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Europe’s management companies find new life in AIFMD
Can management companies save hedge funds from the threat of AIFMD?
Energy Risk marks 20 years of covering energy markets
Over two decades, magazine has shared in industry’s highs and lows
US banks worry over fuzzy Fatca requirements
IRS still unclear on compliance details
Renewables subsidy shift brings opportunity for energy firms
Companies see potential in moving into new role as service providers
AIFMD transition causing worries for fund managers
Tight timetable gives Europeans little time to comply
Dispersion predicted in fixed income returns
Managers disagree on diversification benefits of fixed income absolute return
Universal Fatca runs into political obstacles
OECD plan still some way off reality
Hedge funds wary of betting on rates
Managers cite 2013 fixed-income rout as reason for caution
FTR underfunding leaves PJM power traders out of pocket
Shortfall in biggest power market exceeds $1 billion since 2010
Overnight heroes: central banks weigh loans for CCPs
Eurex and SGX can borrow from their central banks, while rivals have to rely on common-or-garden lenders
Dynamic factor modeling reveals hidden risks
Risk management must be folded into investment decision-making process
Looking back: Post-Enron nerves give way to longer-term fears
Jitters subside as industry ponders role of trading and mark-to-market accounting
CLS facing obstacles adding RMB to its platform
RMB volumes set for growth but settlement remains an issue
Cross-currency basis causes pricing headache for dealers in Japan
Yen and dollar funding discrepancies hit Nikkei options market
Split reaction to international firms' Asia clearing plans
Eurex's Singapore CCP finds favour with market, CME less so
Creating Japan's largest derivatives exchange – Osaka Exchange profile
Osaka and Tokyo exchanges set to merge derivative platforms in March
Insurers wrestle with Emir reporting challenge
Legacy systems and guidance 'failure' add to challenge as deadline passes
Korea clearing structure in question after HanMag trading error
Korea trading snafu casts doubt on KRX's default fund structure
Federal and state regulators grapple over insurance supervision
Growing federal powers trouble state commissioners
Coal derivatives market fosters burning ambition
Increased attention from both traders and hedgers is providing a boost to the coal derivatives market, say participants, fuelling the success of the API 8 index linked to Chinese coal imports and stimulating further product development efforts elsewhere…
Meet the new OTC market-makers
New swap trading platforms are often seen as a way of levering open the OTC market for a range of non-dealer market-makers – from opportunistic buy-side firms to aggressive Chicago prop shops. But how many of these firms are serious, and what difference…
"What a mess": market reflects on start of Emir reporting
By any standards, Europe’s new reporting regime got off to a bad start. Many companies were not ready to comply; some repositories were not able to cope with those that were. Regulators, meanwhile, did not agree on what was in scope. Fiona Maxwell reports
Enforcement director nominated for Ferc chair
Centrica hires Hess market risk director; Vattenfall names trading head; Gazprom recruits BAML power trader; Baltic Exchange names Singapore head; Mitsubishi UFJ in commodity retreat