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Engineering change
A new risk management culture is evolving in the Asian clean development mechanism market, which should lower CDM project risk while expanding financing options, finds Catherine Lacoursière
Navigating risk
The growth of the LNG spot market means more voyages, but with this comes a likely increase in the number of problems and delays to voyages. Clare Calnan, partner at shipping law firm Curtis Davis Garrard, discusses the extent to which shipowners may be…
Changing the game
Steven Wardlaw and Byron Romain of Baker Botts discuss the new role for foreign investment in the Russian Federation's hydrocarbon industry
Better prospects
Russia offers better prospects for industry to develop and far more investment opportunities than is widely recognised, writes Pavel Ulianov of Russian metal giant Rusal
Purchase timing risk management in electricity forward markets
Managing purchase timing risk is a constant issue for wholesale power buyers. Pavel Diko reviews products that reduce this risk, proposes a lookback option that can eliminate it completely and outlines a hedging strategy for the option writer
Has Asia got the appetite for local currency CDS?
The development of a robust local currency credit default swap market in Asia has come a step closer following the first public won-denominated CDS trade in Korea late last year. Alice Hales looks at whether the ingredients are there for such a market to…
The race to launch credit futures
Eurex, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange are locked in a struggle for market share of the new credit futures market. But are investors really sold on the new instruments? Matthew Attwood finds out
The Big Interview: Paul McCulley
Pimco's portfolio manager talks to Dalia Fahmy about chasing yield in an expensive asset class, and what he's expecting will trigger the next market downturn
Subprime: the burning issue for CDO investors
As the outlook for the US mortgages sector goes from bad to worse, which CDOs, investors, and dealers will be left holding a hot potato? Matthew Attwood finds out
Emerging markets open up to hybrids
Borrowers from markets such as Russia, Hungary and Mexico have finally cottoned on to the benefits of issuing hybrid debt - and the trend is not just limited to financial institutions. Laurence Neville reports
Q&A: Sean Flannery
The chief investment officer for the Americas at State Street Global Advisors in New York discusses the opportunities offered by decomposition of risk as a result of the growth of the credit derivatives market
Profile: Joe Sabatini and the rules of engagement
The guiding principles of Basel II are now shrouded in mists of regulatory detail, says JP Morgan's Joe Sabatini. He tells Duncan Wood op risk managers must now look beyond mere compliance, and focus on adding value to their firms
The payment services solution
Will the global money transfer industry suffer collateral damage in the war against money laundering? Lady Olga Maitland of the International Association of Money Transfer Networks investigates
A ripe market for corporate governance
Financial institutions across Latin America aspire to corporate governance best practices, writes John Rumsey. But while many nations are using governance as a force for good, others have a less healthy approach
Ministers work to disband SFO
NEWS IN BRIEF
Harvesting loss data
Although often the core of Basel II models, loss event data is usually less robust than op risk executives would like. Peter Madigan explores the challenges around collection, clearing and enrichment
Changing culture
In the second of a series, Eric Holmquist considers some specific goals in trying to establish a risk culture
Equities and the passions
Editor's letter