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Australia and Singapore lead Basel II adoption
Singapore and Australia are now the leading countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the implementation of the new capital framework, Basel II, according to a report by Celent, an international financial consultancy.
Basel II to encourage smaller banks to invest in risky assets
The new Basel II capital rules will encourage smaller banks to invest in riskier assets, according Peter Plaut, a managing director in fixed income research at Bank of America in New York.
Trading Book regime needs change, says Schmidt Bies
New liquidity and credit risks in the trading book warrant the review of the Market Risk Amendment of 1996 as proposed by the Basel Committee, according to Susan Schmidt Bies, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
A case of too many cooks?
strategy focus: funds of funds vs multi-strategy
Hedge funds dig deep in direct corporate loan market
direct loans
Copper-bottomed pot of gold
metals/softs
Finding the right profit-path
trading
Targeting the family office market
investor groups: family offices
Fantastic plastic's path to liquidity
plastic contracts
The way forward
cayman islands roundtable
The fine art of spotting and measuring hedge fund risk
academic paper
A conference to remember
Structured Products Europe 2005
Breaking new ground
Structured Funds
A metamorphosis in funds
Alternative investment products: Mutual funds
Defending defined benefit
Alternative investment products: Pension profile
Uncertainty drives US inflation market
Alternative investment products: US inflation
Alternative investment products
Alternative investment products: Introduction
Playing on correlation
Alternative investment products: Commodity hybrids
Coping with complexity
Technology: Technology rankings 2005
Basel Committee issues sound practice principles for credit risk assessment for loans
The Banking Committee on Banking Supervision has released a consultative document outlining principles for 'Sound Credit Assessment and Valuation for Loans'.
Coal turns a corner
Asian coal-trading is still proving a tough nut to crack. But the underlying market is developing, and a growing need for better risk management suggests it is only a matter of time before a paper market takes off
Prepay agreements - The ten-year pitch
Standard & Poor's recently passed the $1 billion mark in terms of natural gas prepayment deals it has rated since 2003. Joe Marsh looks at how these work and why municipal utilities might want to consider them
Europe - An uncertain future
European natural gas demand is expected to rise in the next three decades. But, as Anouk Honore finds, the overall picture is not easy to predict, and depends on what happens in individual countries - particularly Italy and Spain