foreign laws
Out of office: banks debate merits of shared processing
Sliding profits are prompting banks to take a new look at an old idea – an industry run back-office utility
Investors poised as banks weigh fixed-income spin-offs
Ultra-high-net-worth investors ready to sink $300 million into market-making revolution
Deutsche and JP Morgan bet on fixed-income muscle
Biggest dealers claim complete, global franchises will have an edge as rivals retreat
Banks spend to save in fixed-income efficiency drive
Wastefulness of 20-year bull market will take years to reverse, dealers expect
More 'adult supervision' needed, SEC's Muoio tells conference
Regulation the main topic at Structured Products Americas
European gas hubs stand to benefit from crisis in Ukraine
Crisis thought likely to accelerate shift towards hub-based pricing
US muni treasurers warn LCR could crimp spending
If US regulators do not count muni debt as highly liquid, issuers fear financing cost rise
Structured product providers eye pension-specific investments
Hopes structured products will soon find a place in pensions
India election drives record equity derivatives volumes
Post-election rally likely to further increase sales later this year