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Banks warned over regulatory risk
WASHINGTON, DC – Banking organisations should not overemphasise regulatory risk at the expense of more significant business risks, according to John Allison, chief executive officer of BB&T Corporation, the North Carolina-based $107 billion financial…
CEBS' AMA and IRB guidelines under fire
LONDON – Industry groups have hit out at the Committee of European Banking Supervisors’ (CEBS) guidelines on implementation, validation and assessment of advanced measurement (AMA) and internal ratings based (IRB) approaches, or ‘Consultation Paper 10’.
Pushing the boundaries
The introduction of IAS 39 this year has caused some corporate treasurers to rethink their use of derivatives. Banks are looking to structure derivatives solutions that achieve the economic objective of a hedge, while avoiding undue volatility on the…
Capital modelling: Correlations in ESGs
Hoping to gain a competitive edge, leading life companies are demanding more control of their capital calculations, but can their ESG suppliers keep up with the demand?
Asia Risk Awards 2005
Risk manager of the year bank: HSBC
More IT for MiFID
MiFID's success hinges on IT prospects, write Choongo Moonga and Phil Craig . But many in the industry are balking at the costs involved
Singapore initiates competency standards
SINGAPORE – The Singapore government, through the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF), launched the beginnings of a Financial Industry Competency Standards (FICS) programme in early September.
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