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Top 10 op risks: business continuity and disaster recovery
Top 10 op risks: Business continuity and disaster recovery
FFIs still ditching US clients in light of Fatca
Shutting up shop
Closing the gaps in tax enforcement
A taxing business
Sanctioned jurisdictions struggling with Fatca
Barriers to entry
Insurers gear up for new derivatives clearing rules
All clear ahead
Early adopter: Philippines set to introduce Basel III by start-2014
From Manila to Basel
Derivatives trader 2.0: Sun is setting on old-school risk-takers
Traders of the lost art
One size fits none: Industry split over futures and OTC holding periods
One size fits none
Return of the DPCs
Return of the DPCs
Regulators hope changes will end LCR debate
A new ratio regime
The unintended consequences of the UFR
Annuity dawns
Fatca delay adds to complications
Delays expected
Review of 2012: Basel III starts to bite
Basel III starts to bite
ING’s non-financial risk head Hans Grisel discusses AMA, Fatca and the cyber threat
The long haul to AMA
New own funds specifications add capital restrictions
New technical specifications on Solvency II’s capital requirements make some significant changes to the way insurers calculate their own funds, but they also leave some unanswered questions. Louie Woodall reports
Hedge funds expect abundant growth opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa
Promise of growth
Hedge fund managers show skill in finding value throughout 2012
Skill in finding value
Hedge funds see opportunities in shadow of Basel III
Contrasting capital considerations
Model behaviour: supervisors grapple with internal model approval
With regulators struggling to get comfortable with insurers’ internal models, and with the memory of the subprime crisis still lingering, the question of how to ensure that the models are robust is worrying supervisors. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
System failures highlight need for IT resilience
Two major software failures have caused embarrassment and significant financial loss to leading financial institutions this year. Alison Ebbage looks at the lessons to be learned from the RBS and Knight Capital problems
HK insurers ramp up dollar hedging activities
Insurers in Hong Kong are revising their long-term policy of not hedging out their US dollar exposures