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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…

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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